Lee Sykes
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Delphine Campes
Nuke Newbie
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| 01/17/2006 5:10 PM |
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I had a few sites on their server. The email through DNN never worked, nor were they able to ever help me with it.
plus their server was always very slow and they had a ton of customers that did a great job at crahing the others... I DO NOT RECOMMND THIS HOST.
If you sign up they will spam you on a constant basis reminding you to sign up again with them. There is no way to unsubscribe... absolutely unprofessional.
Cheap though. |
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Arnold Chang
Nuke Newbie
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| 01/28/2006 3:59 AM |
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Any good hosting company to recommend? Currently, I have a
DNN4/ASP.NET 2.0 site running with dotnetpark. Installation is a
snap and its new admin panel/statistics are very good. It is supposed
to be among the best in business but I find my site very slow and
unstable. Ton of exceptions in log everyday for no apparent
reason. The log also indicated the application started/shutdown
numerous times. I think the cultprit is that their SQL server is
too busy, causing all kind of chaos. Perhap the whole platform is
not stable enough yet in a hosting environment. I don't know but
am thinking to find an alternative hosting for comparsion
purpose.
Ideally, I prefer a hosting company with phone support (if needed) and
enterprise level reliability and support. Not a one-liner
response like dotnetpark. When I emailed them my site was
down, they came back with something like "Check it out. It
is now fixed." with no explanation whatsoever. Well, at least
they acted quick whenever the site became inaccessible.
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Peter Nolan
Nuke Newbie
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| 02/28/2006 6:45 AM |
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Posted By robo_arnold on 28 Jan 2006 3:59 AM
Any good hosting company to recommend? Currently, I have a DNN4/ASP.NET 2.0 site running with dotnetpark. Installation is a snap and its new admin panel/statistics are very good. It is supposed to be among the best in business but I find my site very slow and unstable. Ton of exceptions in log everyday for no apparent reason. The log also indicated the application started/shutdown numerous times. I think the cultprit is that their SQL server is too busy, causing all kind of chaos. Perhap the whole platform is not stable enough yet in a hosting environment. I don't know but am thinking to find an alternative hosting for comparsion purpose.
Ideally, I prefer a hosting company with phone support (if needed) and enterprise level reliability and support. Not a one-liner response like dotnetpark. When I emailed them my site was down, they came back with something like "Check it out. It is now fixed." with no explanation whatsoever. Well, at least they acted quick whenever the site became inaccessible.
I use discountasp.net....they are not so 'discount' if you only want a minimal and cheap site...but for a small company they charge USD240/year including 50 email boxes, 100MB sql server space, 750MB file space. This is more than enough for a small company and if you are slightly larger they sell extras at very reasonable prices. For people who want a truely 'discount' provider I'd suggest enom.com where you can buy your mailboxes in packs of 10 and you can host many portals on the one site....I use discountasp.net to host many portals but that has the problem that I do not offer email with these sites... Peter Nolan www.peternolan.com |
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
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| 04/27/2006 10:33 AM |
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I'm currently with WebHost4Life. Looking to change providers. WH4L servers are slow, and now they want to charge me extra for ASP.NET 2.0 AFTER I renewed for a third year. |
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Rodney Joyce
Nuke Newbie
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Jason tran
Nuke Newbie
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| 06/06/2006 3:11 AM |
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I have good experience from webhost4life. My DNN site works just fine as well as the email part. Speed is fast. I am hosting close to 10 dnn site on it now and still good. I definately suggest Webhost4life to host DNN.
I do also have an account with discountasp.net but it's not any faster compare to webhost4life and yes, it does cost more with Discountasp.net. But i'll keep 2 account just incase one goes bad =) |
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 06/20/2006 5:46 PM |
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One of the problems with WH4L are all of their hidden costs. For example, today I tried to point a domain at a sub folder and got this:
ATTENTION, since your domain name was pointed to ROOT for free, changing your path will incur a charge of $15/year fee. If you agree, please simply continue to proceed.
I have no problem with WH4L charging fees like that. What I have a problem with is that they don't let you know what these fees are before you sign up. No where on their web site does it give you any indication of what these fees will be. They will also charge you $10/year (I think) if you want to add email to any of your extra domains.
My other host is 1&1. When you tabulate and compare them against WH4L they look like they are priced about the same. However, 1&1 include everything in the advertised price so there are no hidden surprises.
