Comments on: My Web Hosting Nightmare…

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:20:58 +0000

May I ask who you are with now and what companies you’ve tried?
I’ve tried so many – more than those listed in this post. PearTree continue to be fantastic. I really should post a follow up to this post.

By: turisuna

turisuna — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:16:46 +0000

It can be so difficult to choose good web hosting that match with our needs. I have moved to different web hosting for four times in these last three years. I hope I don’t need to move again, I’m tired with troubles.

By: christopher

christopher — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:55:14 +0000

i’m with surpass, moaned on twitter, and they moved me to their uk reseller. its only me and one other customer on there atm and its miles better.

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By: Web Host Reviews

Web Host Reviews — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:39:31 +0000

I can’t get wordpress set-up correctly as it has trouble writing to directories all the time. It had no problems on bluehost but I soon outgrew their solution.

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:39:57 +0000

Hi Ben,

Providing all the initial file permissions are set correctly (uploads directory set to 777 etc) then yep PeartreeUK Just. Works.

I no longer have any problems running upgrades, updating plugins or managing any other files. And I was having an absolutely nightmare on Clook. Clook are a good company, but their server setup is not tailored for people using things like Wordpress. PeartreeUK on the other hand have a setup that stops all those irritating permissions problems.

I strongly suggest you try them out! Speak to Rob, tell him I sent you & I promise you won’t be disappointed!

By: ben

ben — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:12:04 +0000

Hi,

I am having similar problems with Clook. I can’t get wordpress set-up correctly as it has trouble writing to directories all the time. It had no problems on bluehost but I soon outgrew their solution.

Now that your blog runs on pear tree does every just “work”… you know automatic updates, add/delete plugins, image uploads etc.

I don’t want to go through the same thing where I have to set the owner/group to “no-one” to get everything working and then I can’t modify files via ftp.

If you could let me know that would REALLY help!

By: Magmoman

Magmoman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:55:13 +0000

Wow, that’s a lot of companies! I’m sorry you had to go through all that, but I’m glad you found one that worked for you. I’m using Bluehost, and haven’t had any troubles yet (knock on wood :))

By: Wizely

Wizely — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:48:50 +0000

Sorry to hear of your ‘loss of habitat’ sis… I’d offer you lodgings with all the amenities but I’d expect you’d only get prissy about the webcam in your room and shower!
Anyhoo… as you know I’m intrinsically bound to your hosting choices and I have to say that switching to Peartree has seen about a tenfold speed increase if nothing else. I couldn’t believe how fast it was to upload things… I was double-uploading in Filezilla because files went so fast that I wasn’t sure they’d uploaded (they had of course!).
Hopefuly Peartree will turn out to be stable too (my main concern with hosting following past experiences!).

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:27:36 +0000

How long have you used their services? It’s always good to hear great feedback from people who have been there much longer than I.