At first there were only a few web hosting companies offering “e” services to the public, then came another one, and another one, and before we know it, we have more web hosting companies than we could ever imagine! Who could have thought that almost anyone can sell (or resell) web spaces for dirt cheap prices?
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I have always been a believer that credit cards are nice things to have in your wallet. Most of the time, I use my card for my online purchases like domain registration and web hosting. And I am convinced that I am an impulsive buyer so I was so sure that aside from my e-purchases, I was bound to abuse my credits. Thank goodness I am still able to maintain good credit standing. I do not have the habit of missing my due dates, except when the statement account gets lost in the mail which usually happens a lot. That is why I prefer to receive my statements in my email instead of snail mail.
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Ok, my recent attempt to transfer my blog to another webhosting company obviously failed resulting to 24-48 hours downtime. The reason? I was unable to transfer the contents of my blog to the new host. Their server keeps timing out while I was importing my WP files, which includes posts, comments and categories. My blog is relatively small so I don’t see any reason for it not to import. Then thinking of doing the transfer manually, I copied the contents of my web directory followed by dumping my WP database manually in phpMyAdmin. Guess what? phpMyAdmin timed out while I was importing my dump file.
Deciding not to waste any more time, I switched back my NS servers. If only the new host allows me to setup my site even without using the FQDN, I can minimize the downtime. This kinda sucks but beggars can’t complain. The new web host also is banner-less, free hosting. This makes me think of hosting my site to an new paid web host.
I already have a paid webhosting company in mind who charges $1/mo for web hosting but if you have any other web hosting companies you would like to recommend, just let me know.
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