By nekojan on

So I've been learning how to create a website and Drupal for a month on my laptop. Now, I would like to test and see how things actually work on a live server. Do you have any recommend hosting that's not expensive? Can I use the cheapest plan most company offer or do I actually need a vps plan for the LiteCommerce to work? I'm looking at some basic plan from godaddy, a2hosting, and ewd. Would any of these be ok? I don't have much knowledge on web hosting or server.

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jamesoakley
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Location North Yorkshire, UK
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I'd suggest avoiding any host that sells packages offering "Unlimited" space, as those tend to be a marketing gimmick.

Note their server requirements: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=194738043875336.

In particular 128M for PHP and PHP5.3 are two things you'd need to ask any prospective host about before signing up.

I wouldn't say you need a VPS for that. Start on a good shared host, and be ready to upgrade as / when the site becomes popular enough to need that. During development, and in the early days, a good shared host should see you through fine for that. If you're new to the web hosting world, a smaller host may have more support time to give you to help things run well.

If you've not discovered webhostingtalk.com, I'd recommend you pay them a visit - there's a wealth of experience and advice there on web hosting.

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nekojan commented

Thank you very much for your advice and pointing out the requirements.
If it wasn't because of your advice, I would be on a promotion price web-host that couldn't even run my site.

I'm checking out webhostingtalk.com now. Thank you!

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jamesoakley
Primary language English
Location North Yorkshire, UK
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That was a near miss - you could have become one of the many thread-starters on WHT that go: "I signed up with host X. I wish I'd discovered WHT sooner. My site's just been suspended for / my site's as slow as treacle, and I realise I need a better host. Can anyone make any suggestions?"

As an aside, one reason why many end up taking the more expensive VPS route is because they start out on an overcrowded host, things go wrong, and they conclude that shared hosting is not suitable for them. In fact, it's just that overloaded shared hosting is not for them.

All the best - need any more help, just ask!

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