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Hosting Recommendations - any web developers out there?
FrugalFisherman10:
Right, but what if I wanted to enable sponsors to advertise on my site so that I could get the revenue? It just seems more convaluted to go through a "website builder" like that, no? Or am I missing something and it is that simple
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meatface:
You can certainly do Google AdSense and affiliate links on SquareSpace, for example. No doubt the others are the same.
I think the main advantage of WordPress is that it's more customizable than SS/Weebly/Wix, but also requires more effort on your part. That said, there are a bazillion WordPress themes, for free or less than $100, that will make your site look really good. You'll need to go through some online lessons to get a good idea of how it all works.
A. Wilk:
Ok. I am not a web developer.
I am a blogger that used to host with Bluehost, HostGator, Dreamhost, SiteGround, etc you name it. I have a blog that pretty much receives high traffic and all those hosting performed poorly.
Until I found the love of my life. Digital Ocean.
Digital Ocean was recommended by my game developer brother and web designer sister (not bragging about their profession but just letting you know that this recommendation came from them and not from me, and now I recommend them).
I moved from HostGator > BlueHost > Siteground > DigitalOcean. Finally contented.
I am self-hosted and using the standard droplet plan of $20 a month. https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/#droplet (not affiliate link). I never experienced down time since moving. But installing WordPress for the first time can be a pain in the ass. My brother installed it for me.
I think it's perfect for your WordPress photo site.
MBot:
I like iPage for a bunch of reasons.
I'm a very amateur web developer who used to know a little about HTML but not much. I took several years' break before building anything, but found this pretty intuitive. I've done both Wordpress and their template sites.
The reasons I chose it.
#1, top of it all. Good rates! Even at renewal. Not just great introductory offers.
I don't want to migrate sites over or rebuild them every few years. They renew at good rates. And it's a pretty good deal to start too. I use the integrated Wordpress hosting for my main site.
2. If you don't need Wordpress, it's even cheaper.
Their integrated templates work a lot like Wix or Squarespace (almost as dead simple). I've built sites for $15 using their templates, just buying a new domain + using my current hosting account.
3. They have a decent affiliate program.
I rarely plug it, but it does work. I chose the option where I get cash rather than hosting credits. No need to use my link of course, but I wouldn't object
beee:
Buy your own domain name and use a constructor (SquareSpace/Weebly/Wix).
UNLESS
You're interested in becoming a web-developer or at least enjoy learning that stuff.
Web-development is such a big field, that you'll waste a lot of hours for no return.
Nobody cares whether your website is on wordpress/wix/squarespace/weeble/custom cms/etc.
The only thing that matters is your content.
Do it for 1 year, then revisit this decision. You can migrate your website any time, even preserving old urls.
Wordpress and own hosting sound simple until something goes wrong (error in plugin or theme or wordpress upgrade script). Then you'll have to waste even more hours or hire somebody for $50/hour to fix things.
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