Shopping Around

rougy · #1 10-01-2006, 06:35 AM

Hi,

I’m thinking about going with HostGator because of the PHP5. When I had my current host do a PHP5 upgrade, I lost a lot of the basic applications that came with the package, my control panel became dysfunctional, and other issues.

I was hoping someone here could answer my questions.

1) Can anyone tell me what version of IMP/Horde they’re using at HG? Version 4.1 is supposed to be pretty good and work with PHP5.

2) Can I manage the size of a customer’s email account?

3) What version of MySQL?

4) Do they have a good credit-card program for online sales (memberships) that deposits the money in my business’s checking account.

5) Does HostGator do domain transfers and if they do, how much do they charge per year for registration?

6) Are all of my domains hosted from one folder that I can access with one FTP account?

Thanks

Serra · #2 10-01-2006, 09:09 AM

1) Can anyone tell me what version of IMP/Horde they’re using at HG? Version 4.1 is supposed to be pretty good and work with PHP5.

It is one of the later versions, 4.1 sounds right, but Horde doesn't say.

2) Can I manage the size of a customer’s email account?

Yes.

3) What version of MySQL?

4.1+

4) Do they have a good credit-card program for online sales (memberships) that deposits the money in my business’s checking account.

No.

5) Does HostGator do domain transfers and if they do, how much do they charge per year for registration?

Yes. The price is fairly standard, I'm not sure exactly how much it is, but why would anyone transfer their domain TO a hosting company?

6) Are all of my domains hosted from one folder that I can access with one FTP account?

It depends on what type of account you have. If you have a reseller account, then no, of course they will not be in the same folder. If you have a shared account, yes.

#3 10-01-2006, 09:30 AM

"...why would anyone transfer their domain TO a hosting company?"

Good point and well taken. I'm having a conflict right now between the company that registered my domain and the company that's hosting it. I thought if they were all at one place I could avoid the problem.

"4) Do they have a good credit-card program for online sales (memberships) that deposits the money in my business’s checking account.

No."

Darn. I needed something like Miva or a shopping cart that would let me sell memberships.

"...of course they will not be in the same folder. If you have a shared account, yes."

I'm new to this, and my current account is a VPS and I thought the reseller account worked the same way. I see all of my domains in the VPS default folder. But my current host is kind of slow and they charge a lot for the basic upgrades I need.

I would see all of the folders in a dedicated server, I imagine.

#4 10-01-2006, 09:36 AM

This is what I was hoping I'd see in a reseller account:

http://www.buddhabuddy.org/vpsexample.jpg

vtrain · #5 10-01-2006, 09:43 AM

A VPS is similar to a dedicated account because you have root access --> access to all the files.

The shared resellers here in HG are not VPS. The main resseller account has access to all cpanels but does not have direct access to files (by ftp, etc). The CPanel has a file browsing feature so you can still access files but like I said it's not direct access.

Vtrain

#6 10-01-2006, 09:56 AM

PHP5, MySQL 4+ (5 would be better), IMP 4.1 (though that Nutmail thing looks really groovy). Throttled email disk-space. I need these things and nobody seems to have it all.

About the only thing that's keeping me from strongly considerting HG is the eCommerce thing.

I know I need an SSL and I need some kind of credit card purchase software.

HG has to have something similar.

kmaw · #7 10-01-2006, 11:36 AM

There are lots of e-commerce carts you can use with HG. Most are compatible or you can use the Fantastico script to automatically install one.

Once you join the forum, you can see alot of discussions in other threads about types of shopping carts, ecommerce hints, SSLs, etc

Serra · #8 10-01-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered Rougy

PHP5, MySQL 4+ (5 would be better), IMP 4.1 (though that Nutmail thing looks really groovy). Throttled email disk-space. I need these things and nobody seems to have it all.

About the only thing that's keeping me from strongly considerting HG is the eCommerce thing.

I know I need an SSL and I need some kind of credit card purchase software.

HG has to have something similar.

No, they will not give you mySQL 5. 4+ is as best as you can get. I couldn't even get 5 to work on my dedicated.

I'm not sure why you would be looking at a web host for ecommerce. That is a funny place to look for help with that.

#9 10-02-2006, 11:49 PM

"I'm not sure why you would be looking at a web host for ecommerce. That is a funny place to look for help with that."

Most of us aren't natural-born network administrators.

Seems to me there are millions of people doing ecommerce on outsourced web hosts.

What do you suggest for $179 a month?