VPS Control Panel vs. Morty when available

[stephenw]

I've been checking out your services today.I dig the community concept. In the near future I'm going to be spinning up multiple word press sites and guessing I should head toward "Morty" (when available) or VPS tier. I happened upon your site today right when "Johnny" sign ups opened up and jumped in before I saw what all was available.

That said, I'm a little novice with a command line (I can get around, but..) and would like a recommendation on control panel. I noted in the description to ask here if I needed help choosing.

What options are there and what do you recommend? I tried searching the forum and I'm either not searching well or I'm the first to ask. (Probably the former. lol.) 

I'm a couple weeks out from building the first site. Do you think Morty will be available then and is the transition from Morty to VPS relatively painless?  What would the advantages be of staying with Morty and paying for add on sites vs going to the VPS?  (The WordPress sites, though multiple, should be small and not a ton of traffic. I am getting into lead gen)

Thank You,

Stephen

 

Edited Monday at 09:13 PM by stephenw

[KazVee]

Hello and welcome! Work is currently in progress to get Morty ready for signups, but because all HelioHost staff are volunteers working on things in our free time, we aren't able to provide ETAs for feature and new server releases. You can read a little bit more about why we can't offer timescales here: https://wiki.helionet.org/hosting/repair-times 

For VPS dashboards, two of the most popular free ones are Hestia and KeyHelp. They felt similar to each other when I tried them. (And I noticed while googling that they both have demo sites you can play around with if you want to check them out and decide which you prefer if you go with a VPS.)

Since you mentioned WordPress, Hestia has a very straightforward install process for WP which helped us build a tutorial you can check out here: https://wiki.helionet.org/tutorials/vps/wordpress-hestia for an idea of what's involved.
I don't remember a 'one-click install' feature for WP inside KeyHelp (and I didn't spot one when I just checked inside their demo site), but it's not something I looked into much. Other folks may chime in with more advice on this.

Moving static sites from Morty (or any of the shared hosting accounts) to a VPS should be straightforward as it's just moving files. For WP migration specifically, you may need to research this a little (or wait for more advice from our amazing community). 🙂

In the meantime, while you explore Johnny, you may want to check out our dedicated WordPress page here: https://wiki.helionet.org/misc/wordpress 
WordPress is one of the leading causes of people getting their shared hosting accounts suspended for high load, even on a new WP install with no visitors, because of bots. Since excess account load on Morty will be chargeable (instead of causing account suspension), the page should also offer ideas to try to keep below the excess charge limits on Morty if you decide to open an account there once signups are open.

[stephenw]

Thanks, will check those out and follow others' replies if any trickle in! 

Edited Monday at 11:15 PM by stephenw