I have had excellent results over the years with GoDaddy. Their interface is pretty easy to get the hang of and if you get stuck with anything, you can get phone support 24 hours per day. I am in the US and when I call, I get a native english speaking person. They have several other call centers and depending on the country you are calling from, you get someone that you can easily understand as well.

There are other cheaper alternatives out there but For the extra buck or two per month, the easy to use interface and awesome technical support is well worth it!

I second Stablehost. Using @TheDoc's referral is a bonus.

#Boom

As a previous customer of BigWetFish, I cannot recommend them; their customer service isn't that good. I'm now with Media Temple, and they are fantastic!

@joshuanhibbert, Thanks for the feedback, customer service is important to me because well, if i have problems i want em fixed and fast lol.. I have done investigating into Media Temple and although their services look great, it may seem a little overkill for what i require.

@JoshWhite, im in the same boat. I have heard many bad things, and few good. I too have never used them for hosting (i've bought a few domains and that experience was pleasant).

Thanks for the feedback guys, i really appreciate it.

I've heard the same with their 'gs' hosting service having random downtime.

I use Stablehost for hosting my site files. I used to have them host my domains but I feel there pricing isn't all that competitive so I went with GoDaddy.

I've been using Arvixe for about 2 years now and they have been flawless thus far. Best customer service I've had to deal with. Work uses HostGator and I half to say, while I don't like the website, their customer services has also been excellent.

@Watson90 - I originally started with 000webhost. Their free product worked very well until they cancelled my account. They refused to tell me why, only claiming that I broke their terms of service. I found out a few weeks later that they shut me down because I installed an application with one of their auto-installer applications which sent out emails for specific processes (new registration). I tested it a few times and because it sent out 5 emails within an hour, they shut me down for making "a spam site". Biggest BS ever.

Also, your website is throwing a "Error establishing a database connection" message.

@pmac627 Duhh! I never added myself as a user to the database. Once I done that everything was fine. Can't believe how quickly it has been changed over.

I'm kind of glad that I'm off free hosting to be honest as it puts my mind at rest. It seems to be loading my cufon font quicker too. Usually I would see Georgia and then it changes but it seems instantly happening now.

All in all I'm happy :) thanks for the recommendations guys.

I used justhost for years never had an issue even when I missed a couple of payments, though after I closed my account i did get a couple of invoices telling me I was been charged £0.00 that month, probably a hiccup while updating their databases.

HostGator has been great for me at work. Plus they have 24 hour support should an issue arrise.

I also use DreamHost for my personal site and side projects as it is REALLY cheap - something like $40 for 2 years. Never really had an issue with them either.

HostGator anyday! 1and1, GoDaddy, Expertrio, Arvixe are some other options you might consider.

Same here @JohmMotylJr, I am liking it too! I particularly love the file manager in the back end, its so easy to use.

@JohnMotylJr I also use GoDaddy for my domains instead of with Stablehost.

The screencast I sent you using Sublime, you can download an SFTP/FTP plugin for it.

That's it

@Watson90

If you plan on using FileZilla, is so super simple man. Just follow these steps:

1. 1.) Go to your sites cpanel (http://domainname.com/cpanel) and log in.
2. 2.) Click "FTP Accounts" under Files, or search for "FTP Accounts"
3. 3.) Enter a name, password, confirm and select directory (i select my root dir "www")
4. 4.) Create FTP Account
5. 5.) Once created, go under FTP Accounts and find the one you just created. Now click "Configure FTP Client"
6. 6.) *For FileZilla* select "FTP Configuration File"
7. 7.) You have just downloaded an xml document that we will use in FileZilla
8. 8.) Open up FileZilla and go: File / Import / *select the xml document you just downloaded* / Open
9. 9.) When prompted click OK
10. 10.) go: File / Site Manager and select your new FTP should look like (ftp.domainname.com) / Connect
11. 11.) Enter your password
12. 12.) And Boom goes the dynamite

It may look like a lot of steps but its really not, its fairly simple..

Simple as 3.14, however, im going to purchase that sublime ftp plugin, ill let you know how that works if you wish. Notepad ++ has a free ftp plugin but i prefer Sublime.

I hear ya, check this post out. By trade im a .net developer (web dev is a passionate hobby for me) that's why i stick with Windows, and yes you are correct, things do look a lot better on mac. But sublime still rocks out on Windows.

If you just purchased your hosting then it will take a couple hours. StableHost had me up and running within an hour though. Although i don't like DreamWeaver AT ALL, i'm pretty sure you can FTP in through DW.

What the F**K...I didn't even know it was for Windows! Haha, I like how it looks, I think I will download it :D

Hmmm, £37 - I don't think I can afford that just at the minute how long does the evaluated version last for?

@Watson90 Forever, I think but you get popups notifying you when your trial is up and that you should purchase a license. When you can afford the license I would certainly pay for it. It's really worth it.

@Watson90 Yeah man, that post made me laugh. It is for windows as well. You can change the font as well. The fonts wont be as bada$$ as in a MAC but im sure you can find some online for free ( inconsolata, monaco, consolas[built into windows]) to name a couple.

To change the font goto: Preferences / Settings - User. The code below is mine, you can certainly just add the font and font size.

{
  "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Pastels on Dark.tmTheme",
  "font_face": "Inconsolata",
  "font_size": 12
}

You can get some tasty fonts from Google Web Fonts and millions of other font websites too.

@ChristopherBurton, yeah man, paying for a license for ST2 was well worth it.

@Watson90, So we totally arent using this thread for web hosting anymore, however, Sublime Text 2 is just that good we can get away with it.

A few things i wanted to touch on, @joshuanhibbert made a pretty bad ass collection of snippets in which you can view them on his website or you could read an older post.

Last thing, since you use Windows 7 i would suggest going into your: Preferences / Settings - Default and find this code:

"font_options": [],

replace with:

"font_options": ["directwrite"],

What does that code achieve @JohnMotylJr?

I'll have chance to have a better look at Sublime tomorrow, I'm working on a basketball website for my brother in law, so I'll give it a try :)

Ahh right thanks man :D

@Watson90 The more you dive into it, the more you will appreciate it :)

I believe it does from what I experieced last night. It does a better job keeping my code clean to with the indentation etc.

One thing though. I dragged in some project folders to get started, is there a refresh button to update the folders structure? Or is it just good old F5?

I just dragged + dropped the folders across into Sublime, do I maybe need to go to File > Open > [...project files...]?

Unless they did update automatically and I just didn't realise.