Comments on: Best Web hosting service/software for a family Web site

By: Affordable Shared Hosting

Affordable Shared Hosting — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:56:14 +0000

Bringing back up an old post, thought I’d give it some life I use a number of hosts for this type of hosting. Firstly, I would recommend either WordPress or Joomla as the CMS. Wordpress is easier to use though.

For hosting, I would recommend HostMonster or Domains at Retail. HostMonster if you run Joomla, and either if you run Wordpress.

By: Web Hosting UK

Web Hosting UK — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:09 +0000

I have used many hosting companies in the past but I have to say that http://www.Webhosting.UK.com has been the best support yet. They have a free phone number and MSN support which seems to always be online. My experience from the start has been very good. The support has been fast and and informative, the server and ftp have also been very fast and up to any task I have asked of them.

By: WebKing

WebKing — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:40:22 +0000

I’ve been with http://www.eukhost.com Hosting for couple of years and I must say that their service is quite satisfactory for me in the whole industry. I will stick with them, don’t see any single reason to look for another company. The most valuable service is the speed of my site, never had any problem with the speed. Some features to mention here are – multiple domains hosting, complete CPanel access to everything, shell access, unlimited email forwarding and many more.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:08:18 +0000

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By: Joe Julian

Joe Julian — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:22:35 +0000

For a family web site, you might want to look at http://www.familystation.org

It has many of the features you were desiring with unlimited space and the lowest price for anything similar. It was designed specifically to host a family web site to help keep families in close communication. It has a family photo album, family calendar, family address book, family message boards, etc. It can easily be managed by youngsters (my 11 year old manages our own family’s site).

By: Kris Carlson

Kris Carlson — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:04:47 +0000

I have some stuff on Hosting Matters. I am just getting started with it, but it has a lot of stuff, and is priced reasonably. It’s worth looking at. The guys at WizBang (http://wizbangblog.com/) recommended it to me when I asked who was hosting their Movable Type install.

By: Andy Kowalczyk

Andy Kowalczyk — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:23:08 +0000

If you don’t want to revisit your server decisions until 2020, then a hosting service is the wrong choice. It will be a crap shoot picking one that will still be in business then. Those that are in business will no doubt migrate to the latest and greatest authoring software, which may or may not be reasonably compatible with your original choices.

By: Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:22:58 +0000

I’ve been with CWI Hosting for a number of years and I’ve been thrilled with the value for the money, features and customer service.

You can get a ton of space and bandwidth inexpensively with all the bells and whistles – PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, email forwarding, subdomains, multiple domains, complete CPanel access to everything, shell access (though that’s only by request now) – the works.

They’re enterprise class with onsite diesel generators, RAID and other redundancies, etc. I’ve not had a second of downtime in over 5 years with them.

I also second the recommendation for Word Press. There’s not much it can’t do and it’s constantly getting better.

By: One Stop Under

One Stop Under — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:25:53 +0000

I’ve been very happy with http://www.SurpassHosting.com (someone else recommended them above). WordPress (with a few well-chosen plugins) is great for blogs.

By: Ellen Zhao

Ellen Zhao — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:53:33 +0000

I’ve been using hostgator’s webhosting service for more than one year and cannot be any happier. You can see the hosting features here: http://hostgator.com/shared.shtml

They have a fancy cpanel, a 11-year kid can operate the whole site all alone without any problem. Installation of popular content management systems like Drupal or blogging tools like WordPress are just several mouse clicks.

I’m most impressed by their superior service. They have live people 24/7 online with whom you can chat whenever you have questions. Whenever I had any problem and submitted emails for support, the problems were usually solved in one hour. In an extreme case, it took them only 5 minutes to get the DNS issue straight and responded my email. Strongly recommended!