Whats the best option for hosting a forum?

**CureCancer** · July 18th, 2011, 15:49

Do i need to start with vps? i did years ago and had to many problems with godaddys system, do i really need to kick start with a vps? and what company is the most secured and affordable?

**deeplist** · July 18th, 2011, 19:43

No, you don't need a VPS. Just start out with a basic shared hosting option. If you forum becomes too popular, you can always upgrade to a VPS down the road. A VPS at this point in the game would just be a waste of money on your part.

**EXBInt2010** · July 18th, 2011, 22:10

VPS is an ideal for forum if you have huge database, heavy traffic and of course budget. Otherwise, start up with a shared hosting package is sufficient. You can upgrade your hosting when it is required.

**CureCancer** · July 18th, 2011, 22:45

Thank you for the advice, who would you say would be the best choice for shared hosting? godaddy has to many downtimes!

**AboutWeb** · July 18th, 2011, 23:24

I've heard only good reviews about Hostgator. You can also post a hosting request on this forum, you might find a good deal, discount coupons, etc.

**wswd** · July 19th, 2011, 01:11

Originally Posted by AboutWeb

I've heard only good reviews about Hostgator.

You need to check some of the latest reviews over on WHT.

**AboutWeb** · July 19th, 2011, 05:47

Originally Posted by wswd

You need to check some of the latest reviews over on WHT.

If you mean the first result from Google, it was the OP fault. He did not had the patience to work with Technical Support so they would enable the settings required for the scripts to run.
They have some functions blocked for security purpose, but once you talk to them they enable it for your account.

**CureCancer** · July 19th, 2011, 08:02

host gator is one of the worst in my experience, any other suggestions? i prefer to go with a big company, you hear so many horror stories with small companies or resellers that i dont want to risk it

**[JSH]John** · July 19th, 2011, 08:31

Start with regular shared hosting then you can upgrade to a VPS or Dedicated Server later on. As others have said, it would be a waste of money by going straight for a VPS, unless you were doing a huge marketing campaign.

**deeplist** · July 19th, 2011, 10:24

Post a request thread and I'm sure you'll get a lot of offers from hosts around here, myself included.

**hourb** · July 19th, 2011, 12:03

if i were you i would buy a dedicated and spending all day by advertising the site everywhere and make a good content of your forum

**JerrickYeoh** · July 19th, 2011, 22:18

VPS is the best choice to conduct a forum . But as a starter , you may go with share hosting first. But do remember it risky as well because you need to upgrade your hosting in the right time. Because a downtime will keep your members away from your forum .
Go with a share hosting until do have certain amount of active traffics then upgrade to VPS.

**wswd** · July 20th, 2011, 10:44

Originally Posted by AboutWeb

If you mean the first result from Google, it was the OP fault. He did not had the patience to work with Technical Support so they would enable the settings required for the scripts to run.
They have some functions blocked for security purpose, but once you talk to them they enable it for your account.

No, I mean the tons of downtime they have been having lately on the network, the overloaded servers, etc.

**SiberForum** · July 20th, 2011, 10:48

Think, if the budget allows it is reasonable to get a VPS solution at once in order to avoid any downtimes conecteв with upgrade need.

**deeplist** · July 20th, 2011, 10:54

Originally Posted by SiberForum

Think, if the budget allows it is reasonable to get a VPS solution at once in order to avoid any downtimes conecteв with upgrade need.

What? Who said anything about downtimes with an upgrade? You can upgrade plans at any time with no downtime. A good host could move your content to a VPS also with no (or extremely little) downtime by first setting low TTL values days in advance, copying the content over, and then changing the DNS.