Re: I need good tech support desperately!!!

Hello Juan, On 17-Dec-00 14:03:55, you wrote: >I'm new to this list, please forgive any protocol fault. >I'm new to PHP too (I come from Microsoft products) and I'm trying to work >with PHP, MySQL and things like that. My first problem is to find a good >hosting service, I've tried I couple them but, their technical support is not >as good as I like, >or maybe I'm really stupid?, imagine that I asked one of >them 'How should I execute PHP?' and they told me 'you have to >modify the apache handlers' Am I supposed to know how to modify >them? I have a Control Panel and I can modify mime types but, >what should I write as the handler? is it so easy for you doing >it? >(I have PHP running in my computer with the personal server from >microsoft, then I have some PHP code running, I've installed >neoboard with other provider -many problems, but it's almost >working- then I know the basics about PHP programming, well, >I think) >Anyway, I'm looking for a good hosting provider and I'm looking >for real bad ones (to avoid falling in their hands), What Am I >looking for? PHP4, IMAP module compiled into PHP and MySQL >support. I they are in North America is better, I'm at Mexico >City. >I agree with some of you, webhosting providers are there for the >hardware and communications but, then, do you know about any >company who can offer me additional technical support? I have just answered a similar question a while ago. I host the PHP Classes site (http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/) and other sites of mine at Adgrafix since about 3 years ago. For the time being I only have used their virtual hosting servers, but still it was great because I had the freedom to build my own Web server executable with whatever modules I wanted, with my own crontab processes, with my own database servers (I have both MySQL and PostgreSQL running there) as I am only limited by the assigned disk space and tasks that need to be run by the root account. If I need more, like using the server for heavy processing (mailing lists, deep database scans and updates, etc..) I will need to upgrade to a dedicated server, which I probably will some time soon. I have checked some cheap dedicated server ISP and I was not pleased, so I will most likely stay on Adgrafix as I will still have the support from their people and executive accounts that are skilled also in PHP. They have many options. If you are not sure which option suits your needs, just mail me back so I can advise based on my experience. Look here for the details: http://phphosting.adgrafix.com/ Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --