Website Hosting / Software Recommendation

[smidsy]

Hello All

 

I am looking at developing a new website for a school within our MAT. I have designed sites in Joomla / Wordpress in the past so happy to create it in pretty much any software. I want something that they will be able to maintain once it has been created. Has anyone got any reccomendations for a CMS that non-technical individuals will be able to maintain easily once the site has been created. Any reccomendations for a good web host would also be appreciated.

[robsonma]

Have a look here https://thewebsite-people.co.uk they do cheep and very good hosting around £3 per month and will even install wordpress for you.

Do not use 1&1 they are very cheep for a good reason and each of their servers host between 5-10 thousand websites! = VERY SLOW!

Edited November 17, 2017 by robsonma

[smidsy]

Thank you for the advice.

 

I think I will set it up using Wordpress. I have a lot of experience with Joomla and I think it can be harder for non-technical people to understand its layout when creating new content. I would like them to be able to do this without me eventually. I have used Moodle a long time ago and it was well used for an intranet site we had at the university I was at.

[Mistert89]

Wordpress with 1and1, including SSL certs etc

[matt40k]

Throwing another options in the ring - https://mythic-beasts.com.

 

They do a managed WordPress option but you'll be fine with the normal hosting. I have the shell extra then use wp-cli to auto-update. Mythic Beasts take care of the rest of the patching etc. It also includes LetsEncrypt SSL certificate for free. Really nice folks too (oh and they invoice)