As I mentioned. WH4L can charge those fees but they shouldn't deceive consumers by hiding the prices or not giving us access to all the costs before we sign up. How can I trust WH4L when they do things like that? |
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eugenie hibbs
Nuke Newbie
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| 10/07/2006 4:11 PM |
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I am new to DNN and WebHost4Life.
You need the ADVANCED HOSTING to have DNN.
I have mixed feelings about WH4L so far. Their servers do seem very slow at times - and crash a couple of times a day for me.
So far I haven't managed to get the Newsletter/bulk email working from DNN through WH4L, I get an email that says the bulk mail was sent, but as I registered myself twice with my portal to check it while setting it up, I know it didn't as I didn't receive it on either of my email addresses (one hotmail, one another domain I own)
I will be looking to move hosts if my site ever gets popular (... er, after if it ever goes live)
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Michael Spector
Nuker
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| 10/20/2006 3:06 PM |
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I just started using Webhost4life and the control panel, live chat support and help seems OK. The download of DNN4 was very slow and even the help line staff thought it was slow and suggested that I use DNN3. My site seems slow when I first log on and then speeds up. I hope it does not persist. How does one know if it the server or the program that is slow? |
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 10/20/2006 5:00 PM |
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What is your DNN web site URL? Try "racing" it against another DNN site hosted on WebHost4Life. This one is mine: www.headvert.com
If you let us know your URL then I can also race the 2 and see how they do against each other. |
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
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| 10/20/2006 7:29 PM |
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The reason your site might be slow, then speeds up... could be because it's not cached in the servers memory. You can use a type of "keep alive" service that it's your site every 5-15 minutes to keep it cached, and loaded so when a user hits the site they don't get that initial "slowness". We use host-tracker.com. I think I read about this on here @ DNN Creative. |
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Nick Smith
Nuke Newbie
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| 11/15/2006 8:52 PM |
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I dropped WH4L because it was slow and one day I noticed my database had just disappeared. Not a good thing when running DNN. Seems things just don't work so well without it. Now I still get spam from them saying you are -181 days before your site expires. Because it was a test site I never moved it elsewhere. But I'm currently checking into hosts. So far ihostasp looks most promising for my next potential site. |
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Dan Rowe
Nuke Newbie
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| 12/01/2006 3:57 PM |
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Power DNN has been nothing but a blessing to me. The support and the performance are both great. |
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Salem Khalidi
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| 12/02/2006 1:41 AM |
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i have been three years now with WH4L and they are great, ok sometimes they are slow but with a mulit domain service for 10 bucks is really cheap,
all their SQL servers are both 2000 and 2005, and migtatiON is for free,
i know the 15$ for to setup an email domain account is normal, do not expect to get a multi domain host for a mere 5$, too good to be true
all those who complain about WH4L are comparing a 10$ with a 50$ with another host, obviously the higher price tag will be better, it is logical
another complain i read was WH4L termianted the servce cuz he had 4 GB day transfer,
i think it is unfair for somebody to eat up all the bandwidth on a share enviroment and only pay 10 bucks
if the site has 4GB he shud get himself a dedicated server and not run it cheap! |
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Nick Warren
Nuke Newbie
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| 07/02/2007 8:25 AM |
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I've used these guys for a year - and the functionality has been good, but the performance (from the UK) has been poor. I've used these guys to monitor my site access for a few weeks now - the 'average' load time on my test DNN page is 7 secs, and it regularly goes over 25 secs - I've had loads of comments from my users that it's 'very' slow to load. http://site24x7.com/login/status.do...=%23FFFFFFI tried the same test on a test page hosted with M6.net and the average load time over a week was just over a second, which is much more acceptable. I don't know whether this is truly a fair measure of performance, but I can't think of any other way to compare hosts? |
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Raymond Collins
Nuker
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| 08/25/2007 3:20 PM |
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Wow ! Dude ! Your site is fast!  I know you posted your little challenge almost a year ago, but trying to "race" against your site now would be like trying to race a beam of light. You loaded for me (first time Id ever been there) within about 1 second. Google isnt that fast. ... you sure you're running DNN on Webhost4life? I would be embarrased for you to even see how slowly my webhost4life site loads sometimes. |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 08/25/2007 3:25 PM |
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Hello rodneyjoyce, I have checked your loadtime and compared to my website hosted with webhost4life, it is similar. Have you changed something ???? DV FX
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
Posts:93
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| 08/25/2007 3:26 PM |
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Posted By miamiray on 25 Aug 2007 3:20 PM Wow ! Dude ! Your site is fast! I know you posted your little challenge almost a year ago, but trying to "race" against your site now would be like trying to race a beam of light. You loaded for me (first time Id ever been there) within about 1 second. Google isnt that fast. ... you sure you're running DNN on Webhost4life? I would be embarrased for you to even see how slowly my webhost4life site loads sometimes. miamiray, Which site are you talking about ??? Can you give us the URL ? DV FX
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Peter
Nuke Newbie
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| 09/02/2007 8:30 AM |
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 WH4L is the slowest host with non-existing support. They offer lots of space, but servers are soooo slow! |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
Posts:93
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| 11/27/2007 4:00 PM |
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jtran, and others... I now have problems with downtime (~1 hour per day).
