Drawing on the Web

I’ve switched most of my hosting from Powweb to Hostgator .

My sites moved to Hostgator include:
DrawingOnTheWeb.com (this site)
TerrysComputerTips.com
blog.TerrysComputerTips.com
PCRepairSite.info. I’ve still got some more to go…

I’ve noticed a lot more speed in my page delivery, download speed on files and, especially, anything that requires MySQL database access. WordPress blogs run much faster now!

Hostgator has a 20% off special running until June 1st, 2008 — use the coupon code here It’s good for the initial purchase, e.g., for 3 years on a 3-year purchase or 1 month if you purchcase monthly hosting. I went for the 3-year “Baby” hosting package, which has 600GB space, 6,000GB monthly throughput, and a lot more. They even offer reseller hosting — and the coupon code works for it, too!

HostGator includes cPanel for easy administration of your account and Fantastico for easy installation of blogs, photo galleries, forums, content management systems and a lot more.  Of course, you can install any of those manually, if you choose, as well as install your own scripts.

As always, I recommend purchasing your domain name from someone other than your web host (even if they’re willing to give it to you for free). I use GoDaddy for all my domain registration.