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Some alternatives for your hosting
If you've invested in a hosting service and have decided, after this last malware attack, that you've had it up to here with hosting Web sites, Linda offers some alternatives for you in this article.
Conclusion
As you can see from the list above, you are somewhat restricted if you want to make money from your blog or if you want to alter some design aspects or if you simply want to move your blog from one site to another if you use services that guarantee a bit of security – and less of a headache for you. Each hosting service offers different formats. If you don't see an answer to your question, then email the company to learn more.
Additionally, if you have been so removed from hosting that you don't know how to change your DNS to move that site from your current server to another server, then read up about this subject at Posterous. In most cases, your server will maintain information about how to conduct this DNS move. Or, you can check out the new server space to learn if they have information on their site on how to change your DNS (which is why Posterous had this information on their site – very helpful).
If you need to contact your Web host or registrar to change the DNS, then do so. They have no right to hold you hostage. Be sure to back up everything on your site to your hard drive before you make your move in case you've forgotten something along the way. And, make sure your files are clean, too, otherwise you'll be moving malware and viruses with you as you go from server to server.
Maintaining a Web site should be fun. But, it comes with responsibilities to your business or to your service and to your viewers. If you want more risk, then go with a hosting service like Media Temple and take on the responsibility. If you want less risk, go with the other services mentioned above...but, just know that you also make a trade off with those services – more protection for less freedom.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.