Did you experiment such kind of problems ? We have changed server one time, changed application pool, it is ok for 10 days, and then it comes back with downtime...
:-(
What about other people ???
I am sending my 7th request ticket, without any good solution, I will be obliged to move... :-(
Any advice is welcomed !! It will be my second DNN hosting provider which did not give satisfaction.
Anyway, I still hope to find a solution with WH4L
DV
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 11/27/2007 9:10 PM |
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I just received a check from WH4L today as a partial refund after I closed my account with them. I'm now with www.godaddy.com - and I know that you'll appreciate the reason. I have been with one other web host before WH4L (1and1) and both WH4L and 1and1 have 1 MAJOR problem. Their support staff are based in the far east and have very bad English / language skills and frequently misunderstand what you are saying. The great thing about GoDaddy is that all the support is US based and native English speakers. Wait times when you call in are short (max I've ever waited was 3 minutes) and they almost always have a solution for you. They are very good. I've been hosting sites for 5 years now and I've learned that the most important thing with hosting is support. I'm very happy with GoDaddy. |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 11/28/2007 2:19 PM |
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Well... Opinion vary in fact...
I was with GoDaddy before, then another hosting provider (Ultima Hosts), and now WH4L.
Very satisfied with support, only problem: regular downtime...
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 11/28/2007 7:58 PM |
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Why did you leave GoDaddy? |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
Posts:93
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| 11/30/2007 2:19 PM |
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Awfully slow, horrible !!! And very hard to put your DNN install into root folder.
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 11/30/2007 6:38 PM |
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We obviously had different experiences. I run 8 DNN sites from 1 code base and DB and there is a fair amount of traffice to those sites and other sites that I'm hosting. I have used 3 hosting companies so far: 1and1, WH4L, and GoDaddy. 1and1 and WH4L, with the sites that I'm running, are much slower. GoDaddy is lightning fast by comparison.
I'm thinking that maybe there's something different about our DNN installations that makes yours better suited to WH4L and mine to GoDaddy when speed is concerned. |
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JeffK
Nuke Newbie
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| 12/01/2007 2:18 PM |
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I was a former WH4L customer for several years. While I didn't have any specific complaints, the speed was sufficient and I got help when I needed it. I didn't like being billed in advance and got nickeled and dimed for adding a domains and other charges. I moved to 3Essentials ( http://www.3essentials.com?3eref=15045) and am very happy there. For $14/mo I get up to ten separate DNN installs and databases on a shared server, unlimited emails, no extra charges. They bill by the month. I don't have a lot of volume at my sites, but I haven't noticed any performance problems. Their support has been excellent, they are DNN savvy and usually get back to me quickly. They use the Plesk admin tool which I find much simpler and more robust than the WH4L admin tool. |
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
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| 12/01/2007 2:26 PM |
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I've had WH4L for quite awhile, and I have had performance issues in the past. They charged me to switch from a server that was ASP.NET 1.0/1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0  . Though the server I'm on now has had 100% uptime for over 3 month. Though I've complained in the past, I can't currently. 
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GymnasticsMeida.com
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
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| 12/01/2007 3:22 PM |
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Damn! I shouldnt have posted! 10 minutes later I went down for 10 or 15 mins.  |
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GymnasticsMeida.com
The Ultimate Portal for the Ultimate Sport |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
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Wild Fiction
Nuker
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| 12/02/2007 4:44 PM |
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I agree with that nickel and dime comment about WH4L. On the face of it they tell you that everything is included but when you try and add anything to your account they charge you. That was the second most annoying thing about WH4L. |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 12/12/2007 7:58 AM |
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Well, just to let you know, I can not continue like that with WH4L, the downtime is 1 hour EVERY DAY now...
They keep continue changing me from server to server, without any solution...
