So you have just developed your new
mambo web site and now its time to find the right hosting provider. You have a number of options when selecting a web host. Do you go for a shared hosting, dedicated server hosting or free hosting.
A free hosting solution for mambo is not recommended, think about it you have spent weeks maybe months developing
your mambo site why host it on a free server which offers far more disadvantages than the advantages offered by the
shared or dedicated mambo hosting solutions.
1) Ok it's free, big bonus.
2) You will be provided with a sub domain like username.hostingcompany.com rather than your own
specific domain name like
mambodesign.co.uk. A free sub domain is not good if you plan to start up a commercial
web site. The first reason is it just does not look good to web site visitors.
Also if you have spent month's developing your web site then the free hosting
company goes bust then you have wasted alot of time.
3) Free web hosting also offers limited space between 50 / 100 MB. If you plan to expand your web site as it becomes
popular this could be a bad move using a free web host.
4) Free web hosts are also know to be unreliable, not good if you want a stable environment for your new
mambo site.
5) Free hosts offer lower bandwidth so if your site gets really busy then it
may become unavailable due to bandwidth
restrictions
6)
You also get less functionality. Some free web hosting companies may not support
php, mysql or Zlib in order to run
mambo.
7) Free hosts need to
generate an income, in order to do this many free host's include banner ad's on
your website
1) You can host your own domain like
www.mambodesign.co.uk2) You get a stable hosting environment
3) Paid mambo hosting offers should offer 24/7 support, SLA's plus
support.
4) You also get more bandwidth, disk space with a paid mambo host
5) Paid hosting companies will also offer the functionality you require like mysql, php and much more.
