HostGator?
 

I noticed in other threads HostGator is recommended by some members, I had a look and their pricing is fine for me as well.

I'd like to see some VB's running there, can anybody who host there post some links for me pls!

CHeck Me Sig.

Isn't HostGator & BlueHost the same company?

i use them, best move i made was to hostgator!!

I have no idea, but Hostgator uses Theplanet's datacenter - so it has 99.9% uptime.

Not that im aware of...

Hostgator is a good company to host with indeed

Here ares some vb's running at hostgator http://corvettemechanic.com & http://gk43forum.com

I would recommend www.inmotionhosting.com. Great support and Software.

HostGator runs great with vBulletin, almost no downtime, and less than a second response (for a default installation of vB on gator273) :)

Check my sig :)

Hostgator is pretty good for thier support and hosting. Only thing that I know of on the downside about HG is thier shared and reseller plans have a 25 continuous click feature. Which for a board with over 600 or more members is bad.

Dude, I'm a total noob. I bought the vB software, registered the domain name(through HostGator), then signed up for their Swamp Croc package.

Their service and support has been top notch! My board has been up for less than a month but has grown rapidly, and there's never even been a glitch with the server. And the support staff and community(running vB, I might add) is awesome!

I would recommend x10Hosting. They have a really friendly support and affordable package. Their servers are at The Planet and I am currently a happy cutomer ;)

My forums running on Hostsgator ands fine, the package is one of the cheapest I've found and have had no problems with downtime.

http://www.gamezod.co.uk/forum

<a href="http://forums.theshadys.net" target="_blank">I use HostGator as well</a>. While I don't like some of the way it's setup (which is actually due to cpanel, so not much they can do about it), the service is excellent.

In terms of full customisation, try DreamHost. If you're after a mix and are in the UK/Europe, HostGator is a good choice due to the speed.

If anyone has any questions at all about HostGator service, or using vBulletin with HostGator please send me a pm anytime. We use vBulletin for our main forums (forums.hostgator.com) and support it 100% :)

i use hostgator and i havent had 1 sec of downtime since i started my site , also im not bragging but one of the fastest forums i ever been on....

Hostgator :up::up::up::up:


www.theblueroomforum.org

I've been with HostGator on a few different sites for over 7 months, I love them... Great support and awesome prices.

http://xboxinformer.net - Runs off HostGator.

HostGator is superb, the support and speed of the servers are fantastic. Also a little tip:

When purchasing, use the coupon Jury and you get about $9 off your first purchase.

I am using HostGator for my website and I think the server is great, especially since, I have an arcade with over 100 games, a music and video page, radio and tv streaming, css custom profile styles, two different skins, interactive profiles, profile gallery pictures, and mp3 uploads to user profile, no problems with the host so far :).

I use HostGator for my football site. I switched to them in June and haven't looked back.

I never seen what hostgator offers, now i am sure i am moving all my site to them !

That did not make too much sense lol.

600 members are not that many. Which host would you recommend if you expect to have, say, 10 to 50 thousand members after a year or two, and 500 to 2000 members on line simultaneously during peak time?

hostgator is awesome
however they wanted to shut me down for sending a damn xmas email out of no where and they shut down my freinds site

Ive been using them for almost a year with absolutely no problem. I use the largest shared plan they have. My board is modded photoplog, arcade,vbseo and vbplaza. Problem I have with them is the emailing method.

One note that I read a lot throughout different vb forums is that if you have 15-20 members on at once they shut down your site without a warning (shared plans). Something about too many connections. So since my forum has picked up Im considering moving to realwebhost.net. I read great reviews about them..

instead of listening about gossips, why don't you ask the guys in the support system?!

I bought a board second hand before i bought my new key and hostgator knew that it wasnt a real key even tho i thought it was . They suspended my account so i bought a new key. I think the are secure fast and look out for vbull :)

If you read about the same issue a lot under reviews you are led to believe it no? So why bother with the hassle of asking them. ;)

I have posted a few questions to their support board. Hope to get an answer fast.

Hostgator here... works good but you need the hack to limit the amount of outgoing emails to 200. I have over 800 members on my site.

SVT

I've been on Hostgator its good reliable hosting. Be sure to look for a hosting coupon at one of the web hosting review sites before signing up.

I am now on Downtown Host which is also awesome, but a smaller company which I like.

What ever you do don't sign up for any hosting with out phone support.

I did. They offered me their dedicated plan.

I can't really understand that the most users I had ever online was 400. Most of the time, I have less than a hundred simultaneous online users in my forum and they wanted to me to upgrade to dedicated.

I also got into trouble with them for the inactivity mod... for sending out 200 emails at a time.

Now my account was again suspended for this.
Hello,

This message is to advise you of a temporary block placed on a file or folder under your account. The account referenced above was found to be consuming an inordinate amount of system resources, to the point of degrading overall system performance.

While we do limit each account to no more than 25% of a system's CPU in our terms of service, we do not actively disable accounts until they greatly exceed that number, which is what happened in this case. Fortunately, we were able to isolate the cause to a small set of files/folders. Rather than disabling the entire account, we were able to disable just those files/folders.

It was necessary to disable these items to maintain a minimum level of proper service for everyone else. From this point, the following options are available:

a) Block heavy users of your site, if any, that may be causing excessive load.
b) Optimize scripts (php, etc) that may be consuming a large amount of cpu.
c) Upgrade to a dedicated server; your site may have outgrown a shared environment.

Please let us know if you have a solution you feel would resolve this issue. Should a solution not be forthcoming, we are happy to assist you with an upgrade to dedicated services, where your site will have room to grow without affecting other customers. I appreciate your attention to this matter. Thank you.

Log of activity:
[root@gator## ~]# scores
Top Host : my forum
Top 5 Reqs :
43 <my forum>

22004 S <my forum> 50.00% 0.02s GET /images/smilies/Yahoo/1.gif H
21618 S <my forum> 10.53% 0.19s GET /showthread.php?t=28358 HTTP/
21603 S <my forum> 7.69% 0.13s GET /forum.php HTTP/1.1
22011 S <my forum> 7.69% 0.13s GET /showthread.php?t=27800 HTTP/
21670 S <my forum> 7.14% 0.14s POST /misc.php?show=ccbmessages H
...and the list goes on and on...

In fairness, hostgator support USED to be fast and efficient. It would usually take less than an hour for me to resolve my issues... but now, the shortest waiting period for me is 3 hours.

Anyway, you go figure it out. I still agree that HG is great... but I'm looking for a better deal.

Oh, BTW, there is a 10 mb limit in uploading files if you are using the shared plan

Not sure if i understand this list. Showing an image (1.gif) uses 50% of the server resources?

Every time I've emailed them, I get a reply in about an hour (4 hours tops on weekends). Good uptime...and there is NOT a 10mb limit on shared, I just uploaded a 90mb file a few hours ago.

Never tried sending out mass email, so don't know about that. But I routinely have around 30-60 members online and no trouble here.

I use HostGator, have for about 2 years now. Check my sig for site link.

You can attach a 90mb file in a vBulletin post? Are you using a shared hosting?

--------------- Added [DATE]1199849727[/DATE] at [TIME]1199849727[/TIME] ---------------

Same here.

They aren't bad if you don't mind being on a shared server with only reseller permissions. If you want root access to a server I like the VPS solution and have had great luck with ServInt.com.

I want to follow up my question that you can upload more than 10 mb of file in vBulletin under a shared plan.