I'd like some advice on web hosting. I'm sixteen and this will be my first website, so I want to make sure I'm doing this right.
After searching for quality shared hosting I've found Hostgator very attractive. Before purchasing I'd like to ask some questions to be sure I purchase the right hosting plan. Here are my circumstances:
1. My index page (as well as a few other pages) will look something like this (a small amount of php): http://holotec-community.netii.net/demo2.php
2. I'll be using a forum (phpbb3 w/ my mods) for the visitors to interact.
3. No streaming media of any sort, and no downloading/sharing files
4. I'm not sure how large of a community I'm aiming at, but I'd like it to grow as large as possible. However, I won't be advertising all the time as this is a hobby. Therefore I doubt my online community will ever reach huge proportions and mass amounts of visitors at a time.
5. I'm only focusing on one site and domain, no more than that. As for space, I won't be using a lot of storage. Though I'd like to have plenty of monthly bandwidth for the site traffic.
6. I want a good amount of speed and reliability. I tried to design my layout from the ground up to be lightweight and fast. As for phpbb3 I'm modifying it slightly for some speed tweaks but nothing major really.
-Based on the above circumstances, what Hostgator hosting plan (shared, VPS, or dedicated) do you think would be best for me? I want to make sure that I choose the right plan so that I may be more successful and my visitors enjoy the experience. |
