Joomla Hosting Services
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:
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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.
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 .
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.)
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.
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.
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