I started developing Drupal websites just under a year ago having had some limited experience at design and development. When I started, I was already hosting client websites on a shared server with a UK host called Donhost.
Shortly after I developed the first version of www.vcommunity.org.uk, I found that there were considerable limitations with the shared hosting that could not be overcome. So I purchased a dedicated server from Donhost and started to play around with changing settings.
Many headaches and half a dozen Drupal sites later and I now have two dedicated servers - one with Donhost hosting all my client websites and one with another hosting company which hosts www.vcommunity.org.uk on it's own.
I would be happy to discuss hosting anybodies Drupal websites on either of these servers and am willing to do whatever I can to keep costs within individual budgets. Some things that you should know before replying to this post:
1) Both servers are based here in the UK and, for that reason are probably most suitable for sites where most traffic is likely to come from this country.
2) Hosting on the Donhost server is where I will most likely put your websites if you come to me. I can be flexible when it comes to most settings, but the server is already configured to work for 99% of Drupal sites so there shouldn't be much else that needs doing. Basically, there's no harm in asking if there is something special that you need.
DDEV is the official local development tool of Drupal. And like Drupal, DDEV depends on the support of the open source community.