I have sent an email to CEO (on saturday), no answer since then....
I have 2 tickets opened, no answer from the manager (after several discussion with technical people), I would like to have a solution, to find something which permit to be hosted.
Seems like they can not guarantee 99.9% uptime (they claim that 99.9% is related to server, not to application pool...)
Conclusion, I have well below 99.9%, but it is related to application pool which is not recycled...
Very sad...I still have hope to find a solution. Cross fingers, I am waiting their feedback...
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Pawel
Nuke Newbie
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| 10/18/2008 7:03 PM |
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Hi, I've been with www.webhost4life.org for many years and I'm impressive with its clients' service support and hosting
service; I always introduce it to my friends and other colleagues;
My blog "www.needhost.cn"
If you want to host your website with them, you may refer to the
http://www.webhost4life.com/default.asp?refid=Googleweb
to visit their website.
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Ryan
Nuke Newbie
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| 10/29/2008 2:15 PM |
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WebHost4Life is clearly the best Windows based Web host service I know of. But to say this actually surprised myself, because I have been trying to find a “better” host company and moved away from WebHost4Life in the past year and half. I looked for alternative providers not because of any bad service I see, but because the bad ratings I see from online forums abut Webhost4Life. Now after trying 4 other Windows hosting providers, I can confidently say that WebHost4Life stands out among competitions and I will be a happy customer for a long time to come.
WebHost4Life has many advantages over the competitions, and what I specifically like is the flexibility they provide for the site mangers. For example, their Control Panel web site is more user-friendly and much faster than those of other providers I tried. (most other providers use Plesk what I just hate! Too slow!!) For SQL Server hosting, the Control Panel allows site mangers to backup and restore SQL Server databases in a DIY-way without having to submitting a support ticket. This is very convenient. Plus, their online support has always been prompt and helpful. I highly recommend WebHost4Life.
The site I host with WebHost4life is Karooba.com. We have high hope for this site (we hope it is the next big thing to come) and have worked hard to find the best web hosting provider. I can confidently say that WebHost4Life is the one! |
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Jim McManus
Nuke Newbie
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| 11/29/2008 12:30 AM |
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My experience with webhost4life is recent but that in no way minimizes the value of the folllowing comments.
I develop customized DNN sites for customers who want content control but generally don't have the technical expertise to implement their own sites. I do not offer dirt cheap do it yourself websites. I know my customers personally. In that light I need a hosting provider that I can depend on.
Over the years I have used three previous hosting providers. The last was for two years. This company provided a reasonably affordable product and adequate support. As my business grew it became necessary for me to consider dedicated hosting. That was too expensive so I was excited when my provider offered Virtual Private Servers (VPS). I jumped at the opportunity. That mistake jeapordized my client relationships. The performance was awful and the support was atagonistic.
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"James,
I am sorry there may have been some confusion. The VPS is active until the 1st of December as it has been paid for until then.
Unfortunately we cannot pro-rate refund VPS servers as there is a very high overhead for us in setting them up and we do not charge setup fees for VPS servers.
I am very sorry that you feel this way but the service does perform normally but your VPS server was overloaded as explained to you and required additional upgrades or additional VPS servers to run efficiently with all the resources located on it.
Will you be keeping your account with us? I will check with management to see if we can however give some type of credit on that.
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With that response I spent the weekend searching for a new hosting provider. Thank goodness I found webhost4life. I bought a shared hosting account and throughly tested the service and support of webhost4life. During the next week I purchased an Advanced VPS and moved all my clients. The performance, support and even control panel have been exceptional. The value for my dollar positions me to offer my clients unparalled service and support. If you are looking for a hosting resource that lives up to its advertising then webhost4life is my recommended choice. While this is my opinion, it is based upon my experience. Thanks webhost4life.
Jim McManus
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Lori King
Nuke Newbie
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| 02/15/2009 5:58 PM |
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I have been with WebHost4Life for almost a year now, and I have been very impressed with the service, ESPECIALLY their customer service. I have not had many complaints, but when I had questions, I was able to resolve them quite quickly using their ticketing system. I also had a chance to use their live-chat option tonight, and spoke with Elainey, who was very patient and helpful. With all the options for hosting and domain services out on the web, my interest always rests on how good the customer service is. These guys have it! |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 03/14/2009 5:33 AM |
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Hi there,
Just to let you know my experience since 2007 when I posted. Everything was solved, after long long discussion and intervention from manager.
