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.

Hi guys,

I'm new to Drupal and I have looked through the forums/handbook for this and couldn't find anything relevent.

What I'm trying to do is;

(a) Setup a mirror of a Drupal site on a second host so if something goes wrong with the first (primary) host, I can simply switch servers (change the Name Servers to point to the secondary/backup host)

Using 4.6.6 with Friends Electric theme

Noticed that when I go to:

http://www.mysite.com/?q=poll OR

http://www.mysite.com/?q=search

there is no breadcrumb. I think it would be useful to have the Home breadcrumb like most other pages have. For example:

http://www.mysite.com/?q=forum

Could you post your VPS sizing (memory, CPU) and the load of your Drupal site ?

TIA

I am making a drupal host, and I want to ftp the modules and themes up ONCE.
I am thinking of making a common dir, and uploading them there. Please tell me how I can do this with diffrent sites all accessing it. Also, can I make it so there are always ads(unless people pay)?

Alright, I have an idea, but I don't want to add it until I know that other people think it's good. I think we should add a handbook page that has a list of hosts, and a review of each host. The reviews could be a child page of one main page.

For example:
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This is a list of hosts that support drupal, and the review of the hosts service. If you have previous experience with a host, please create a child page to this page. If you have specific questions, please ask them in the Hosting Companies Forum.