Your Questions About Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting
Ken asks…
Yahoo small business let me down~ Where can I go to get REAL comparison of web hosting sites?
I work for a small nonprofit that has a website and our email accounts tied together through Yahoo Small Business. Apparently they shut us down for violating their Terms of Service. They didn’t warn us they just shut us down. After 3 hours on the phone they can’t tell me what they think we did to violate terms of service but sent me to a form on the abuse page and directed me to ask them to reinstate my account. Now I have to wait 48 hours to see if they will.
We save wildlife and help build parks! The only thing we do is send out emails to the folks that tell us they want us to email to them literally one to three times a month.
So we are moving on- I need to know where to get an unbiased and current comparison of web site hosts. I need to know how to go about transferring a web site from one host to another. I also want to encourage everyone to backup any needed information off of your yahoo just in case yahoo does this to you. At this point we may loose our whole data base.
admin answers:
Yes. I have heard of compliants from some of my clients before about Yahoo Small Business and that is why many have left. Many have migrated to Microsoft Office Live Small Business to build their online presence.
While I cannot give you a website that gives you an unbiased and current comparison of web site hosts (if there’s even such a thing), I could tell you a bit about Office Live Small Business. Transferring your website to Office Live is very easy. Sinec you have a website already, it’s a simple drag and drop process of moving the HTML/CSS/javascript/image files over to Office Live via its web folder However, you may want to consider using it’s online web creation tool to redesign your site which allows you to create a website without the need to know how to do HTML/CSS coding.
This is a free service that provides 500MB of storage and it it an all-in-one internet toolkit that includes, free email, contact manager (very useful for a non-profit), business applications, and also add-ons such as email marketing and store manager. While it’s targeted at small businesses, it works very well for personal sites, fan sites, hobbies, church, charities, non-profits, etc. Try it out:
http://www.dpbolvw.net/jp79y3B-7APTQSVQSXPRQVURUVY%22
Betty asks…
is the credit card payment option the only way to fund a yahoo small business website?
I am trying to find out if you can fund the yahoo web hosting service for small business by any other means than a credit card account such as pay pal or direct deposit
admin answers:
A credit card assures Yahoo that they’re dealing with an adult, which is always a concern. Howeverm there is a way to use your PayPal account, which is to apply for and get the PayPal debit card and use that to pay for the Small Business site. It takes money directly from your PayPal account.
Ruth asks…
When will Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting upgrade MySql from 4.4 to 5+?
WordPress 3.2 has just come out and requires MySql 5 or higher. I can’t imagine that WordPress is that far ahead of the game that other CMSes don’t also require this, or will not do so soon. Is there any plan to upgrade MySql?
Oops. Found a typo. I meant MySql 4.1 to 5+.
admin answers:
Hi Alex.
We’re working toward ensuring our customers can run WordPress 3.2, and this includes upgrading to MySQL 5+.
Sandy asks…
if they have imagemagik installed at the web hosting in Yahoo! Small Business or other program like it?
i need a programe that can create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images in my wep hosting
is it Yahoo! Small Business support this program??
admin answers:
Our Web Hosting accounts do not have image manipulation tools built in, however your Yahoo! Account can be used with our free Flickr service to manipulate images which can then be used with your web site. Please visit http://flickr.com for more information about Flickr. If you have additional questions about your service please contact us at http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/contactus
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