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Coldfusion 8 Web Hosting

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March 27, 2009
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One site is for my Fantasy Football League. I will storage and retrieve data from MySQL. Not much user interaction, meaning no forms to fill out by end users.

The other will be very similar to the FFL Site, except I will have forms to insert data into MySQL.

I've looked at various plan and I'm trying to determine which would be the best. I think it's down to CrystalTech, HostMySite, Intermedia and GoDaddy (Not Sure GoDaddy has Coldfusion 8).

I just wanted to see what you all thought before I proceed.

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Anonymous

Not related to how well they support CF, but if you go GoDaddy, be ready to wade through pages and pages of ads and promos trying to sell you every possible add-on feature possible. I find most anything difficult to find because most pages are loaded with ads for this and that crapola. Too busy of a site for me.

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Dinghus

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Well, I'm searching for a new CF host and it cracks me up to read the bad press here about GoDaddy. Tho they limit CF tags and are still on CF7 with no plans to upgrade, overall they have been the best webhost I've ever had. They are cheap and simple to use. But to each their own.

Problem I have is that my primary host is also stuck on 7 with no plans to upgrade. Also they charge an arm and a leg for MS-SQL Server 2000. No plans to upgrade to even 2005. Grrrrrr. I can't dump them totally because I have customers using them and if I drop my account the price for the other accounts all double.

What I've been doing is using GoDaddy for the database and my other host for the backend since they don't limit me on CFOBJECT etc. Talk about fun.

Now I have a new project and I want it in CF8. I don't want to spend a lot while it is in development. Must have SQL Server 2005 included. I found hostingatoz.com but can't find any unbiased reviews.

Anybody have suggestions for CHEAP hosting?

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Sandy R

Participating Frequently

I have been hosting with http://www.hostingatoz.com for several years and from my personal exp. I would like to rate them 9.75 out of 10. You won't get any better deal for these prices and features.

10 ColdFusion Hosts Under $10/month"

- http://www.rabidgadfly.com/index.php/2007/09/20/10-coldfusion-hosts-under-10month-september-2007/

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Dinghus

Inspiring

Okay, I jumped on HostingAtoZ.com and overall they are okay. My problem is that I went cheap and did the shared hosting so it goes down A LOT! The site I'm working on is not ready for a dedicated server yet but when I'm testing it in a production environment and nothing works because CF is down ... grrrr. Yes, they respond VERY quickly to problems. I think most times it is just a case of restarting ColdFusion.

Still, their downtime is frustrating.

I guess for $40/year, what can I expect? lol

Anybody got anything better?

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Anonymous

Just reread your original post. It looks like you're running two sites? The entry level dailyrazor will host 6 domain names under their starter package. You also get 4 dbs MySQL dbs included.

cfwild

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Anonymous

I've used Media3.net for hosting many of my sites. I've also been using www.dailyrazor.com on a couple of sites, they're pretty inexpensive and have decent tech support. If this isn't a big site, I'd try them out.

cfwild

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StearmanDriver

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We've been real happy with GoWest Hosting (www.gowesthosting.com).

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Anonymous

i like to register my domains at godaddy because it is easy to forward them and set the @ name for your sites but in terms of hosting they are awful.

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skelooth

Inspiring

Godaddy is HORRIBLE for webhosting, their email services are just as bad. Normally I'd say you get what you pay for but unfortunately there are hosts of the same cost that are infinitely better. Sorry, I have no input over a coldfusion host. Your best option is always to roll your own.

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EnergyFed

Inspiring

For cheap, GoDaddy is not bad. I am using them for 2 client sites, and have never had any real issues. I don't like the fact that they are still on CF 7, but what are you going to do? There are a few tags that have been disabled, such as <cfobject> and functions like createObject. And there is no way to access java either. They do not have the greatest support when it comes to CF, but they do for general hosting issues.

So if you are just building a basic not-to-fancy site, and do not want to pay a lot - GoDaddy is really not a bad choice.

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welkers

Inspiring

I've used Host My Site for years to host 6 or more web sites. Very rarely have any issues with them. They used to be more focused on CF hosting and it was easy to get a tech support who knew a lot about CF. Now its pretty much submit a trouble ticket and look into kind of thing like the other big companies. Guess that's the price of growth. Good for them...but takes a little more time now for resolution.

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Newsgroup_User

Inspiring

craigkaminsky wrote:
> Having a client who tried GoDaddy before, I would like to recommend you not use
> them. The client had a poor experience and I've read countless other negative
> 'reviews' of GoDaddy.

In some sense of fairness, I have been happy with GoDaddy for my very
small, personal vanity site. I have been hosting my site there for
years, but then I have very little expectations for this site.

For the business site I manage, we have been happy with cfDynamics
[ http://www.cfdynamics.com/ but they are a bit pricier then many.

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craigkaminsky

Inspiring

Having a client who tried GoDaddy before, I would like to recommend you not use them. The client had a poor experience and I've read countless other negative 'reviews' of GoDaddy.

Since 2001, I've used CrystalTech, HostMySite and GearHost. I did not have a good experience with CrystalTech but used HostMySite for years and recently had a client who picked GearHost. In both cases (HMS and GearHost), I've had consistently good experiences with support and other company personnel.

IMO, you won't go wrong with either HMS or GearHost.

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