This presentation provides information how to choose a good Joomla! web host which will take care of your site's security and speed and will also provide support when you need it. If you are a Joomla! user make sure to always look for the things I've described in the presentation when choosing your web hosting provider.

1. HOW TO FIND A GOOD
JOOMLA! HOST
Daniel Kanchev
@dvkanchev

2. BEFORE WE BEGIN
• Joomla! Guru @SiteGround!
• Security Freak!
• Server Migrations Specialist!
• VIP Customer Management!
• FOSS Addict!
• Addicted to Extreme Sports

3. WHY YOU NEED A HOST THAT
UNDERSTANDS JOOMLA!

4. FOCUS ON YOUR BUSINESS,
NOT ON HOSTING ISSUES

5. WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
• Joomla! Tools for Easy Start and Management!
• Joomla! Support!
• Joomla! Speed & Server Optimisations!
• Joomla! Security

6. SOME NOTABLE EXAMPLES
• Hosting Joomla! 1.5 ? !
• The Huge Brute Force Attack to Joomla! !
• Joomla! Extension Vulnerabilities - JCE,
eXtplorer, RocketTheme RokModule, etc.!
• Joomla! 3.3 and PHP 5.3.x

7. Easy Joomla! Start

8. Easy Joomla! Start
• Joomla! Auto Installer + Getting Started Wizard!
• Joomla! Tutorials for Newbies!
• Control Panel Tools!
• Joomla! Themes and Extensions

9. Joomla! Site Management

10. Joomla! Site Management
• Configuration Tools - Fix Permissions, Enable SSL!
• Easy Backups Management!
• File Management - SFTP, SSH, Browser File Manager!
• Database Management Tools - phpMyAdmin,
phpPgAdmin, Remote SQL Access

11. Joomla! Support

12. Joomla! Support
• Support for Basic Joomla! Issues - How to Use the
CMS, How to Add Content, Themes and
Extensions.!
• Support for Joomla! Extensions/Themes -
Akeeba Backup, NoNumber Extensions, redShop,
Kunena, etc.!
• 24/7/365 Support Over Chat, Phone and
Ticketing System.

13. Joomla! Security

14. Joomla! Security
• Joomla! Auto Update System!
• Joomla! Web Firewalls!
• Security Plugins for Joomla!!
• Account Isolation on Shared Hosting Platforms

15. Joomla! Speed

16. Joomla! Speed
• Free CDN - CloudFlare, Incapsula, MaxCDN!
• Support for Caching Plugins - JCH Optimize, jbetolo,
RokBooster, etc.!
• HTTP Proxy Caching - Varnish, nginx!
• PHP/MySQL Caching - PHP APC, Memcached!
• Hardware Upgrades - SSD, RAID, Fast CPU

17. QUESTIONS ?

18. THANK YOU!
Daniel Kanchev!
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@dvkanchev!
daniel.k@siteground.com

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