AWS is super overwhelming, but you can just use lightsail and it will give
you the equivalent of a digital ocean droplet and just ignore everything
else.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 3:58 PM Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And I know AWS is the kingpin of cloud servers these days, but I try to
> avoid it like the plague. The AWS admin console is just a nightmare to
> navigate, and there are literally over a hundred different-named AWS
> services that all overlap, making it extremely hard to tell what you want
> to do.
>
> Joshua Welker
> Library Systems and Discovery Coordinator
> James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> University of Central Missouri
> Warrensburg, MO 64093
> JCKL 2260
> 660.543.8022
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:50 AM Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > If you are able to manage your own server with basic Linux sysadmin
> > skills, I've had decent experiences with Digital Ocean, Linode, and
> Vultr,
> > with Vultr currently being the cheapest option last I checked.
> >
> > If you want managed hosting, I have done freelance work for a bunch of
> > clients who use Kinsta and have been fairly impressed with that
> platform. I
> > agree with Chris above: avoid Bluehost. Godaddy is also very overrated.
> > Wordpress.com is good except my understanding is that they only allow
> > plugins and themes from a whitelist. If you want something outside of
> that,
> > you are out of luck. That's a dealbreaker for me.
> >
> > Joshua Welker
> > Library Systems and Discovery Coordinator
> > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > University of Central Missouri
> > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > JCKL 2260
> > 660.543.8022
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:22 AM Chuck McAndrew <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >> Have you considered moving it to wordpress.com? I have been pretty
> >> pleased
> >> with them. You get to run your site, but they take care of updates etc.
> >> Makes running a wordpress site pretty easy and they are fairly
> >> inexpensive.
> >> Chuck McAndrew
> >> IT Librarian
> >> Lebanon Public Libraries
> >> Lebanon NH
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 12:46 PM Andrew L Hickner <
> [log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dear colleagues,
> >> >
> >> > We are exploring moving the Wordpress website for the local chapter of
> >> our
> >> > library association to managed hosting. I'd appreciate any advice
> and/or
> >> > provider reviews you are willing to share, and would be happy to
> >> summarize
> >> > responses for the list if there is interest.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Andy Hickner, MSI
> >> > Health Sciences Librarian
> >> > Seton Hall University | Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus
> >> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> |
> 1-973-542-6973
> >> > http://library.shu.edu/ihs
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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