New site hosting

[Paweł Abramowicz]

If you happen to choose bluehost, I might be able to help you with
migration!

Have you seen their prices? Are they acceptable within Kubuntu's budget?
28 maj 2015 23:03 "Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN" <ovidiu.b13 at gmail.com> napisał(a):

>  Hello World,
>
>
>
> Considering current events I have some doubts ahout our new site hosting.
> We have had reasons to consider a different hosting for our new site, but
> now I feel that we have more.
>
>
>
> I've talked with a hosting company about hosting our new website. They are
> the top most recommended hosting company by WordPress. I'm talking about
> BlueHost. Here's a copy of the chat trancript I've had with them. I believe
> this answeres most of our questions.
>
>
>
> Do you like this? Should we go for this? I'm waiting for votes from the KC
> and feedback from the community.
>
>
>
> If necessary I'll make a side by side comparison with our current hosting,
> but I don't think that's necessary.
>
>
>
> BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
>
> ========================================
>
> [Initial Question] Provider: Bluehost - My Domain is: "kubuntu.org"
> Hosting options
>
> (13:57) [Braxton] Hi there! Thank you for contacting Sales today! How can
> I help you?
>
> (13:57) [Ovidiu-Florin] Hello
>
> (13:58) [Ovidiu-Florin] We've built a new website for our project, and
> it's currently here http://kubwp.kubuntu.co.uk/
>
> (13:58) [Ovidiu-Florin] we are looking for hosting for it
>
> (13:59) [Ovidiu-Florin] WordPress.org recommended you guys
>
> (13:59) [Braxton] You could certainly host here, what is it you are
> looking for in a hosting provider?
>
> (13:59) [Ovidiu-Florin] We don't have sysadmins in our team, so that
> would be a requirement
>
> (14:0) [Ovidiu-Florin] we have developers, and we like to tinker with the
> theme and very likely with some plugins
>
> (14:0) [Ovidiu-Florin] so access to change their code is desired
>
> (14:1) [Braxton] All of our plans support and include WordPress. I would
> recommend starting on the Starter plan here
> https://www.bluehost.com/shared
>
> (14:1) [Ovidiu-Florin] we would prefer to talk to plugin developers and
> help them update the plugins, but if that isn't possible, we'll
> roll our own
>
> (14:2) [Ovidiu-Florin] the shared option is like a VPS?
>
> (14:2) [Ovidiu-Florin] or just FTP?
>
> (14:2) [Braxton] No it is not s VPS. It does come with FTP and SSH
>
> (14:4) [Ovidiu-Florin] if we have SSH, how is it different than a VPS?
>
> (14:5) [Braxton] It is not a private server with guaranteed resources and
> root/sudo access
>
> (14:5) [Ovidiu-Florin] does it have load balancing?
>
> (14:6) [Braxton] Yes
>
> (14:6) [Ovidiu-Florin] Awesome
>
> (14:6) [Ovidiu-Florin] how about support?
>
> (14:7) [Ovidiu-Florin] get Support to optimize or fix security threats to
> our website?
>
> (14:7) [Braxton] We have 24/7 support via phone, chat, and email. We do no
> provide free optimization or security fixes for your sites though. That
> would be a paid service.
>
> (14:8) [Ovidiu-Florin] what does the free support cover?
>
> (14:8) [Ovidiu-Florin] where can I find a list of prices for the paid
> support?
>
> (14:9) [Braxton] Hosting related issues
>
> (14:9) [Braxton] We do have have list of this. Basically we cover anything
> hosting/network related. Design/development issues are not covered.
>
> (14:10) [Ovidiu-Florin] I understand, Thank you.
>
> (14:11) [Ovidiu-Florin] How would the site move take place? Can you guys
> help us move the site over to your hosting?
>
> (14:11) [Braxton] You would need to migrate all of your files and content
> over to us. Alternatively we have a paid migration service for $99 that
> will move up to 5 websites and 20 email accounts over from one hosting
> account to us seamlessly without downtime if the sites are currently live.
> This process begins 24/48 hours after the service is purchased and the
> information is submitted. The entire transfer process can take several days
> to complete but as I mentioned previously it is done seamlessly to prevent
> downtime.
>
> (14:13) [Ovidiu-Florin] Ok. Thank you for your help. I'll talk with
> our team and get back to you if I get a positive answer. Thank you very
> much.
>
> (14:13) [Ovidiu-Florin] Can I have this conversation sent to me by email?
>
> (14:14) [Ovidiu-Florin] I see the shared hosting has an option
> "Marketing offers" what's that?
>
> (14:16) [Braxton] These are discounts and coupons for services such as
> Google Ads or Yahoo
>
> (14:17) [Braxton] You can save a copy of the chat when I close it.
>
> (14:17) [Ovidiu-Florin] Awesome, thank you.
>
> (14:17) [Ovidiu-Florin] Have a nice day.
>
> (14:18) [Braxton] After the chat there is a one-question survey. I would
> really appreciate it if you could fill that out to rate your experience
> with me today! A 9 or a 10 means that your experience was excellent today!
> Thank you!
>
> (14:18) [Braxton] :)
>
> ========================================
>
> END TRANSCRIPT
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