This chapter discussed options for hosting Web sites. In this research exercise you will search for Web host providers and report on three that meet the following criteria:
-Support PHP and MySQL
-Offer e-commerce capabilities
-Provide at least 50MB hard disk space
The first site I researches was Intuit Small Business.
This is a great site with a lot of possibilities! They offer 3 different plans including a personal website plan for $5/month, a business plan for $20/month, and a professional plan for $50/month. While the personal plan only provides 25MB of hard disk space, the other plans include 5 and 10GBs respectively. E-commerce is available for all plans through Paypal and credit cards for no extra charge. Also, the one-time set up fee has been waived, so the monthly price is all you pay! Statistics, support, and a 30 day money back guarantee make this site a sweet deal! You can also try your first month free for either the personal or business plan! To top it all off, the site is very user friendly, and provides hundreds of customizable drag and drop layouts, and thousands of royalty images! You need no HTML knowledge or experience to get started. However, if you do, you can put it to use, and make yourself known!
( I could not find anything that said that they do or don't support PHP and MySQL)
Register Domain Names is another great hosting site for those who want are looking for reasonable prices and effective services! It is a little more expensive (starting at $12.95/month for a "Do-it-myself" package) but includes a little bit more than Intuit's basic plan. (A great option for those who want the middle ground) This site also includes great support, hundreds of helpful customizable designs, and 5GB of space. There is also a plan that includes more space, and e-commerce capabilities for around $20/month. Register.com also provides quite a bit more reasonably priced deals on professionally designed websites made by experts so that you don't have to. (Once again, I can't find anything about PHP or MySQL)
Last but definitely not least is Host Monster. The first thing I noticed when arriving at Host Monster's home page: a very low price ($4 sale!), and several claims of unlimited and free resources! I then went to the Hosting Features page to be wowed by a long and impressive list of features including unlimited domains, unlimited space, e-commerce features, good support, multimedia, MySQL databases (finally!), CGI features, and much more! If this site is all that they say they are, this looks like the way to go. This site boasts that it is trusted by over 1.7 million sites! The one thing I didn't like is that you have to enter or search for a domain name to see plan options.
I am impressed though, and think that if I was to choose from the little research I did, *Host Monster* would definitely get my money! They are well priced, secure, supported, and have great features for all possible future needs!
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