Wordpress Hosting Solutions
Wordpress hosting providers are continually increasing in response to the rapidly growing blogging community. The Wordpress CMS itself requires the Wordpress host to conform to certain technical requirements. The options for hosting and the technical requirements are discussed further blow. Wordpress blog hosting can be accomplished on minimal hosting packages. These generally start from a few dollars a month and can be free if you use the official Wordpress website.
Wordpress Blog Hosting technical requirements:
The CMS itself is a database driven application that requires setting up the database and support for php coding. The degree of technical expertise required depends on the options offered by the provider. The minimum requirements for Wordpress 2.0 are as follows:
(i)Php 4.2 or greater (ii) MySQL version 4.0 or greater (iii)The mod-rewrite Apache module If you are doing a manual Wordpress install you will need to be familiar with setting up database tables in MySQL and uploading files via FTP to the host account. This is relatively easy to do if you have some degree of technical proficiency. If you are technically challenged, you may want to opt for a hosting provider that supports Worpress as an "add on" service or as an included component of your hosting account. Hostica.com is an example of a hosting provider that supports Wordpress. The setup is already setup of the host server. You simply navigate to your account options, select the Wordpress install and the setup process takes place behind the scenes. No technical expertise is required and the entire process occurs quickly and seamlessly. Free Wordpress Hosting: Worpress web hosting is freely available at wordpress.com. Once you setup an account you can post as much as you want for free. If you want feature upgrades, you can opt for these at a small cost. Features of this service include: (a) Many designs to choose from (b) Spell check, preview and save content, videos and photos (c) Categorize and tag your posts (d) Privacy options (e) Integrated statistics (f) Askimet spam protection (g) Helpful and friendly support (h) sidebar widgets for Flickr, del.icio.us and Meebo (i) Add, edit and delete your regular pages (j) Export content in 'xml' format (k) controlled authoring with the ability to add additional users Hosting your Wordpress blog can be accomplished quickly and easily. Be sure to check that you hosting provider supports the minimal technical requirements. If you are technically challenged, it is better to use the official Worpress website or go for a low cost high quality Worpress blog hosting provider such as Hostica.
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