I have a forum that is a non-profit for artists. Since starting the sites almost a year ago I have been hacked several times. The first were just the index page, but this last one was a lot more and also got the main site.

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Ok, I will ask a different question. Can I get some pros and cons for 1 & 1 hosting?

Katers - are you saying that one of the hacking incidents was an inside job?

Have you posed this question to the SMF and Joomla forums to find out whether there's a security hole in the software that might need a security patch?

I myself host numerous Wordpress and CMS Made Simple sites on Hostgator - have been since mid-2005, and never experienced any hacking (touch wood).

Ahhh - "1 & 1 hosting" ... that explains alot right there.

This might be a problem with the host. if possible Please try toc hange host and see how it works. May be you can move your less important site first and depending on the success move your original site.

Hello Katers,, first of all if you are sure that it was your host for the hacking incident then you should definitely change to a different webhost because you can’t let go your hard earned money in some issues which can easily be avoided if you have the services from a reliable source.
You may consider checking <snip self promotion> if you are planning to change your host as it’s a reasonable and reliable webhost,, check their different packages on the site, might help you.

If you want to know more about 1&1 you should read feedbacks anout them at the reviewcenter.

Okay, i can provide cheap, hosting to suit you!, if you tell me (either as a post, IM, or PM or email. exactly what you need, how many datbases, what size, how many emails and everything. i will give you a account, where you only pay for what you need and i mean CHEAP! i have just got the site up so im practically giving it away because i would like to build up my customer base.

please contact me and of course all prices and plans are up to you!

Hope i can help!

Dan

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dansgalaxy@hotmail.co.uk
dan@dansgalaxy.co.uk

Gosh Dan - You gonna start spamming now??!!??

I am offended! I was only tring to help a fellow webster, get great reliable, hosting with fantasic personal support and a deal to suit them for a remarkable low price at http://dansgalaxy.co.uk and that i am contact able via email at dan@dansgalaxy.co.uk and IM able most of the day at dansgalaxy@hotmail.com.... why would you think that?! i was only tring to help...

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Dan ;-)

www.greenlush.com offer joomla hosting

[Points at greenlush] look he's doing it too!! hehe
Tell 'im! lol kiddin'

Dan

you can try siteground.com . they are good at joomla hosting

joomla is easy to setup. I also recommend it to my client and they never turn back to phpnuke or other cms. Oh ya, joomla work great with SMF!

Well if you are still interested than I can do it, like I said in another post

Server Processor: Dual 64 Bit AMD Opteron
(4 CPUS)
w/ 8GB Ram, CentOS
WHM/cPanel

If you want we can make a great deal eitehr for shared or reseller hosting. I recommed reseller.

Cheapest reseller I can offer is for $10/month
30GB Space
500GB BW
Unlimited Features (ftps, mysql, emails etc)
Fantastico Deluxe
WHM/cPanel
(for $10 i can make a better deal with you if you want, jsut tell me)

or a

Cheapest shared I can offer is for $2.99/month
4GB Space
40GB BW
Unlimited Features (ftps, mysql, emails etc)
Fantastico Deluxe
cPanel

I can help installing all CMS, also Fantastico does all job for you

Yea so what you think? Im also flexible, just tell me exactly what you need.

Any reliable host would be fine to host joomala as long as the package features permit. As mad-d702 said you can install via Fantastico in a few clicks (great tool)

yep it easy..