I just switched from my previous host when it became apparent that they didn’t know what they were doing. Shame as they were very cheap. Basically, thought they said they supported PHP, but it turned out only really PHP installed via cPanel which was owned by user “nobody”, the server. Anything I uploaded myself could not access the file as system my PHP scripts run under my user had no file permissions. Their solution was to change the file permissions on my site to 777… letting every hacker, their dog, and even the village idiot, have free access to my domain. Nice one. I canceled my account on the spot… good job I was on a monthly plan.

The transition to Lunar Pages was easy, it’s also clear that they are very professional, know what they are doing, and have a massive and loyal user base. Support forums are a nice touch, and it’s nice to have a free 0800 number in the UK for a USA based hosting firm.

From my end, moving my website and email over took minutes, unfortunately, getting my JD-WordPress/OpenWP component in Joomla to function (such that I could edit and create posts) on the new host wasn’t so easy and swallowed up a couple of hours – sorry Z. In the end I got it working by re-ftp’ing the component onto my site (so I assume some permissions got mangled first time around or something). Which tool minutes… go figure!