Looking for an alternative website hoster & builder. Not something in USA for various reasons including southern data centres having a tendency to run their machines using fossil fuels instead of the much cleaner energy we have here in Canada.
Looking for an alternative website hoster & builder. Not something in USA for various reasons including southern data centres having a tendency to run their machines using fossil fuels instead of the much cleaner energy we have here in Canada.
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timbyte@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 6d
Web Hosting Canada (WHC.ca) is a Canadian company in Montreal with hosting in Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver) for as little as $3.89/mo (on a three year term, renews at $6.99/mo) using their own AI website builder called Sitejet, built by WHC, and powered by hydroelectric renewable energy. ( https://whc.ca/canadian-web-hosting )
BC_viper@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 6d
Same, was editing my web page this summer and getting my invoice. Went and looked at the companies headquarters and its in isreal. Fuck.
gramie@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 5d
https://crocweb.com/ is a Canadian company (based in Cornwall, ON, datacentre in Montreal).
I have accounts with them for Drupal and WordPress hosting. They migrated everything over from the previous (American) hosting company with little fuss. I agree with other responses that these things are much more complex than a sitebuilder. CrocWeb has a sitebuilder (called SitePad) as well, but I haven't used it so I can't tell you how capable it is.
I have had excellent experience with their sales and technical support, and their prices are very reasonable (starting at just over USD $1/month).
NGram@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 6d
There are a few Canadian-owned registrars who also offer webhosting. For example, Web Hosting Canada supports Wordpress and Drupal, among other website software.
Imo as long as the software is FOSS it's not a big deal if the company behind it isn't Canadian or that great... as long as you aren't giving that company money or data.
wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 6d
Same. It’s going to be hard finding a similar company that offers the same setup as wix though I use it for my own company and it unfortunately had everything I need.
I’ll be watching this space though and jump to something better if it’s there and either in Canada or over in Europe.
dudesss@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 6d
Something easy as Wix or Squarespace.
Drupal are pretty good guys imo, but not the same easiness (cannot speak for their various hosting services).
WordPress.. I get mixed opinions about being a responsible company and ease of use.
Kojichan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 5d
Don't bother with WordPress... its not an easy site builder. You would still need a paid software (Elementor, DIVI, Beaver Builder, etc) to do the building.
Also, the WordPress CEO is a big poopie head.
Akuchimoya@startrek.website · 2 pts · 5d
If someone is coming from Wix, I absolutely do not recommend Drupal. Not that Drupal is bad (it's what I prefer), but it is very, very much more involved than Wix. Wix is for simplicity. Drupal is for control.
dudesss@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 4d
Same can be sad for Wordpress as Drupal, no?
To me, if someone is coming from Wix, they're looking for an easy builder, which in my experience, is neither unless a platform is already made with them to provide that.
Hence, a ready platform like that would work for me. Or another platform.
dudesss@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 1d
https://lynx.patrii.ca/en_CA
Could be an option for some folks.