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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.

Reminder to self

Gwilym — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:05:58 +0000

THERE IS A setting in a WordPress database for the uploads folder…which doesn’t seem to be visible in the admin gui side. Essential if you wish to move your WordPress and not go crazy. Grrrrrrr – for instance ….

(59, 0, ‘upload_path’, ‘/home/stapleco/domains/staple.co.nz/public_html/blog/wp-content/uploads’, ‘yes’),

New website and blog in place

Gwilym — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:27:55 +0000

Hmmm…been experimenting with WordPress and like it so much that I have ported my nascent Blog to it. This is a testing post to see how it is going…

The compex world of LAMP content management systems

Gwilym — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:55:35 +0000

Well if webdesign, scripting and databases isn’t complex enough – navigating through the many CMS (Content management systems) options available now is getting to be a real headache. At least they all seem to be converging to a degree, MVC architecture, easy install routinues and better documentation.

A few weeks ago I was looking at exporting a Virtuemart shop into Drupal/Ubercart and was liking the Ver 6 Drupal setup a lot. The Drupal world has it’s own language but once you get their concepts it starts to make sense.

Last week I was playing with www.concrete5.org which is a newcomer and in some ways beats the pants off Joomla and Drupal. But I can’t help thinking that it is not better enough for people to migrate. It also suffers (or benefits) from a very strong design vision by the core team which leaves a visitor thinking that the small number of modules (or blocks in their parlance) is kinda like a feature lock down. I guess it is just age.

Today I installed the latest WordPress, and that is really impressing. A nice UI and excellent documentation for development. I haven’t played with building modules yet but will be having a look over the next few weeks.