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rgod -> Web hosting (8/22/2008 12:20:49 PM)

I'm looking for a place to host a website that I'm getting ready to build, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. In particular, I'm looking for a host that will allow me to build and maintain an e-commerce site that is built using Joomla. I don't anticipate having a lot of traffic as it will be for my own business, but I do need it to be reliable - I need to be able to administer and maintain it myself. I can find providers out there - but don't really want to choose one blindly - so I'm hoping that someone here might be able to provide a recommendation for me.



davidshq -> RE: Web hosting (8/27/2008 11:17:43 PM)

While I'm not a fan of Joomla...for hosting I would recommend Bluehost. They are inexpensive ($6.95/mo.) and offer free automatic installs of Joomla and many other software products through an application called SimpleScripts. They're one of the largest hosts out there. I use them for daveenjoys.com and some other websites I run.
Dave.



DrivenbyGod -> RE: Web hosting (8/29/2008 12:30:58 AM)

I use Bluehost as well and Joomla for my site. I like Joomla, but I haven't done much with it in quite awhile.



PolarBear -> RE: Web hosting (8/29/2008 10:40:56 AM)

I work in Linux tech support for a managed hosting company, and I've lost count of the number of hacked/compromised servers I've seen and heard about that are a direct result of Joomla's many vulnerabilities.

You would be well advised to reconsider.

There are a couple other recent threads here with hosting company recommendations.



DrivenbyGod -> RE: Web hosting (8/29/2008 3:33:30 PM)

quote:

I work in Linux tech support for a managed hosting company, and I've lost count of the number of hacked/compromised servers I've seen and heard about that are a direct result of Joomla's many vulnerabilities.

You would be well advised to reconsider.

There are a couple other recent threads here with hosting company recommendations.


This is a problem with Drupal and Wordpress too, since these are all open source projects. The majority of exploits are from 3rd party plugins though, so you need to be very careful what you're installing and don't install some new plugin that hasn't been around for awhile and isn't being supported.. There are some good security lists that you can subscribe too for these projects, which should be done if using any of these.



PolarBear -> RE: Web hosting (8/30/2008 3:14:58 AM)

The fact that it is open source has little to do with it. Open source projects generally care greatly about security. Also Drupal does have a much better reputation.

I have seem a Wordpress vulnerability, but it was in an old version. It was exploited to send thousands of requests per second to a DNS nameserver. Happened on three servers within a few hours of each other, and it really nailed our nameservers.

Part of the problem is PHP itself, and part of it is the inherent problems with shared webhosting in a UNIX environment. It's difficult to really isolate sites from each other without full virtualization, and PHP exacerbates the problem by allowing configuration options like register_globals and allow_url_fopen.

I think PHP is a fine language for small custom dynamic sites but think it's insane to use it to build a large configurable object oriented general purpose application, such as a content management system. Unfortunately nearly all popular CMSes are written in PHP. I much prefer mod_python and hope it begins to gain more widespread acceptance.



stellaluna -> RE: Web hosting (8/30/2008 10:35:07 AM)

I have a site at BlueHost and another at Lunar Pages. Both are fine. I don't use Joomla, though.



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