Just got onto wpcrafter on youtube. Man does he go into depth. Wish I had found all this stuff back in January, lol
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It’s saying not secure, but that’s because you don’t have ssl certificate for that site.
I use Bluehost. Great technical support
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Alright guys (@BTBPropertyService, @Racer, @dan0788, @Molski):
I’m going forward with rebuilding from the ground up. I’m torn between a2, inmotion, & siteground for hosting. A2 claims to be the fastest, which I like. But it feels like they were trying to nickel and dime me in the checkout process. Still a small expense, though.
My main concerns:
- I have google apps integration for my domain email (alex@cleanvt dot com is actually a gmail managed address); I don’t want any email downtime if I can help it.
- do I transfer my domain to my new host, or leave it with godaddy and just update my nameservers? (I never did fully comprehend how DNS worked when I was in school for this stuff. It’s why I clean for a living
) - I have another domain registered and hosted with ‘and1’ that I’m paying month to month. Would love to ditch that company and do everything under one roof. Advice?
I can’t speak on behalf of any of those hosting options. Not to throw another wrench into the mix, but I use veerotech for myself and all client sites. They are 100% US based and their support is top notch - don’t think I’ve ever wait more then 5 mins for a response.
Keeping the domains in different places isn’t a big deal. If anything godaddy is one of the best for the domains because their DNS updates are almost instantaneous as previous mentioned.
When the new site is ready you can just change the A record on your domain name and point it to the IP of the new hosting account. No need to change the nameservers and nothing will affect your MX records or interrupt your email.
The A record just tells the browser where to look to load your website. So just changing that will leave the least room for error as possible.
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Do I need to buy a dedicated IP in order to do that?
The other thing I like about a2 is that they will pre-install WP already tweaked for performance. I know wp is easy to install, but it sounds like they put a lot of thought into optimizing the config
I have multiple sites through A2 and we are very happy with them. Don’t worry about paying the extra for the fancy word press hosting, it is unnecessary. Just get regular hosting and install Wordpress. (That upsell is like a jrod sleeve, don’t need it and can get by without it). If your domains are with godaddy that is totally fine. I hate godaddy and use name cheap but that’s just my experience. Also A2 if I remember is like $60/year if you pay in full. Not too bad in my opinion and also their customer service has been good but very rarely need them. Also the best time to buy and renew hosting is Black Friday, everybody runs crazy sales for hosting.
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Wow I totally didn’t even acknowledge the questions…
1)not sure on the integration, but you shouldn’t have any downtime if you switch stuff over in the middle of the night. Maybe have your emails forward somewhere else while you are switching and once everything is done stop forwarding them. I pay namecheap (my domain provider) every month for the gmail email.
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you can leave your domain with godaddy no need to change, but you will have to go into godaddy and direct that domain to your host.
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with A2 I know you can host multiple domains under one roof. We do it with no problems. I can’t speak for other web host providers but I would imagine you could do the same. Definitely easier to have all on the same host
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Ok, thanks. Any input on updating the A record? Do I need a dedicated IP to accomplish that?
Also, it looks like a2 charges more for the managed wp hosting, but the lite/swift/turbo packages seem to be priced the same. I’m leaning toward Swift so I can host my other domain, too.
Haha, I got in on google apps when it was still free, lol.
Oh, and what the heck is railgun? Is it worth $2/mth? (or cloudflare, for that matter?)
No dedicated IP needed
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Awesome. Any use for Railgun or cloudflare?
For a small site like yours there’s no need, especially at an extra cost. Cloud flare has a free plan that is more than enough if you ever saw the need for it.
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so, order went through. I didn’t take note of the wp login credentials they gave me on the checkout screen. You know, the one they say they won’t give you again? grr…
removed wp install and will reinstall. Kind’ve lost at the moment. what’s next? update dns settings in godaddy? will that screw up my temporary forwarding I have setup?
can’t edit A record in my godaddy account for some reason. There’s a little pencil edit symbol next to all the other records, but not next to A
Ok, guys (@BTBPropertyService, @Racer, @dan0788, @Molski):
SSL certificates. Do I really need to pay for one? I thought I was getting it for free with the hosting package, but it turns out it’s just self-signed. So will still cause warnings.
I got my nameservers updated in godaddy and now have the redirect setup from the a2 side. seems faster already, somehow. guess it could just be cached data in my browser.
In my opinion you don’t need SSL unless you’re taking payments through your website
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Yeah I think you’re good with the free one. I even have an e-commerce site and don’t upgrade and have never had issues. I could be wrong but I hate spending money and the free one has always worked so why not.