It runs just great, with some troubles every 3 months. But every 3 months, when I contacted the support, it was always great and solved in few minutes/hours.
But now, that's may be interesting to note that WH4L is currently having very big problems with their server (global problem as I have been told). I am hosted on VPS (Virtual Private Server, which is not the lowest price and you should attend a good level of uptime/service/quality). Unfortunately, since 33 days, I am running into very big problems (DNN very very slow, unusable, etc...). They had some issues with server, they migrate all websites to another one. And it is still awfull. Today, my website is still down (since 8 hours). I contacted support, and I do not have any answer.
The only answer I got is through chat, where I am informed that "a virus scan" is performed on all server, that's why it is down... Hum, I did not know that virus scan was performed during hours and it was shutting down server (8 hours downtime as I said).
:-(
I have submitted my ticket to a manager for an answer, and I am waiting a clear statement.
I will let you know the end of the story. I sincerely hope that we will be able to find an issue, I was always happy with them, but since 33 days, I can say that it is just awfull. Why ?? I do not know...
DV FX
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 03/15/2009 6:21 AM |
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That's amazing, I just found some reviews on Amazon.com. Some of the 5 stars review have been made by... PEOPLE WORKING AT WEBHOST4LIFE !! Look here: Amazon / Webhost4life review (Eric Chen is one of the guy working there, close to CEO person....). Funny. For the moment, my website is still down (36 hours). There are plenty of other servers which are running well (with DNN on it), I have requested to be migrated there, I am waiting a statement. DV FX |
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Lee Sykes
DNN Creative Staff
Nuke Master VI
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| 03/18/2009 11:25 AM |
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just for your info - I am testing a new uptime reporting service which I find to be really handy - you can test them with a 30 day trial - they will send you an SMS whenever your site is down so you can quickly act to get the problem solved.
Of course this does not help you with your current situation as you are working on getting it fixed, but it maybe useful in the future.
www.pingdom.com
Thanks,
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Lee Sykes
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 03/22/2009 1:47 AM |
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Hello Lee,
Thanks for the information, I was using pingdom tools for monitoring the startup time of my website, did not know about the tool for downtime. Excellent !!!
DV FX |
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tridom
Nuke Newbie
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| 03/22/2009 2:16 PM |
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WOW! Can't believe some of the comments I've seen!
I don't know why some of you had such problems, but I haven't experienced them!
I've used WH4L for 6 years with up to 6 domains. They have set the bar for web hosts....and that bar is exceedingly high. I truly believe I can't find another host as good with the value added for as low a price.
Name it- they provide it. I've watched them grow and improve in all aspects of their business over the last 6 years. I've never waited more than a day to have a problem resolved...and there have been very few problems- unlike other hosts I've used. They certainly strive to maintain their promise of 99.9% uptime. They've even willingly, professionally, and efficiently helped me resolve problems that I was the cause of.
I'd recommend no other!
(BTW- I DO NOT work for WH4L, nor have I ever. I'm just a very satisfied customer!) |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
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| 03/24/2009 4:02 PM |
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So, here is the end of the story:
1/ they solved my problems
2/ they improved my DNN (it was very slow)
3/ they apologize
3/ they gave me a compensation
CONCLUSION: I am happy now...
;-)
Just one regret, they should have better communicate on the topic, they did not answer to my first request and I had to wait one day before having my first answer, which is unusual...
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BRgafanhoto
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 04/28/2009 11:51 PM |
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I'm a Brazilian client and I tried to find some web host in my country, but after some unsuccessful attempts decided to host my site with webhost4life ...
Since then I am very pleased and the support that they offer is the best of all ... always very quick and efficient. Even when I had a problem with my Domain Registra they helped me
Tanks BRgafanhoto
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CarmineXX
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 07/14/2009 6:56 PM |
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Webhost4Life is a very good webhosting I've found for my little network of sites (a central portal, a blog, and various little sub-sites); and it's the one that offers lots and lots of features (MySQL, MS SQL,a lot of web space, a powerful control panel, support of PHP, ASP.Net, ASP, many commercial CMS and blog/forum engines, etc.) at a very cheap price. I think Webhost4life is the perfect choice for medium/big websites, and for network of various little websites. It offers, moreover, free subdomains, and a single hosting can handle more than a single primary domain.
I recommend this hoster to anyone.
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gizmoboy
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 09/16/2009 10:29 AM |
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Are there any posters with more than 1 post who are able to vouch for WH4L?
