Don’t use Netfirms for WordPress blog

A client who hosted his Web site at Netfirms asked me to redesign his Web site using WordPress. Netfirms, like most hosting companies, offers easy WordPress installation through Fantastico.

Big mistake.

They installed an older version of WordPress! So I had to spend precious time doing a manual upgrade. Then I discovered that the Permalinks feature didn’t work. I tried in vain to get tech support to understand the problem and my questions (I even pointed the tech to the appropriate articles in their knowledgebase).

Due to the poor tech support, we ended up moving to another hosting service, where the Permalinks feature works just fine.

WordPress Permalinks allow for blog post and page URLs to include the post or page title, for instance, instead of a string of numbers. This is very important for making your blog or site friendly for visitors and search engines.