I'm not exactly sure if this is the best place to post this, but it makes the most sense to me. My site runs Joomla which runs quite a few database queries. As the site grows, I'm starting to have user login issues. I've had a few users lose access to the site because I believe that the database isn't updated correctly. Also my menu items sometimes look like they are loading, but then just stop. Anyway. Can someone recommend a good shared hosting solution for Joomla? I don't think the site can afford it's own machine yet.
I use hostgator for several of my joomla sites and never had a problem. They have pretty good support and are cheap as well. www.hostgator.com
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Hey man, I just downloaded joomla and was extremely easy to use with Godaddy.com. Some even made an extremely easy tutorial as well. Dont remember which post it was on but search for "Installation_manual_Joomla_on_GoDaddy_v1_0.pdf". Seriously im extremely new to this stuff and i got it to work.
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Thanks guys, I'll check into all of them. Any ideas of the pages or visitor limits of shared hosting?
Better visit webhostingtalk.com they have tons information about webhosting, the pro and cons of the webhosting companies etc. So you can learn and got lot information before make decision what is the best webhosting company for your joomla site. Hope this help.
I had Joomla on one of my sites hosted with Lunarpages and had no problems. I host 7 domains on my one lunarpages shared account and I haven't had any problems. I also recommend checking out HostGator as mentioned in a previous post. I don't recommend hosting with godaddy however.
I run a lot of Joomla sites on a lot of different servers. You have to make sure that your hosting has enough memory and cpu to process all your database queries. A couple of things you can do: 1. Reduce the mysql queries by optimizing your site. If you have too many components and modules, they're all going to use queries. Try using the debug on your front page, and see what it returns. Maybe remove any unnecessary components that are just there for looks. 2. Try caching. I know there's a component on extensions.joomla.org called Ircmaxell, that you could try to use and limit your queries. 3. Optimize your graphics, images, etc. I know these don't directly affect your database, but the more http requests and queries together will all take up resources. 4. Make sure you are using the latest version of Joomla (1.0.13). Some of the older versions use more queries.