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I am setting up a WPMU site, and since WestHost is still struggling through all their support tickets, I thought I'd start diversifying my hosting providers. So, because of all the "wonderful" feedback about HostGator, I opened an account there.

Seems installing WPMU on HostGator requires me to almost become a rocket scientist. I've already started having problems, and it looks like it is going to be very hard. The WPMU DEV site recommends a minimum of a VPS account, with wildcard dns mapping for subdomains.

Getting HostGator to handle that seems like its going to be a lot of trouble.

Anyone have any recommendations for an economical WPMU host?

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  • Profile picture of the author cyberskyfox
    hmmm...I just signed up with TMD hosting...so far so good...you can searched them online.
    I'm not a techy person either so I chose them. They install wpmu free so you don't have to worry about having to be a rocket scientist
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  • Profile picture of the author rondo
    A multi blog platform like WPMU will produce large server loads so you need at least a VPS or semi-dedicated plan. Cheap shared hosting won't be enough.

    Here's a few current vps hosting deals:
    Best value VPS Hosting plans - Web Hosting Diary

    Andrew
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  • Profile picture of the author Sahil
    I think HostGator's are good, did you contact there support about problem you are facing? You can pay them a little bit and they can also install it for you, as far as I know.
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  • Profile picture of the author ina696
    Bluehost. Or go to this forum for instructions for setting up WPMU on Host Gator:

    http://pitumbo.com/wordpress-mu-shar...ldcard-domains

    Ina
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  • Profile picture of the author Yogi Golle
    Hi Kirk,
    I highly recommend psek.com/wpmu , they are the superstar hosting provider for WordpressMU. They host some of the largest Wordpress MU installations on the planet (> 500,000 Blogs). They are the experts for sure. PLans start at $15/mth and the first month is free.

    They will even install WP MU for you for a fee (starting at $95). That in itself is worth, because WP MU installs are more involved than regular WP single blog installs, so you could save a lot of time and headache to have it done for you.

    Hope this helps.
    Yogi

    Originally Posted by Kirk Ward View Post

    I am setting up a WPMU site, and since WestHost is still struggling through all their support tickets, I thought I'd start diversifying my hosting providers. So, because of all the "wonderful" feedback about HostGator, I opened an account there.

    Seems installing WPMU on HostGator requires me to almost become a rocket scientist. I've already started having problems, and it looks like it is going to be very hard. The WPMU DEV site recommends a minimum of a VPS account, with wildcard dns mapping for subdomains.

    Getting HostGator to handle that seems like its going to be a lot of trouble.

    Anyone have any recommendations for an economical WPMU host?

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