Their deal is compelling. I think I will try them out while we're in development and see how it goes. |
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
Posts:73
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| 09/16/2009 10:43 AM |
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I am able to vouch for WH4L. Though be prepared to be nickeled, and dimed.
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GymnasticsMeida.com
The Ultimate Portal for the Ultimate Sport |
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sillyman
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 10/30/2009 12:40 PM |
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 They Deliver - Great Support, Great Service, Great Price!
I am an on-the-side website developer. I have a few customers I've had for year. I was using a service that sounded like all the others. But they did not deliver. In fact, they finally were down for days and I couldn't get ahold of them... and I lost the customer. That was it. I searched and found webhost4life. I signed up for the MS Web 2008 Advanced Hosting Plan and they had me going in one day and after two more days when the changes took affect over the internet, I cancelled my old host service and it felt great. Webhost4life has fast/knowledgeable customer support, great service, and great up-time. And they even saved me money. You can't beat that! I love 'em.
Plan: $9.95 MS Web 2008 Advanced Hosting Plan
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jgregory
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 11/25/2009 9:22 AM |
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My church started in 2004 and we looked for a good provider with decent workable aplications that would be consistant for the best price. We were disapointed in what we discovered. In fact we struggled with our hositng company for over a year and finally gave up and started to look around for a better solution. We found webHost4life and have not looked back. They have been consistant and reliable for the duration of our time with them. Outages are extreemly rare and most importantly, they have communicated with us if there were any concerns that they were addressing. We are very satisfied with Webhost's service and the quality of the product. |
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Richard Edwards
Nuke Newbie
Posts:3
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| 02/20/2010 8:48 AM |
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Hi all, I just wanted to provide a little update here about WebHost4Life. I've been hosting with them since 2004 and up until recently I've been quite happy with them. For the price, the support and everything else was good. They are making a move to another server infrastructure now and I've been testing the new server they igned me and the results are not good. Recently I haven't been happy with the page speed on my site (around 3-4 seconds per page) but when testing on the new servers I'm now getting 35-40 seconds per page. Ouch. I emailed their support with both urls so they could see what's going on but no response now for a couple days. Yesterday I set up an account at PowerDNN and I'm impressed with the speed so far. The same pages that were taking 3-4 seconds are now sub 1 second, most around .6 seconds. I'm going to play around with this account for the trial period and test out a few other things before I commit. Richard DNNStuff |
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Déclic Vidéo FX
Nuke Pro
Posts:93
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| 03/13/2010 3:23 PM |
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Same for me Richard.... I am (was?) hosted with WebHost4Life since many years with MS VPS account... ( http://declic-video-fx.com/language.../DNN.aspx) Unfortunately, WebHost4Life has been bought by another company, and we have been asked to migrate to a new plateform... The migration is currently pending (for more than 1 month in my case), and so far I was not able to run the DNN website on the new plateform. Unfortunately, after spending hours with the support to try solving the problem, I am still alone with my problem and unable to migrate to the new plateform. That's a pity, the service was great, but now it is just unusable for DNN.... :-( So if anyone has a similar experience or idea, I am willing to inform you that I migrate to Power DNN. I am VERY VERY happy ! I was looking for - semi dedicated hosting (with dedicated app pool) - same price range (59 $ / month with WH4L and I pay now 20$/month) - 5 Go storage - Email functionnality (Smarter Mail or similar) with at least 100 alias and multiple email account - IMAP - SMTP Server relay (no limit, or reasonnable limit, like 100 emails/hour) - 2 DB and 2 domains - Each DB with a limit of 300 Mb minimum (currently 50 Mb per DB) - possibility to connect to the database remotely with the web (MyLittle Admin or similar) --> this is problematic, I am using Management Studio 2008 - possibility to manually backup the database and to restore it (option for automatic backup is an advantage, backup to be downloaded manually is perfect) - possibility to use FTP, 10 accounts (using currently 3 accounts) - 301 redirect www.domain.com to domain.com - Fast response time (no slow DNN please...) !! Kind regards, DV FX |
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Kyle
Nuker
Posts:12
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| 04/28/2010 9:20 AM |
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Has anyone actually gotten a DNN site to run on the new WH4L platform? I know that their automated migration doesn't work, but has anyone tried to do it manually?
I've hosted with them for years and have been pleased. I don't like change any more than anyone else does, but sometimes it happens. I'm wondering if the fussing about WH4L is real or just a desire to not want to change?
