Well one thing that is pretty cheap and is only around for a few more days is the c5bundle

http://c5bundle.net

-Thomas

dude. really?

It's true...

I don't even know what that means.

See franz...

It's basically a developer deal for c5 addons and themes.

I think he meant this probably isn't the most appropriate thread to be advertising the bundle on...

Still no clue what you're talking about. Afraid I've gotten myself in over my head by taking this on.

don't pay attention to them. I would suggest using hostgator. They have pretty good support and load times, and offer one click installations of c5. There are a lot of other hosting providers you could use too though.

Well back to your original post...

I guess you can ask your self how many support threads you made in the hosting parter forums and see if it weighs up.

In the long run think about the cost when something goes wrong and you need to hire a linux tech....

90 bucks doesn't seem that bad for unlimited support...

Just my 2 cents.

-Is that better franz?

urghh....

One click installs. I don't bother with them. Just check out the forums. Simple Scripts isn't always the greatest at uploading....

Plus uploading and installing c5 isn't that big of a deal. It's more when something goes wrong... But even then if you do have a good hosting provider they usually fix things on their end. It's more when your the hosting provider with the ds

Still completely unrelated, they're talking about hosting plans not pro accounts vs. partner accounts..

Just stop being so car salesmany on your undercut deal plz. If people want your bundle they'll buy it.. jeeez.

Sorry franz...

Didn't mean to upset anyone.

Just my 2cents about third-party hosting. There are really only two decent companies hostgator and bluehost (media template is pretty mixed).

I would personally check out hostgator, bluehost is ok but they love to play the blame game. My client was attacked and bluehost kicked him off their plans. Turns out they had a worm and it infected his server.

Also if your wanting the best support call hostgator and ask to speak with a tech rep. It's much faster and easier than their live chat!

I hear ya andreadigiorgio.

What I can tell you is bluehost does a great job at providing 24 hour support which we simply can't do. They also monitor our forums and their own for concrete5/bluehost related installation issues.

The reality is with our own hosting you're getting the core team at your service to solve any type of problem you may have. Any business owner with a website is familiar with the "that's the other guy's fault" answer that hosting providers and web developers so often have to resort to. I've certainly been as guilty as the next guy in falling into this trap, which is just fundamental to responsibility being split between two parties. Our plan with changing around our hosting plans is to provide a single solution to that same business owner. I can't promise we can solve every problem for part of your base hosting charge, but I can promise you won't have to spend your afternoon on the phone trying to simply get someone to provide a solution at ANY cost.

So yeah, budget hosting is pretty different than that.

OK - here's what I need. I represent an organization with no tech people whatsoever, but we need a website. The one we have now is very antiquated. It is on one person's computer and only that person can make changes. If she leaves her job, we're basically screwed.

I need a way to have a website where mulitple people can edit it from different sites and if the person who sets it up leaves their job or moves on, there is nothing physical to move or nothing to download somewhere else.

So, if I set up a concrete5 website, but I host it through a budget site, have I met that goal? Have I even met that goal if I host it through concrete5?

I'm going to be getting the website started and then moving on at the end of the year and someone in an entirely different location will take over.

Thanks for any insight.

yes, any hosting company will allow you to do that.

That sounds doable. Considering a website is hosted.

The only thing you might worry about is he/she deleting the website. But that is where user permissions comes in. You can be the admin and setup a editors group and give them access.

You also might consider setting up dropbox or some other file sharing software.

Yes, I use Hostgator to host the sites I develop, it just seems easier for me to do it this way. Never had a problem with them in over 5 years. I'd recommend you move forward, it's a good plan and sounds like it will fit your requirements.

Thanks everyone. Maybe I'll give one of them a call as I'm still not understanding how to do this.

You might also check out the hostgator documentation. Watch some videos and read some forum posts. Great way to get started!