Hetzner vs Afrihost for Wordpress Hosting

[darryla]

Anybody using Afrihost's Hosting?

WebAfrica not supporting backup software for WordPress so moving to either Hetzner or Afrihost? Not too sure about Afrihost as they couldn't give me a definite reply on Backupbuddy.

 

[AfriGuy]

Anybody using Afrihost's Hosting?

WebAfrica not supporting backup software for WordPress so moving to either Hetzner or Afrihost? Not too sure about Afrihost as they couldn't give me a definite reply on Backupbuddy.

Backupbuddy shouldn't be an issue, do you know if the plugin has any specific requirements?

 

[darryla]

Backupbuddy requires the following features:
1) PHP's exec() function.
2) Permission to run Linux's `zip` command.
3) The directory containing the `zip` command is included in the PATH environment variable
available to the process executing the command passed to the exec() function

 

[naeem]

both work pretty well, i've also used backupbuddy on both too. With bigger sites backupbuddy hanged sometimes when extracting so i manually unzipped the file (using their file manager)

Also look at "Duplicator" plugin, works similar to backupbuddy for moving sites

 

[AfriGuy]

Backupbuddy requires the following features:
1) PHP's exec() function.
2) Permission to run Linux's `zip` command.
3) The directory containing the `zip` command is included in the PATH environment variable
available to the process executing the command passed to the exec() function

I doubt this will be an issue on our shared environments.
What I'd suggest - take out a package that suites you and pull over your content without updating the DNS. Try it out for a while, if it works then you can update the NS - if it doesn't you can cancel and we'll give you your money back Deal?

 

[froot]

I've got clients with Wordpress hosted on both Afrihost and Hetzner. Haven't tested zip on Afrihost, but it works on Hetzner.

 

[koeksGHT]

I doubt this will be an issue on our shared environments.
What I'd suggest - take out a package that suites you and pull over your content without updating the DNS. Try it out for a while, if it works then you can update the NS - if it doesn't you can cancel and we'll give you your money back Deal?

Double money! As your site says

 

[shogun]

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/php/tutorials/website-from-gallery/

Azure is also definitely worth considering.

 

[AfriMan]

Double money! As your site says

200% correct

 

[GoCommerce]

As Afriman mentioned, Backupbuddy is a good idea. We've got experience using it on both Hetzner and Afrihost with a hitch. You could also look into using infinitewp or managewp...

Hope it helps

 

[darryla]

Thanks for all the replies guys, will get started on testing as I have over 50 sites to move. Looking forward to help changing all my clients mail settings!!

 

[AfriGuy]

Thanks for all the replies guys, will get started on testing as I have over 50 sites to move. Looking forward to help changing all my clients mail settings!!

You're more than welcome to PM me if you get stuck with anything!