Comments on: Review of Dreamhost Hosting for Wordpress Sites

By: metalpig

metalpig — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:35:36 +0000

Great review!
Some of my sites are also hosted on DreamHost, and I’m happy about there services.

By: Hitesh

Hitesh — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:19 +0000

This is an awesome list mate…but i already have hosting for now…:) This will certainly be useful for many new people who are searching for new hosting for word press blog or sites..

By: carolyn

carolyn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:19:05 +0000

I’ve never been a big fan of “one-click install” for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that you have no idea what you are really installing — until it’s too late! Is this a good copy of the program? Are you getting all the features or only the features that you want? Do you understand where key components will be installed and the impact this makes on your future development? If someone really, really doesn’t want to learn how to do a software installation, particularly something like a CMS program like Wordpress, I recommend hiring a professional (a real profession who has both training and experience and not just someone who bought Dreamweaver or Photoshop and claims to be a “web designer”). It should be less than $100 and he or she can talk with the professional about exactly what he or she needs and wants. With plugins like wp-backup and the automatic update, plugin and theme installation features now part of Wordpress, maintenance once the site is set up can be handled by most people.

But one-click options have always struck me as asking for trouble. It’s like the Jean-Luc Picard technique of saying “make it so!” Sounds great in theory, but if you don’t know what’s being done, you can be surprised by the results.

By: fcb

fcb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:17:15 +0000

So, when installing in “one-click-install” mode you really can’t have access to your files? not even in advanced mode? *sigh*

By: carolyn

carolyn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:16:14 +0000

Interesting question. I confess I have no idea what the the repercussions would be. One of the reasons I do not use Gmail for business accounts is the autoresponder issue. There are some excellent 3rd party autoresponder programs available, but I have never had to set one up with Gmail. Have you tried asking the question on the Google forums? I know Gmail now has an autoresponder feature. Can your client use it? Here's a URL to an article on the feature which appeared in Google Labs almost a year ago: googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmail-autoresponder.html Let me know if this helps. I think the Google Gmail autoresponder may be your best answer.

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:23:51 +0000

Carolyn:
Good write up. Here is my question, I have a client who is using GMAIL and DreamHost for the web server. They want an autoresponder set up for their site.
When I looked into the setup of responder I was told that I need to use google apps and it will change the DNS settings? What exactly (if you know) are teh repecursions?
Thanks
Rajeev