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@scottalanmiller Nice to be missed! I have been quite busy with some projects and finally had some time to checkout what's happening. I just barely missed mangocon but did get a kick out of the related threads.
I was itching for another project, in addition to getting my email offsite. Then all of a sudden, MS delivers me another audit notice-Almost 2 years to the day. It is just as convoluted as ever! SMH.
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@wrx7m That sucks... both about the audit and about missing MangoCon. It was a blast. Just about to head down to the final dinner and concert. Going out drinking later!
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@scottalanmiller Nice- Have a few for me!
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I always did it DIY for the experience of setting up everything and then tweaking mysql etc. If you weren't looking to do that, then one of the ones mentioned would be a great alternative..
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@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
Can anyone comment on using A2 vs. Cloudways/DO/Vultr ?
Now that the MangoCon dust has settled, let me ask again?
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@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
Can anyone comment on using A2 vs. Cloudways/DO/Vultr ?
Now that the MangoCon dust has settled, let me ask again?
Not I.
Though DO/VULTR are DIY which the community is against.
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@BRRABill How is DO/Vultr DIY? They do offer "1-click" WP install?
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@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
@BRRABill How is DO/Vultr DIY? They do offer "1-click" WP install?
Because you still have to maintain the server it is on.
If you look at the beginning of this thread, I posed a similar question (why isn't DIY an option) and got the following responses...
@scottalanmiller said
It is, as long as it is for learning and not for production. DIY isn't for commodity, non-advantageous services. There is no way to do this yourself in agood way. Just like email. There is on competitive advantage to it, so your own staff should never do it.
@StrongBad said
Do you just need normal, every day hosting? How could you do it yourself and not have it cost more? One hour of your time is a year's worth of hosting.
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@BRRABill
Got it.
Based on that, we should use ASO or A2 for WP hosting? -
@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
@BRRABill
Got it.
Based on that, we should use ASO or A2 for WP hosting?if I had a time machine, I would have just stayed with ASO.
I DID like A2, but like I said, their customer service made me go hmmmmmmm...
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@BRRABill said in WordPress Hosting:
@FATeknollogee said in WordPress Hosting:
@BRRABill said in WordPress Hosting:
@IRJ said in WordPress Hosting:
@BRRABill said in WordPress Hosting:
@IRJ said in WordPress Hosting:
I have tried quite a few hosts. A2 has been the best. The speed is great and service is good as well. One of the big advantages for me is the optimized wordpress install they offer.
Their install automatically sets up caching, CSS minimization, HTML minimization, database optimaztion, image compression (lossless), some other features. It also setups security on your site and renames wp-admin to something random, locks editing files (you can always unlock, etc).
You can turn any one feature off at anytime and it's a great time saver vs doing all those things manually.
That's with their top plan that included Turbo, I presume?
You dont even have to have A2 hosting to take advantage of that. Their are 13 speed enhancements available with their plugin. If you dont have A2 hosting you can use 11 enhancements the other 2 are built in to A2 hosting. All their plans offer the Optimized site.
I've been pretty happy thus far with A2.
I am trying them and ASO.
One thing I like is they assign a name to your temp domain, so it's accessible.
So far, how is the comparison between A2 and ASO?
A2 has been fine but apparently I signed up "wrong" initially and they won't adjust my price moving forward. So I'll probably be going back to ASO.
What was "wrong" about your signup?
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Did you do a speed test between ASO and A2?
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@IRJ said in WordPress Hosting:
Did you do a speed test between ASO and A2?
No. Though to my eye they seemed similar.
Just a basic generic WP site.
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@FATeknollogee said
What was "wrong" about your signup?
I guess I signed up for a month-to-month?
So, the only way to get the advertised price is to sign up for a two year commitment and use their coupon, which is only available on first signup.
Net net, it's $12.99 for basic hosting which I think is pricey.
ASO is $5 monthly or $4.17 if you do a year commitment.
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Forgive the necropost here, but I didn't see anyone mention just using Wordpress.com. Is the main reason for spinning up your own Wordpress instance with hosting provider XYZ just more for security than anything? Or are there other reasons I'm missing (I saw mention of certain types of optimizations with A2, for example)?
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DreamHost
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@NetworkNerd said in WordPress Hosting:
Forgive the necropost here, but I didn't see anyone mention just using Wordpress.com. Is the main reason for spinning up your own Wordpress instance with hosting provider XYZ just more for security than anything? Or are there other reasons I'm missing (I saw mention of certain types of optimizations with A2, for example)?
Some of the nicer (paid) plugins do not work there due to extra permissions or something.