I'd really like to know if someone has gotten a DNN site to function on the new platform. |
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JordanRHughes
Nuke Newbie
Posts:2
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| 05/25/2010 5:49 PM |
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Is this the best or is it what you guys use of endorse. Thanks for your time. Cheers. Jordan.  |
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Joseph Craig
DNN MVP
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| 05/25/2010 6:23 PM |
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I have not personally used WH4L.
I can recommend PowerDNN, SeekDotNet, and iHost. I have sites on all of these hosts.
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Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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Joseph Craig
DNN MVP
Posts:11667
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| 05/25/2010 6:27 PM |
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I just took a look at the WH4L site. They say that they support DotNetNuke on all of their plans, so you should be able to get support from them to get it going. If not, I'd ask them to honor the 30-day money-back guarantee.
Parenthetically, their basic plan doesn't appear to support a MS SQL database. I can't see how they can support DotNetNuke without that. You might want to ask.
I'd love it if someone from WH4L could let us know the details, too!
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Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
Complete DNN Support |
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Gym Media
Nuke Pro
Posts:73
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| 06/23/2010 9:05 AM |
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I had responded earlier that I can vouch for WH4L. I can no longer do that. All my sites have been down for 48 hours, and no response from support. They recently transitioned their control panel, and support model (Pay to escalate a ticket). I made an educated moved to 3Essentials. http://webhost4lifecustomers.ning.com/ |
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GymnasticsMeida.com
The Ultimate Portal for the Ultimate Sport |
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crowdhub
Nuke Newbie
Posts:1
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| 07/16/2010 10:32 AM |
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Posted By Joseph Craig on 25 May 2010 6:27 PM
I just took a look at the WH4L site. They say that they support DotNetNuke on all of their plans, so you should be able to get support from them to get it going.
Hi Joseph yes they (WH4L) say that its hosted on all plans but they forget to say that the basic plan needs an additional purchase of a mssql DB costing $144.00 per year !!! . Just to warn everyone before making the purchase as they just wasted my time.
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BCRose
Nuke Master
Posts:131
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| 07/24/2010 11:14 AM |
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I wanted to also comment on WH4L, been pretty good up until they transitioned to the new platform since the new owners purchased the company.
My sites are currently running about 50% up-time and dog slow since the move. All I get is scripted answers from support with 24-48 hour response times. Totally unacceptable.
I think there should be warning posted regarding this company. The new owners have pretty much ruined it. Just Google them ans see the thousands of complaints. |
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Mr. MobileNow
DotNetNuke Ninja
Nuke Ace
Posts:43
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| 07/25/2010 5:00 AM |
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Hi All,
As many of you know, I work for PowerDNN so I do feel a bit uneasy talking about a former compet itor of ours (read below and you'll understand why I say "former"), however, I have some information for you that you might find interesting.
Last week was "HostingCon" which is the big industry conference for hosting providers. Unfortunately I was not able to attend (somebody has to run the show here at PowerDNN (-: ), however, other members of our executive team were able to go. The new owners of WHFL were there and we were naturally just as curious as you all are about why they're "burning down the house" so to speak.
Well, here's what I learned:
1) The former owner of WHFL apparently owns about 200 other business and WHFL was taking too much time out of his schedule. That's why he wanted to sell.
2) The new owners specialize in "trimming the fat" on hosting companies and squeezing as much money out of the company as possible.
3) According to the new owners, people using DNN require much, much more support than people not using DNN. They want to trim the fat and get rid of customers that can potentially cost them a lot of money in support costs.
4) The way the purchase deal was structured, the new owners only pay for customers who successfully migrate to the new platform. How many of you DNN users are being successfully migrated?
5) According to the new owners, they do not care at all about loosing the customers that they are because it is not costing them anything and is actually saving them a lot of money.
If any of you remember EasyCGI from a few years ago (they used to be a DNN sponsor), they were bought by the same group who now owns WHFL. From what I remember, EasyCGI out right told DNN users "You've got X days to move your sites". My guess is that caused some legal issues, so now they're just letting the new platform fire customers instead.
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-Tony Valenti
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting UK
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting in Australia
I work for PowerDNN
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Richard Edwards
Nuke Newbie
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| 07/25/2010 1:58 PM |
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Thanks for the update Tony. The phrase "people using DNN require much, much more support than people not using DNN" has me a little concerned though. I for one haven't found this to be the case and hopefully this isn't the case with the majority of DNN users although it is a little troubling. You've been hosting DNN for a while now, what would you like to see as a hoster to make DNN better? Richard Edwards www.dnnstuff.com
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Mr. MobileNow
DotNetNuke Ninja
Nuke Ace
Posts:43
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| 07/25/2010 2:22 PM |
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Hi Richard,
While I agree this isn't the case with many DNN power users, I do understand WHFL's assessment.
