Where to go for web hosting

[incompleatangle]

Well, that sounds fantastic. What about the fact that all I see in FAQs is info for windows and linux. Just a product of our mac market share. It'll work fine? (please)

Greg

[simbalala]

Originally Posted by incompleatangle

Well, that sounds fantastic. What about the fact that all I see in FAQs is info for windows and linux. Just a product of our mac market share. It'll work fine? (please)

Greg

You'll want a Linux account. You'll be fine, remember that the Mac is unix at heart. If you start getting technically oriented you'll find that the very same commands you can use in Terminal locally work exactly the same way when connected to the server.

It's good to get one of the accounts which gives you ssh access but you can do nearly everthing via WebDAV.

I've got a terminal session running right now connected to the server via WebDAV.

Previous to the 10.4.6 update the WebDAV connection was fairly slow but since then it's just as fast as an ftp connection, I've checked it with uploads and downloads of large files. Improvements to WebDAV were one of the things mentioned in Apple's 10.4.6 update notes.

[simbalala]

I'd like to see 1&1 offer Subversion and Ruby on Rails support and I'd guess they probably will in the near future. They're pretty good at keeping up with what people want and ask for.

I've got a query into them right now about Subversion.

[Rhisiart]

Originally Posted by incompleatangle

Hey, thanks! These all look like really viable options. I tried cabspace just cause it was free (makes it feel a litttle disposable... if this doesn't work, let them delete my account), and I had problems when I went to upload my site.

Thanks!
Greg

I have tried Cabspace since reading this post. It works very well (well at least for me). It also allows you to do some simple page editing, if you're handy with basic HTML code.

Overall, I am quite impressed with it.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

I like http://www.serverlogistics.com. It's not the cheapest (around $10/mo.), but they provide a lot of cool tools and statistics on usage, plus they have a web-based FTP uploader, meaning you can upload your pages directly through your web browser.

GoDaddy also has good hosting, as already mentioned, and it's dirt cheap.

I've used both these services and have nothing negative to say about either.

[simbalala]

Yes, I've always liked the look of Server Logistics but they're real expensive when you compare features. I've never tried Godaddy hosting but I know a lot of people have problems with them. If I remember right on their lower level they don't permit .htaccess files and there's no built in access control system for directories.

My only experience with them is from helping others who have Godaddy out and watching.

[Joetaxpayer]

I get an error message "cannot connect to server"

I use http://domain.com:81 and get the login screen, and then use the FTP login id and password. Are there any other things I need to do on the server side to make Webdav connections work? 1and1 isn't too helpful on Mac specific issues.

Thanks!
Joe

[simbalala]

For WebDAV you must use your primary credentials. In other words you can not log in via WebDAV using your own created ftp accounts/credentials which look something like u1223456-joe.

The primary user name is in the form of u1223456 with no other suffix. The password will be the same as you use to log into the control panel.