Re: webhost

Hadinata wrote: > > Hi all.. Can you recommend me a good hosting company running PHP4 and MySQL 3.23 ? > > Thanks, > Hadinata You may probably know, but mention it anyway, a good list of hosting services at php.net. I think it's under 'support'? Asking what's a good service is probably like asking about a movie. Folks likes/dislikes/needs are different. Just having my first encounter with a hosting service and can offer the start of a list of questions to ponder. 1. Do they allow .htaccess files? 2. What config options are allowed in the .htaccess files Some packages have files you don't necessarily want to stick in the htdocs dir, as then there's is the possibility of them being viewed. But unless you can configure something like basic-auth via .htaccess... I don't know. I'm still stuck trying to figure this one out, given the limitations on configuration. To start with, not having access to htpasswd. Any advice welcome. 3. What editors do they make avail? 4. Any other util your use to using/ will it be there? (Can definitely affect productivity - at least in the short term until you learn how to use a new editor. Ours only made vi available. Not even pico! I normally use emacs - so a major source of irritation.) 5. Do you have privileges to create multiple databases? Some of the packages you may like to use require a separate database. Although you may be able to work around this by sharing a db and using other tables. 6. What's their routine for making backups? Do they go to the trouble of rotating backups off site? This kind of thing may help to just get a general sense of their attention to details (possibly critical). 7. Do they offer multiple shell accounts? Not completely necessary. Nice if more than one are working on site. 8. SSH? Believe me. You want to use a secure shell. Nothing may ever happen. But you don't even want to deal with any problems relating others gaining access to your password/login. Remember you'll be sharing a network and a box. So easy for some one to fire up some net admin tool and checkout the traffic. [Others are invited to extend/modify this list - Thanks!] Later, Mike D.