What host would you recommend?

Hi Denis,

I'm happily using site5.com for my hosting. Lots of features with very reasonable prices. The new multi-site express is quite a value. Support is great and there's a very active users' forum.

I just switched to the semiologic theme on one of the sites I host at site5. I have a bit more customization to do. Feel free to check it out: blenderking.com

By the way, I love the sidebar plug-in you created (amongst the others). Is there an easy way to hack it to allow multiple sidebars?

Thanks!

Dan

Dreamhost is cheap, at least ;)

I just switched off PHPWebHosting.com after five years, so would not recommend them any more, to TextDrive. Had some startup issues but one really nice aspect of this service is a very active user community (that is, a bunch of very active forums) and they give back to the community by sharing a portion of revenue with several open source project. For example, WordPress (.org and .com) LightPress, and RubyOnRails.com are hosted with them.

I have tried DreamHost, BlueHost, and Site5, but I have eventually settled in with A Small Orange. ASO is comfortable, reliable, affordable, and they have yet to disappoint me by never enacting promised features that I payed for when signing up. They never over-load their servers, and server loads rarely go over 2 units on their Dual Xeon servers (which are listed as "4 CPUs" in cPanel because of their hyper-threading technology). ASO also promises 99.5% uptime, and they have yet to break that promise, unlike the other three hosting providers that I had previously mentioned.

I'm not here to "bash" any hosting providers, so if like to hear about why I chose to leave DreamHost, BlueHost, and Site5, please email me.

Looking for a dedicated server? I highly recommend http://www.layeredtech.com — they have very good servers. I moved away from Site5.com to LayeredTech.com because I needed more power and more space for a better price. They have proven to be very good.

Hello all,

Thanks for your input. I'm looking into ASO and LayeredTech with great interest.

@Dan — The next version of my AdSpace plugin will do something like that.

I've used eapps with success – both as a dedicated and a virtual server customer. prices are good – support is responsive (and accessible via phone!) and they are at a nice facility.

any other questions – feel free to ask.

Denis,

I've been using Bluehost for one of the sites I manage. They are fairly inexpensive, and they have really good customer service.

I have a dedicated server with LiquidWeb.com and they rock! They come highly recommended — and hence why I chose them — and there support is unmatched.

I'm onto my second dedicated server with them. I don't have a bad comment to say about them. If you DO go with LiquidWeb.com, FIRST head over to…

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

… and get a "Double The RAM" coupon in the "Dedicated and Colo Hosting Offers" section ;-)

Take care,
Andre