Mitchel,
I work for a consulting company and have used DNN as a portal solution for three separate clients. I have been very impressed with the extensibility and flexibility of DNN. I host the QA and Prod environments on our own servers on our DMZ.
I am currently in the process of porting http://www.datingblocks.com a personal project to DNN.
With that said I have a couple of questions.
1. Will I have any problem using my own SSL certificate with 3essentials? I saw that they offer a shared certificate url, what options do I have. I would rather not send my clients to another domain to make a payment.
2. Is the process to install dnn on a hosting company different then how I usually install DNN?
a. Create new Database
b. Create SQL Login
c Change connection string info in the web.config
d. Move the files using an ftp client and hit URL to install
3. I usually have to assign NETWORK SERVICE or ASP.NET users full permission to where the web app resides, does the hosting company do this automatically or do I need to ask them to do this?
4. I am looking at the B10 plan, is that my best bet?
Sorry for all the questions, but thanks for the info!
Marc