Dreamweaver Compatible Web Hosts

Because of the popularity of Adobe's flagship web creation tool, the demand for Dreamweaver compatible web hosts is immense. Finding the right one is a process that includes first determining your needs, and then finding the web hosting company that's most able to meet them. It can save you a lot of money and time, in the long run, to take the time up-front to find the best provider for your site.

Every website's primary purpose is communication. You may have some message or some idea that you want to share with the world. Putting that message online is currently the easiest way to reach the widest worldwide audience. However, with the many options available through social networking, blogging, and other web 2.0 tools, your website may be much more effective if you include things like:

• Blogging capabilities such as Wordpress or Movable Type
• E-commerce integration (including secure certifications such as Trust-E)
• Forum, mailing list, and individual user accounts
• Image galleries
• Streaming video capability
• MySQL and other database integration
• Regular backups and server software updates.

This is only a preliminary list. It's important to remember that your website may not need all of these things. For example, an actuarial firm probably doesn't need an image gallery; an art dealer probably doesn't need streaming video; a personal blog probably has no need of e-commerce. Take the time to make a list of things that you are actually going to try and do before you go looking for your web host.

One thing you don't need to worry about is whether or not Dreamweaver can handle your needs. One of the advantages of using this program is that it is simple enough to work for the most novice web designers, but it's also capable of managing the needs of the most hard-core coder.

Now that you've got a good idea of what you need, it's time to figure out where to find it. One of the mixed blessings of Dreamweaver is that because it's so flexible, it will work with almost any web host. In fact, only hosts that either insist you use their web design interface, or those that are specifically designed for other programs (usually Microsoft's FrontPage), will be unfriendly toward Dreamweaver.

Unfortunately, even the most Dreamweaver-unfriendly sites can claim to be a Dreamweaver compatible web host. This leaves basically two strategies:

GoDaddy, DreamHost, and Network Solutions are all large companies that have budgets that allow worldwide advertising. They also have immensely secure and reliable hosting, and usually fairly good technical support.

The tech support issue is something that may be very important to you, or may not be necessary at all. It is worth taking the time to make sure that the people on the line are familiar, to some extent, with Dreamweaver. These specific companies have a good reputation for that, as well as a 99% or higher "up-time," meaning their servers almost never go down.

This kind of security and support can be very attractive, especially for a small business that doesn't want to spend a lot of time figuring out IT problems. However, it also comes at a premium, so expect to pay more for the features that you ask for.

There are many smaller companies such as ServInt that are actually just as reliable and robust as the big names, but they simply can't spend as much in advertising. These smaller companies are usually very good about customer support and personal attention because they are eager to keep their clientele. Their rates are usually cheaper, but often they are using the same set of software features – databases, multimedia, etc. – as their more-expensive counterparts, though e-commerce may not be as robust.

They are, however, very friendly to Dreamweaver, and you're more likely to be able to customize your server to meet your needs. Setting up a testing server (one of Dreamweaver's best features), establishing multiple administrator accounts in order to use check-in and check-out for collaborative work, or even installing something like Contribute (which allows your clients to edit their own web pages) can all be accomplished. Usually the small companies will also establish a more personal relationship with you, and work to make you happy.

Don't take the company's word for it; look on other forums such as CNET or even the Dreamweaver user boards to find out what other people are using and what they recommend. Dreamweaver is a good and solid tool to design almost any website, and having a web host that will work smoothly with it is worth the time and effort..

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