Dap and Rep to anyone can answer some website questions, hosting, etc

[Dzali OG]

I'm ready to get my site up and running, I have the beta version of my home page completed. Right now I'm considering my best options at hosting.

I'm curious to know the best forum software. What are your recommendations for hosting?

 

[mannyrs13]

I'm ready to get my site up and running, I have the beta version of my home page completed. Right now I'm considering my best options at hosting.

I'm curious to know the best forum software. What are your recommendations for hosting?

I didn't see a relevant thread to send you to in six certs but post in there and see if one of the brehs can help you out.

 

[Quasi]

Google is probably your best choice. Comes with a lot of useful features standard and integrates easily with the rest of the G Suite product lineup. Link below.

Google Domains – Google

 

[Stir Fry]

I use squarespace.

 

[Dzali OG]

Google is probably your best choice. Comes with a lot of useful features standard and integrates easily with the rest of the G Suite product lineup. Link below.

Google Domains – Google

Well lemme explain my site better:

It's going to require a lot of bandwidth, storage, of course up time, be scalable.

The site will be a little bit like worldstar due to a large number of videos. It will also have a forum. As to traffic...if I get it poppin how I desire, there are around 10 million black people in this country alone who are tech enough to desire the benefits of this site. However, I digress because that is merely an ambition now.

I'm considering starting out vps on bluehost or hostgator?

 

[Dzali OG]

I use squarespace.

Is it enough to make a site such as this one the coli, or wshh?

I'm at the site now and it's looking like a site designed for small business.

 

[Dzali OG]

I use squarespace.

You know if they offer vps amd dedicated servers?

 

[Stir Fry]

Is it enough to make a site such as this one the coli, or wshh?

I'm at the site now and it's looking like a site designed for small business.

My bad, yeah squarespace is for small business/personal sites. No idea how to even start going about hosting a forum.

 

[Quasi]

Well lemme explain my site better:

It's going to require a lot of bandwidth, storage, of course up time, be scalable.

The site will be a little bit like worldstar due to a large number of videos. It will also have a forum. As to traffic...if I get it poppin how I desire, there are around 10 million black people in this country alone who are tech enough to desire the benefits of this site. However, I digress because that is merely an ambition now.

I'm considering starting out vps on bluehost or hostgator?

Breh... Sites like squarespace and wix will help you design your website, while Google domains only offers you the ability to host your website - much like godaddy, hotstgator and others - and it also gives you a number of tools that will help you do so much more easily. Squarespace/Wix sites can be hosted on Google domains.
Your OP said you were looking for a hosting site, that's what Google domains is.

 

[Dzali OG]

Breh... Sites like squarespace and wix will help you design your website, while Google domains only offers you the ability to host your website - much like godaddy, hotstgator and others - and it also gives you a number of tools that will help you do so much more easily. Squarespace/Wix sites can be hosted on Google domains.
Your OP said you were looking for a hosting site, that's what Google domains is.

Does it have vps or dedicated servers?

Also, due to my site being controversial, will I still own my shyt? I can't have them trying to regulate my shyt and shutting it down soon as white supremacist start crying.

 

[King Frost]

You have thousands if not millions of options, close your eyes & pick one. Cheap hosting going for $5 a month.

Start small then upgrade

No use in renting a 1TB HD, 15TB b/w server if no one's visiting.

 

[Treblemaka]

I'm ready to get my site up and running, I have the beta version of my home page completed. Right now I'm considering my best options at hosting.

I'm curious to know the best forum software. What are your recommendations for hosting?

Xenforo (which this site is run on) is very good and flexible.

You can use wix, wordpress, or squarespace to maintain and update ypur site.

 

[Dzali OG]

You have thousands if not millions of options, close your eyes & pick one. Cheap hosting going for $5 a month.

Start small then upgrade

No use in renting a 1TB HD, 15TB b/w server if no one's visiting.

I feel you on that start small. My issue is how small can I start because there will be alot of media uploaded.

 

[Dzali OG]

Xenforo (which this site is run on) is very good and flexible.

You can use wix, wordpress, or squarespace to maintain and update ypur site.

Yeah I'm probably going with xenforo. Was considering the cheap open source route but ownership comes into play.

 

[King Frost]

I feel you on that start small. My issue is how small can I start because there will be alot of media uploaded.

What specs do you desire? What software will you be running? blog, tube site, basic html only How much disc space will you need? If videos, will they be hosted locally or via thrid party like youtube etc.? What content will be hosted on the server?

Once you're certain of the specs, go over to webhostingtalk or gfy.com and make a thread. Reps from hosting companies will respond.