GoDaddy, you’re so crazy!

Don’t get me wrong, I like GoDaddy just fine. But I’ve noticed that when I send some users to their site to register their domain names, they’re thrown into a panic by the constant attempts to sell, sell, sell! So, let me tell you, like I tell all my clients: ignore everything they try to sell you except the domain name and maybe, just maybe, private registration.

If you want to avoid all that mess, go to Dreamhost, a bunch of nice folks that’ll sell you a domain name without the fuss. They’re employee owned, don’t ya know.

Here’s some technical boondoggles I came across with GoDaddy hosting. Granted, this is based on my undiluted loyalty to cPanel.

-Databases are on a shared server with everybody in the world (the Godaddy world, anyway), so the database name has to be totally unique, like a password.

-the database name and username are the same

-in wp-config.php, you type in the host server given to you rather than “localhost”, i.e., h41mysql15.secureserver.net (the host server is found in the Control Panel > MySql> click on pencil icon on right)

-FTP: You need to put the Server IP address (found under Account Summary) not domain name.

-Server reads the index.php before index.html (non-standard), so cannot have an “Under Construction” page.

-While in File Manager, marketing for GoDaddy annoyingly scrolls on the right. Not the end of the world, but still…