Hostgator offers the best WordPress hosting compatibility

If you haven’t figured out how to install wordpress using Fantastico, I’m going to quickly get you up to date and then move on to explaining why a solid hosting service is crucial when installing WordPress blogs.

First off, you absolutely need a cPanel hosting package to have immediate access to things like Apache or MySQL (and Fantastico too). You dont need to know what to do with it, but you better have’em.

1. Fantastico

Make sure your WordPress host offers Fantastico De Luxe

This wonderful service allows you to install WordPress on any of the domains listed in your account (see addon domains for more) in less than a minute.

It will also keep track of all the domains that have WP installed and suggest updates when necessary. The other option?

You’d have to download the WP package, FTP it to your domain, and then go to wordpress.com to get a username/password. If you know what you’re doing, it’ll take you 20 minutes – if not, well, it can take a whole day.

2. MySQL databases

I’m adventuring myself in unchartered territory, but here’s my attempt to explain why this is important when using WordPress.

Everytime you install WP, they create a new database where your configurations are stored. This way, there’s something to save you in case of a crash or invasion (Hostgator saved me from one of those).

So mark MySQL in the list of things you DONT need to know what it does but you DO need to have on your hosting package.

Got the picture?

Tomorrow I’m going to attempt to explain why these two services are CRUCIAL when you’re trying to perform trivial things like loading a new theme or installing a plugin to your WP blog. (You wont EVER have to worry about FTP!)

But before we get there, you need the most reliable wordpress hosting service -

Sign up for Hostgator today and get your first month for $0.01 (coupon code: wordpress)

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Hostgator's SUPER Hosting makes the web more fun

This blog is only a week old and already we’re causing a stir around the stiff web hosting industry with our ultra cool ways to talk about all of Hostgator’s amazing hosting services. Some folks have pointed out that we’re so cool that they dont mind all of the geek talk we have here.

Though he admitted that the amount of geek talk is here is minimal when compared to other hosting-related sites. And yes, I dont talk as much about technical aspects because honestly, I care more about how effectively Hostgator works than WHY it works so darn well.

But we’ve addressed some pretty technical issues here already – specifically when we discussed ASP.NET hosting with Hostgator and when I explained how cool having a free cpanel hosting account is.

We also taked some geeky when I exposed their best seller hosting package and how reseller hosting accounts work. But the coolest thing was the video tutorial.

I had a blast trying to make a video tutorial on Hostgator’s free domain transfers – I thought I should teach folks how to transfer your site to a new host, but the fact is that HG does all the work.

So I shot a 4-minute tutorial that shows you how to get your old IP address and paste it over to their free transfer form.

Seriously, how easy is that? And why did I take 4 minutes to finish the video? Good question!

Before I wrap this up, I just want to point out that the $0.01 Hostgator coupon has limited availability and you will be unable to use when HG pulls it off their list.

It’s been a pleasure writing this blog and we have lost more coming up – so stay tuned and enjoy your gifts!

Sign up to Hostgator NOW!

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Here are the specific transfer forms for each hosting package:

Reseller Hosting Transfer Form

Dedicated Hosting Transfer Form

Shared Hosting Transfer Form

Sign up for Hostgator For A PENNY – (coupon code: wordpress)

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Hostgator's hosting packages have won several awards - because they rock!

In their 5 years of existence, Hostgator has won an average of 4 awards per year – they have 22 awards listed on their website as you read this. That’s why hostgator hosting rocks

What does this mean to you, soon-to-be Hostgator fan?

It means you’re not the only one that thinks they’re good. A lot of people (that probably know what they’re talking about) investigated and confirmed that Hostgator is by far the best hosting service.

(Check out some of their awards in the bottom of this post)

But what’s so good about Hostgator?

Check this out:

I’m going to post below the SIMPLEST package they offer, just so you can see how cool they are.

Keep in mind that the $7.95 price is for when you pay ahead for the whole year – regular price is $9.95 if you pay monthly.

But still… 10 bucks a month gets you all this:

UNLIMITED Disk Space
UNLIMITED Bandwidth
Host UNLIMITED Websites
FREE Instant Setup
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
45 Day Money Back Guarantee
CGI, PHP 5, RoR, Perl
MySQL, SSH, SSL, IMAP, POP
FREE Site Builder
cPanel Hosting ( View Demo )
24/7/365 Upgraded Support

This means you can have over 30,000 visitors to your site daily, and it would not crash. You could also have 1500 different websites in the same hosting account (for 10 bucks a month). HOW COOL IS THAT?

SIGN UP FOR HOSTGATOR NOW

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Love Hostgator hosting as much as I do?

I’ve been using Hostgator for a while now, and I’ve never had a bad experience with the guys.

On pretty much all issues, they were able to fix it for me in under 10 minutes! Even when the issue was completely my fault, I never got a single tech support agent being rude or judgmental.

And they are available 24 hours, pretty much instantly, on their live chat support.

Sometimes I think I’m so spoiled – I pay $7.95/month and I’m sure over the course of one month I use 10x more than that in payroll during our chat conversations.

The purpose of this blog is to make all of this luxurious treatment known to the public – so they too can sign up for Hostgator and be as happy as I am with their website hosting.

Over the next blog posts, we’re going to discuss specific areas where Hostgator makes my life as a webmaster 100x easier  - such as providing the simplest most effective wordpress hosting interface ever (beyond Fantastico), how their cpanel reseller hosting package works, and I will even post some transcripts of conversations with tech support.

They truly rock – and if you’re looking for a reliable, customer-oriented, tech-savvy hosting company, look no further:

get an account with Hostgator RIGHT NOW

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