Beginner's Guide to Dolphin and BoonEx

Choose Web Hosting

Dolphin is a web software, which means that it is meant to be installed on a web-server (a computer connected to Internet and serving web-site pages to remote visitors). It is possible to install Dolphin on your local computer and run your site "from home", but this is highly ineffective. In most cases, you would need to find a hosting provider.

There are thousands of big and small hosting companies around the world that offer different packages, services and setups. You do not have to choose a provider in your country, since your site would be accessible from anywhere in the world from wherever it is hosted. US hosting companies are generally more experienced and offer better deals. There's one trick though - Dolphin derives its time from the server, so if you're running, say, a local community site for Belgium and host it in the US, you may need to adjust your time settings and PHP and MySQL. Future versions of Dolphin are planned to be switched to "relative time".

Not any hosting is OK. Make sure that the following requirements are met by your hosting. Just copy and send these to the hosting pre-sale support before paying. We offer a list of ​Recommended Hosting Providers for Dolphin.