Good news for those of you looking to host your CMS (content management system), especially if your platform is Joomla, one of the most popular open source CMS platforms. Solar Energy Host’s Joomla auto-installer is worth it’s weight in gold. (If you have ever tried to install Joomla, you know what this means. I have personally created over 50 Joomla sites, all manually via FTP.)
On a personal note, Solar Energy Host gets big kudos from me. They are 100% solar and are involved in various non-profit projects around the world. One especially dear to my heart: KIVA.org. I actually learned about KIVA from Solar Energy Host, and signed up immediately. This is a company that is truly helping to make the world better in more ways that one.
One note: Solar Energy Host is a reseller of AISO server space. Other than AISO, nobody is powering their own servers with renewable energy.
Green Features:
- Solar Energy Host houses it’s servers in North America’s only public 100% solar powered data center. No greenhouse gases are produced to power these servers.
- Paper reduction strategies in place, and when paper is used it’s 100% recycled.
- Donate/recycle all old computer equipment
- Most employees telecommute, and none of their staff drive cars to work
- Solar Energy Host will donate $5 to the Gardens of Hope Project for each new hosting account. This plants one tree, and support the general development of the project.
Plan Features:
Plan: The Eco-Starter
Payment terms: Monthly or Annual
Cost: $9.95 if paying annually, $12.95 if monthly
Storage: 500 MB
Data Transfer: 3 GB
Domains: 1 domain (unlimited sub-domains)
Set-up fee: none, unless you pay monthly - then it’s $24.95
Support: 24/7 via email & there is a toll free number for customers to call during business hours
Any Caveats?
- Not really! I’m pretty impressed with this host, and truly grateful they introduced me to Kiva.org.
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