Windows vs Linux- Godaddy hosting plans?
I emailed godaddy.com for support but I still can’t find the answer I’m looking for.
I want to purchase an unlimited hosting plan.
I have a macbook so I don’t know if I choose windows or linux.
Does it matter which one I choose?
I heard most mac users go for windows.
When I buy it and have it (whichever one I end up choosing) is it easy to use or am I going to have difficulty trying to run things.
I’m going to try using Joomla or WordPress as the free applications godaddy offers to set up a website because I heard there are more options than simply picking a template already made up website over night plan. (and if joomla or wordpress dont work I will look into getting dreamweaver)
Is this something easy to do for someone who doesn’t know too much about hosting etc?
I hope I’ve given enough information about what I want to know, if not I’ll try and reply a-sap!
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Linux is better, and it doesnt matter if you are using a Mac or a PC. But dont go with godaddy. They have terrible support especially if you want to speak to somone that talks good english. Not only that but their uptime is not good. The site that I have hosted with them goes offline about once a month. Go with either Dreamhost or Hostgator instead.
Both will give you the best support of any hosting company around Dreamhost is employee owned, so they seem like they truly care about thier customers. Hostgator has awsome support. I have accounts with Dreamhost, Godaddy, Hostgator, and Justhost. Withouth a doubt, of all those Dreamhost and Hostgator by far have been the best.
I have had no downtime on any of my sites and thier support is great. Dreamhost also offers a 100% uptime guarantee and they even have a $97 day money back guarantee if you decide you dont like them. If you are truly
Both have a great webpanel for maintaining and keeping stats on your site. Hostgator uses cPanel, which is one of the top site config and management software available. Dreamhost has their own in house software they designed, which is super easy to use and they offer great support for it.
I would say Dreamhost is slightly better than Hostgator, but they will both treat you great and offer one on one help in case you run into problems, whereas some of the big companies, ie godaddy are terrible to deal with as i mentioned earlier.
As for making the site, it depends of your level or technical knowledge, but I would use WordPress instead of Joomla or Drupal. Joomla has more advanced features if that is what you are going for, but it is much more technical as far as setup and use goes. You can use either of them with Dreamhost or Hostgator though, so that is not a concern. Once you sign up for hosting they can walk you though installing it onto your server.
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