How many of the following questions would you expect your hosting provider to answer for you?
How do I configure DNN to send email?
How do I make Module X work?
How do I install a skin?
I fired my webmaster and he changed my host password. Can you reset it for me?
How do I add a page to my website?
Why am I getting a "Max Pool Error" after installing a poorly developed module?
Would you upgrade DNN for me?
When I try to upload a .HTML file, it says it I am not allowed and I should contact my hosting provider. Please fix it!
I have 143 modules installed, 900 portals and 37 scheduled tasks. Why is my website going slow?
Why is it portals don't export/duplicate right in DNN?
etc...
While I think most of the DNN experts on this forum know the answers to the above questions, the fact of the matter is that most DNN users don't and the first person they ask is their hosting provider. That is OK for us though, because we train our guys specifically on DotNetNuke, however, for other companies who are used to questions like "How do I create an FTP account through my control panel so I can upload my HTML website?" it is overwhelming to get application-specific questions like the ones above.
I've heard rumblings of a few other hosting providers in addition to WHFL who are considering dropping DNN, but we'll see how that all pans out. Just keep your eyes and ears open.
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-Tony Valenti
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting UK
DotNetNuke DNN Hosting in Australia
I work for PowerDNN
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Richard Edwards
Nuke Newbie
Posts:3
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| 07/25/2010 2:54 PM |
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Thanks Tony,
I think this thread is one that the DNN corp should definitely see. It's great for companies like yours, who can provide the proper service but not so good for the DNN family in whole. Maybe they should have a DNN hosting panel or advisory group to help mitigate these types of issues. Ultimately, if there are less and less hosters willing to provide DNN as an auto install option it's going to hurt all of us.
Btw, I just want to go on record to say that since I've been at powerdnn I've been quite happy. I think that the experience that you or other DNN hosters can provide to the DNN core team can only help the adoption of DNN across the board as well as help companies like yours in the long run.
Richard Edwards
www.dnnstuff.com
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BCRose
Nuke Master
Posts:131
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| 07/28/2010 8:13 PM |
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I guess I am one of the ones they are getting rid of, they migrated my site a week ago and they are still down.
I have pre-paid for a year in advance...how can they do this to customers? I have already moved a couple critical sites to PowerDNN but the cost is quite high.
If they just would have told us that they didn't want our accounts and gave us a period of time to move that would have been fine, to do this is just ignorant and has caused a lot of stress and wasted time.
And, why all these users with 1 post saying how good they are? I thought this was a private forum?
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drawtome
Nuke Newbie
Posts:3
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| 11/01/2010 2:16 PM |
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I originally singed up at Apollo Hosting which is WH4L's sister company. I called to speak to a sales rep and explained to her that I wanted a hosting account that would support DNN. After several failed attempts at deploying DNN via the control panel I logged an issue which came back as please contact billing. I contacted billing and discovered that I needed to purchase an additional database (MSQL) in order to run this.........OK, I thought I was pretty clear on what I wanted to do when I originally contacted sales! So I agreed to purchase the db so that I could achieve what I wanted to do in the first place and that was to deploy DNN. I was transferred from Apollo to WH4L and spoke to a sales rep who educated me on the different plans. He canceled my old account and established a new and more expensive account for me to run DNN on. This happened on Friday 10/29 around noon.
I got off the phone logged into my control panel and deployed the application............no luck! I kept getting an error 404 message stating the install.aspx file could not be found. I am guessing the script didnt work. So I called support which they answered fairly quickly, they were able to reproduce the issue but could not resolve it. The technician had to escalate this. Saturday morning I received a communication from tech support they needed to send this to another department for analysis. Here it is Monday and I have not received another word. 4 Days and I still cannot deploy, install and or use DNN using WH4L.
After I complete this response I am canceling my account and moving it elsewhere. I have spent a total of 4 weeks dealing with this hosting company trying to deploy 1 instance of DNN.
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BCRose
Nuke Master
Posts:131
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| 11/23/2010 10:46 PM |
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I moved 12 sites away from them. Absolutely the worst company to deal with. Technicians never did fix any of my issues for more than a few days, and when they did DNN ran so slow that it often timed out on page loads. |
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sujith thiji
Nuke Newbie
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