Staple Design now offering webhosting

Gwilym — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:04 +0000

So…I have been running webservers in one way or another for ten years and I have decided it is time to take it to the next level.

I appreciated that what people want with their websites is…for it to work. With this in mind I am not out to confuse with high level server megaflops and a zillion features but rather to offer:

Super stable and secure web hosting – hassle free
New Zealand based servers which are faster for kiwis, unless you are internationally focused in which case a US server or European
Great service, and an actual real person you can talk to
Fair pricing, actually: a real bargain
Help when you need it. Advice on improving your site and design/coding input if it is ever needed

I’ll make a zingy feature table sometime – but for now the plans look like this:

Staple 1: Basic – $95/YEAR

This plan gets you 20mb of diskspace, enough for a small static websites, and 1 email address with unlimited bandwidth.

Staple 2: Interactive Starter – $120/YEAR

For sites with scripting and database needs i.e wordpress, CMS driven sites etc. 100mb of diskspace with 1 MySQL database and 5 email addresses.

Staple 3: Interactive Medium – $180/YEAR

For sites with larger scripting and database needs i.e ecommerce and CMS driven sites etc. 500mb of diskspace with 5 MySQL databases and 15 email addresses.

Staple 4: Interactive Large – $250/YEAR

For sites running multiple database driven applications. 1500mb of diskspace with 10 MySQL databases and unlimited email addresses.

Please note:

Yes! You can get a server at Godaddy with a hell of a lot more of everything. You will not however be able to ring up a clever local web expert who can help you sort out your problems and give you sage advice on how you could make your website better, reduce your costs or increase your business productivity using the web.

Moved to post .. about Prestashop ?

Gwilym — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:53:20 +0000

Strange, I have been doing so many exciting things but what has moved me to write this is a small and intense bout of ecommerce.

I have spent a few hours over the last week preparing an experiment based on Prestashop – a open source cart project out of France (I think).

I have to say – if you get past the horrid layout and UI in admin the bones of the thing are – tres supurb. It handles product options and attributes well and I haven’t found anything serious it doesn’t do yet – and all at 1/10th of the footprint of Magento. More to come as my new shop goes live…if it ever does :-)

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Staple Design now offering webhosting

Moved to post .. about Prestashop ?