By jdln on

Im trying to choose the best hosting.

I want to host multiple sites but they will each have a small amount of traffic. Can I have multiple installs of Drupal, each into a different folder in the public directory, and then link to each one from a different domain?

Incase its makes a difference I live in the UK so most of my visitors will also be from the UK.

Blue host seem fairly well regarded and allow for lots of databases. Would they be a good place to start?

Thanks

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Tony Sharpe commented

You'd be best using a Drupal multi-site installation drupal.org/node/43816 which makes maintaining Drupal much simpler. One installation of Drupal with a database for each site. It is a huge timesaver over multiple installs of Drupal.

As for hosting, I'm in the UK and personally I use Clook who give excellent support (initial non-auto answer from support normally come within a few minutes and Clook offer very good features. You don't get shell access though which I think you do with Bluehost.

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jdln commented

Could I in theory have multiple sites in folders in the public folder like I described? So long as the traffic is small, is having multiple sits like this OK?

How would I have multiple domains? When I register for hosting I need to say what domain im using so if i had another instillation in mysite.com/myothersite, could i override the mysite.com/myothersite address and make it just myothersite.com?

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Tony Sharpe commented

Yes you can do this. Once you've got your hosting, create each new domain in your hosting as an 'add-on' domain and as you create it you will specify a sub-directory for that add-on domain and you will put your Drupal installation in there. Should all work fine. I run a mixture of Drupal multi-site and individual Drupal installs, all on the one account. Check that your hosting package allows multiple add-on domains.

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jdln commented

So in terms of hosting requirements is it as simple as 10 sites with 10 visitors a day is the same as 1 site with 100 visitors a day?

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e2 commented

after seeing your post I've opened an account with clook.co.uk

they don't seem to like answering email (3 addresses) .

thanks any way .........

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clookinternet commented

eranb22,

We have responded to your emails multiple times (5+) and encourage you to check your spam folders to ensure our correspondence is not being improperly routed. As always, if you are unsatisfied with our service you are entitled to a full refund of your money shall you choose to go this route.

Please also be advised that your ticket is logged into our Billing/Accounts department which (like most companies) does not operate on a 24x7 basis. Despite this, we have still provided you with prompt out-of-office-hour responses.

Please feel free to contact our management team directly (see the link at the bottom of the support ticket emails) if you wish to file a formal complaint.

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e2 commented

Usually I get response in about 20-30 minutes time from other companies.

With you it wasn't like this, don't know why.
I emailed to info@clook // replied to support email , no reply for hours.

Any way, your site looks very professional, registration went very smooth.
Also, very close to backbone (tracert) , it is very fast as well .

please reply to emails .....

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Tony Sharpe commented

If all your sites are similar in terms of the file size for: the pages; the images and any downloads then, in very simple terms, yes. Each time someone views a page of your site they use some of your bandwidth to do it (total of the html page, the CSS files, javascript files, images etc). On the other hand if you build 10 sites rather than one you will be using up 10 times as much disk space but that is probably insignificant for the sites you are talking about.

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jdln commented

Thanks a lot

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dbeall commented

you can use one database for many sites by adding a prefix_ to each install. I have one database that has 10 different drupal sites.

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avoura commented

I am looking to do a similar thing, and considering Clook.co.uk
I have spent a while researching various webhosts, and so far nothing has come close to Clook. They have a page on their forum where users can voluntarily post their site, so that potential customers can see how quickly the sites hosted no Clook load. I was impressed, as each site loaded instantly, which I often do not get for other websites hosted elsewhere.