Recommended Hosts
Karelia recommends the following hosts:
- Live Oak Hosting
- A small, family-run business that relies on quality of service and word of mouth to grow and prosper. Use the coupon code "sandvox" during checkout to receive 10% off the price of any shared hosting package for the life of your account.
- Server Logistics
- Server Logistics is a premier Mac-based web hosting provider. Their plans include all the modern amenities such as PHP (4 & 5), Perl, Ruby on Rails, MySQL 5, QuickTime Streaming, spam and virus filtering, and more. Sandvox users can enter the coupon code "SANDVOX" to save 10% (renewable).
- A2 Hosting
- Based in Ann Arbor, MIchigan, A2 Hosting features inexpensive hosting plans ($4.95/month and even lower when prepaid) that are perfect for the individual or small business. For the advanced user, A2 has a number of features such as PHP, Perl, Ruby, MySQL and Postgres databases. With a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Use the above link to sign up.
- MobileMe
- Sandvox also supports publishing to Apple's MobileMe service, with four different publishing options.
Host Settings
Live Oak Hosting
- Please use SFTP for security
- If using FTP, the document root is /httpdocs.
- If using SFTP the document root is /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs. Replace "example.com" with your virtual domain. You can easily choose this directory using the "Browse" button.
Server Logistics
- Please use SFTP for security
- The document root is /example.com where "example.com" is your virtual domain.
- You may be supplied with just an IP address for the server. Use that as the hostname.
A2 Hosting
- Use FTP; if your plan includes SSH access, use SFTP for additional security.
- The document root is public_html.
MobileMe
- Use the publish to MobileMe option in the Host Setup Assistant
