PaddyBloggit
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We have shared hosting with Let's Host.
The site has gotten very slow ever since we were moved to a 'newer server'.
Having spoken to Let's Host, they now say we need to move to a VPS server as our site is using so many resources, not only is it slowing down our own sites, it's also slowing down other websites on the shared server.
If we don't move to a vps server we will lose service as they won't allow us remain on a shared server.
Our school site is built using WordPress. I have two other sites in subfolders - one listing homework and where pupils can upload their homework, the other is a dedicated science & maths website where pupils post their own reports - both sites use wordpress.
Our basic package to date (based on latest invoices) costs us €207.60 every two years.
Let's Host wants us to move to plan 3 which would cost us €55 per month for the dedicated server & €9.99 for the cpanel license per month. Total bill per annum would be hitting the €700 mark - totally out of our range (we're a primary school)
Our site is extremely progressive but our success is now killing us. The school is unlikely to be able to pay the €700 annual fee for dedicated hosting/domain registration and turning the site into a static site is looking ever so likely.
(I'm doing a backup at the moment with a view to delection if necessary)
What are my choices so that I can keep our sites alive?
What are the comparable companies out there?
If I was to approach a company for sponsorship, are there tax breaks for them that I could mention?
What's Blacknight like? etc.
Thanks
The site has gotten very slow ever since we were moved to a 'newer server'.
Having spoken to Let's Host, they now say we need to move to a VPS server as our site is using so many resources, not only is it slowing down our own sites, it's also slowing down other websites on the shared server.
If we don't move to a vps server we will lose service as they won't allow us remain on a shared server.
Our school site is built using WordPress. I have two other sites in subfolders - one listing homework and where pupils can upload their homework, the other is a dedicated science & maths website where pupils post their own reports - both sites use wordpress.
Our basic package to date (based on latest invoices) costs us €207.60 every two years.
Let's Host wants us to move to plan 3 which would cost us €55 per month for the dedicated server & €9.99 for the cpanel license per month. Total bill per annum would be hitting the €700 mark - totally out of our range (we're a primary school)
Our site is extremely progressive but our success is now killing us. The school is unlikely to be able to pay the €700 annual fee for dedicated hosting/domain registration and turning the site into a static site is looking ever so likely.
(I'm doing a backup at the moment with a view to delection if necessary)
What are my choices so that I can keep our sites alive?
What are the comparable companies out there?
If I was to approach a company for sponsorship, are there tax breaks for them that I could mention?
What's Blacknight like? etc.
Thanks
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