<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 2:57 PM, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I currently run two websites that are hosted on <a href="http://myhosting.com" target="_blank">myhosting.com</a>. One is for a charity I help out and the other is my own blog. Everytime I see the charges on my Visa bill I wonder if there's a cheaper solution. I pay for both my own site and the charity's, so any cost savings would be appreciated.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>It says $40 a month per site. So are you paying $80 a month for two sites or using one instance to host both sites?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Do any of you guys use a hosting service and if so, which one and are they any good?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I use Linode, and highly recommend them. They start at $20 a month, and depending on your sites traffic, one instance may be able to handle both sites.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>My only real requirements are Wordpress capable (i.e. both sites are predominantly Wordpress generated) and a few email accounts. I don't need anything too fancy.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Did you look into <a href="http://wordpress.com">wordpress.com</a>? They have a free tier. Perhaps that would be enough for your needs.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I know somebody in this mail list is going to suggest that I host these myself but I'm not sure if I'm technically savvy enough to do this. If you can loan me a copy of "web hosting for dummies" maybe I could look into it...</div>
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