Hosting

[davelalande]

I'm new to Joomla. I'm looking for a hoster (doesn't need to be the least expensive) that can offer:

Joomla install (latest stable)
Joomla upgrade (they do the upgrading on demand to the latest stable)
Dedicated IP
SSL
MUST be compatible with Pinnacle Cart
Great Support

Can someone throw out some suggestions and customer reviews if possible?

Thanks... Dave

[matt777]

I think its more down to what you are willing to spend. If money is no question and you want good support probably best to go with Rochen or something simular as they are dedicated to Joomla. Otherwise if you want value for money and willing to put up with some of the basic floors and problems you get with a cheap hosting company you should just look around at the reviews for the basic hosts.

[davelalande]

Cost is not our first consideration. We need support. The sites we want to drop into Joomla are ecommerce sites running Pinnacle Cart. We don't want to have to mess much with Joomla's core and keeping it upgraded, secure. We're going to tie the Joomla db DB to the Pinnacle DB so you only have to login once. We don't want cheap, we want quality and support. I was looking at Rochen.

Thank you Matt.

[matt777]

Well in that case Rochen would probably be your best bet. They work directly with Joomla and according to all accounts have the best support available. Plus if you get stuck they are always on the forum. I dont think their would be any other hosting company that has as much involvement and support for Joomla as Rochen does.