Joomla Hosting Canada & USA

Why is Joomla hosting diffrent than any other kind of web host services? Here is some information that will help you understand why Joomla web hosting is not the same as regualr website hosting services. The reason doesn't lie so much in the hardware (servers, equipement, data center, critical facility management, infrastructure ect..) but in servicing your Joomla hosting package. Both the hosting of the website and the setup/maintenance of email servers differs from static HTML websites hosting.

Top 5 Reasons Why Joomla Hosting Is Better Handled Professionally:

1. Joomla Installation

2. Joomla Configuration

3. Joomla Maintenance

4. Joomla Security

5. Joomla Upgrading

• Joomla Installation:

Joomla can be installed in two ways, manually or automatically with a script. Manual installation is quite complicated and requires the hands of an experienced CMS (content management system) Joomla expert webmaster or a seasoned IT professional. First the latest version of Joomla must be downloaded. Then the database needs be created with users by hand. Then the whole site needs to be uploaded again manually via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and if the Joomla site has been worked offline with an Apache Stand Alone Server, the database must be exported offline and then imported online. On the other hand all our Joomla web hosting accounts have Fantastico script installation with full cpanel (control panel) support. This makes the Joomla installation intuitive and possible with a few clicks from an experienced Joomla webmaster. In conclusion, an appropriate Joomla webhosting account must have Fantastico script installation possibiltiies, outfits like 1and1.com, godaddy.com, register.com and so on all share the same handicap of not having Fantastico and cpanel. Hotgator.com is the best choice and we are a reseller of their services, they have 22 000 000 clients and are very well suited to Joomla hosting with all the tools available and top of the line servers, infrastructure and equipement.

• Joomla Configuration:

A Joomla website has special needs versus a static HTML site. A Joomla site is built around a mutlitude of web development languages. In addition to HTML, PHP, Java script and CSS must also be utilised. Since Joomla sites are dynamic, some URL(Uniform ressource locator - the website address basically) issues need to be configured right from the start in order to gain good search engine rankings (SEO) and avoid being lost to the infinite number of competing websites. In order to acheive this 2 major things need to be done. Setting up redirect  of canonical URL from no www. to www. This is necessary to avoid being awarded a duplicate content penalty from search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. It is best to have the default canonical website set to the standard http://www format as it is standard WWW3 (world wide web consortium) URL. If someone enters your URL with no www. it should redirect to the proper http://www. url. For example:

In your address bar, key this URL:

http://anonsolutions.com

You will then see that the page will reload and the new URL is this:

http://www.anonsolutions.com

This is acheived with a custom 301 redirect of the Joomla .htaccess file. This is not always easy to implement and needs to be done by an experienced Joomla web developer .

• Joomla Maintenance:

So you have  Joomla website? Can you just leave it as is? Well in theory yes you could...However since Joomla is free open source software, why not take advantage of the free security updates? New free advanced features? Newer components, modules and plugins that require upgrading? How about dealing with email problems and hosting glitches and problems that occur from time to time? Maintenance also includes support. In order to be able to maintain a Joomla website effectively cpanel and Fantastico is preffered because it can greatly automate maintenance and save you money on a per hour, per case maintenance calls and support tickets. Cpanel Joomla hosting also give you more control of email servers (reducing email problems downtime to a minimum.)

• Joomla Security

Since Joomla is a very popular CMS (2.5% of successfull sites online) many hackers constantly try to get into the code, it's a little like the Windows operating system and Microsoft. Because they are so large some insrupulous people get jealous and take pleasure in attacking websites. This leaves Joomla Hosting with slack security vulnerable to malicious attacks from hacker and onine criminals. This is where full service Joomla hosting managed by an experienced Joomla hosting webmaster comes into play. In order to safely maintain your site at the highest level of security, the hosting manager both needs to be of at least level III administrator AND a qualified Joomla web developer.

• Joomla Upgrading

In addition to securtiy and maintenance, a Joomla website and it's extensions need to be upgraded for both security reasons and to take advantage of helpfull and more powerfull version of the installed components, plugins, mambots and components. The Joomla core often changes, about 4 times per year it gets upgraded and improved. With standard static hosting this will need to be done manually. With Fantastico cpanel Joomla hosting the upgrades can be done with a few mouse clicks from an experienced Joomla expert web hosting administrator. Upgrading of pluggins, extensions, mambots, components and templates must be done by hand either by the end client or from your Joomla we designer as a value added service that can be billed either by the hour or by the task. Rates vary per cities in Canada and the USA but Joomla design rates usually tend to be higher in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary in Canada and in the USA Joomla rates are higher in cities like Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Fransisco. So even if you Joomla website is hosted on our servers in Canada or the USA, you can find you Joomla specialist in any major North American cities.