and pictures galleries) on my internal server and point the DNS entries to
it so when I reference it I just enter the name
picturesgallore.domain.orgto pull all that stuff. AND your webhosting
provider can help you even with
that if you host your domain with them... (it really easy though if you have
it somewhere else - it is the same concept but I would really catch my ears
if I had to do the DNS thing on my own servers)
Moreover - if you are to use your website to collect analytics and do some
SEO (search engine optimization)... good luck with your vanilla servers. You
could certainly do it but I personally have no clue where to start and
wouldn't even dare try. You can get some help if you host it with a provider
as some might actually be willing to help you out since indirectly you
attract traffic to their servers even if you don't advertise them as your
providers.
As for databases I really do favor the "cloud" computing - I have the school
database serviced by an online database provider: part of the my contract
with them is to have them back it up and provide support to my users. This
way I don't get chased down the hallway each time someone forgets to turn
the caps lock off... Not counting that I can get first class access to it
from wherever I happen to travel that summer...
We are a really small school and unfortunately I have to wear so many hats -
anything that has electrons moving about is in my hat - so it is essential
for me to "delegate" grunt work stuff if I am to focus on academics.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Brian Lee <blee@mph.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For my personal hosting, I use hostgator.com. Our school uses
> cfdynamics.com without any problems for our main website. We host all of
> our intranet websites on our own servers. It is easier to make additions
> and changes.
>
> So when I wanted to host Moodle, faculty websites, sharepoint, or our
> attendance module, it was up relatively quickly.
>
> Maybe you have both? You can have an external host for your main website,
> and internal host for your intranet type sites.
>
> Brian Lee
> Manlius Pebble Hill School
>
>
>
>> From: Bernadette Roche <Bernadette.Roche@oakhilldayschool.org>
>> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <
ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:14:05 -0500
>> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: Website host
>>
>> True - unfortunately I wasn't consulted about the decision and now I'm
left
>> with the pieces. And what you described is what I'm experiencing.
>>
>> Bernadette Roche'
>> Technology Coordinator
>> Oakhill Day School
>> bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
>> 816.436.6228
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for independent school educators
>> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
>> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 3:04 PM
>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Website host
>>
>> I always figure that having a website and not owning the server it is
>> on is a bit like owning a newspaper but not owning the press it is
>> printed on. You will always be at someone else's mercy in such a
>> situation.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On 04/05/2009, at 1:56 PM, Bernadette Roche wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for assistance from schools that have their website's
>>> hosted by an outside company, such as godaddy.com and others.
>>>
>>> We've had some issues with our website having significant downtime
>>> this year. We actually moved our site mid- year from one host
>>> company to another. Now we are experiencing more frequent
>>> occurrences of downtime with this new company.
>>>
>>> If you host your website with an outside company and are happy with
>>> your company, would you please share the name of the company? Also,
>>> if you have the names of companies to avoid, that would be helpful
>>> too. I don't know if we'll switch (again) or not, but the info will
>>> be helpful regardless.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bernadette Roche'
>>> Technology Coordinator
>>> Oakhill Day School
>>> bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
>>> 816.436.6228
>>>
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