Dreamhost vs. Site5

Quote from: AMDbuilder at Feb 03, 2011, 10:43 PM

Hello samba,

Do you recall if this was after Ben and Joel took over Site5? The migrations to The Planet were on hold still for unknown reasons?

The prior owner (founder) had let things slide for a few years prior to the change in owners, so I suspect you were a member during the darker period in their history.

Hey AMD,
It may indeed have been before those guys took over... but because I bolted, I never paid attention to Site5 after that, so I can’t really comment on the timeline. So given what most are saying here, I think the positive experiences are probably more typical today, and my "historical anecdote" is just that, and not a valid warning about the current system. Curiously, when I started with Site5, it was really great.

I noticed a colleague above pushing Liquid. I would concur on that - their tech support is really, really good! I try to be very self-sufficient, so when I ask a question, it may be a doozy. They hang in there with you, sometimes through tons of emails! I’ve done SO many sites there that I have run into some problems, and they bust their you-know-what to solve them.

I had a site just go completely down, boom, nothing whatsoever in the root of the site - kind of scary. It was a hardware failure, and they restored everybody on that box pretty quick to the previous day’s backup.

Another time I ran into some kind of weird Manager error. I can’t remember details now, but between me and the tech, we worked it out, some server setting that I didn’t have access to.

Last week I ran into another MODx specific problem (and the Manager helpfully displayed it) - ZIP was not enabled, something I’ve never seen on a Unix account before, so using the File Manager (or Maxi uploads) was pretty rocky, even though the site ran great. They said they didn’t want to upgrade the whole box and risk others’ sites, but they offered to move me to another server. The client actually decided to cheap out instead and host with Godummy.

Times I’ve needed a different PHP setting, Liquid’s done it for me, no problem. Just service and more service with no whining. Try that with Godummy. The web is now strewn with newbies trying to use Godummy’s automated Wordpress install, and then being 100% helpless!

Good luck on Site5!
Dave

Quote from: Mproject at Feb 04, 2011, 07:53 AM

Quote from: peteedley at Feb 03, 2011, 09:12 AM

And darn it another chance missed to pass on affiliate code is must remember that.

What do you/I get from it?

Remember that I’m still on trial period... if all goes well I’m gonna take 1-year plan (I already have a discount code for 10% discount)

maybe someone has even cheaper? maybe AMDbuilder can work something out for addictive MODx-er

The affiliate code/link would look something like: http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=36159 the last few digits being the code. You would need to open a ticket with affiliate support in order to say ___ referred you (provide them the link/code). They can take care of crediting us for the signup. In regards to what we get, well I would get $25, sadly you get nothing (well you do get amazing hosting...)

In regards to working out a special for addictive MODx-er, I can arrange something, granted it would be through my company...

...that I’m still on trial period... if all goes well I’m gonna take 1-year plan (I already have a discount code for 10% discount)

maybe someone has even cheaper? maybe AMDbuilder can work something out for addictive MODx-er

In regards to working out a special for addictive MODx-er, I can arrange something, granted it would be through my company...

and this means going thru your affiliate code or what?

Quote from: Mproject at Feb 08, 2011, 12:47 PM

and this means going thru your affiliate code or what?

Nope, it means going through my company, aka the only company I have control over

While we’re on the subject, this week I have suddenly gone through hosting deterioration, and curiously, it’s been on Liquidweb. They seem to suddenly be doing all they can to make a liar out of me.... I had thought that the one situation I mentioned above was an anomaly. Now suddenly another site there on a different box is going down and performing poorly. So my clients are going to bolt from there, and I have egg on my face after having sold them on that.

Nothing ever seems to be certain with hosting. I’ve worked with sites on many hosts, none of which are flawless.

I’ve heard of other issues on Dreamhost. Taking days to reclone servers (still with no resolution), failed hardware, etc. It always seems to be when, not if...

Quote from: AMDbuilder

Nope, it means going through my company, aka the only company I have control over

I musty say it’s a fine site

P.S. can I ask how did you made "What some of our clients are saying" box? I have a similar on my site, but I worked that out with jQuery which maybe isn’t so smart solution when statements get biger... :/

Thank you Mproject, I’m glad to hear you like the site.

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Quote from: AMDbuilder at Feb 09, 2011, 05:37 PM

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I’m on Evolution...

Quote from: Mproject at Feb 10, 2011, 01:50 PM

Quote from: AMDbuilder at Feb 09, 2011, 05:37 PM

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I’m on Evolution...

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Actually you should be able to accomplish the same effect with Evolution/Ditto using the Summary extender or PHx.