Hosting
Have a WordPress Expert Look at Your Site
ClockworkWP has the privilege to “inherit” sites from other developers on a regular basis. Each time we onboard a new website for a care plan, we look through the site and make sure that it is functioning as expected. I can’t believe what we found on this one. The end client uses another company for…
Read MoreWhy I’ve Lost Faith in Other Hosting Companies
First and foremost, I write this with an extremely saddened heart. I know it is just hosting that I’m talking about, but WP Engine used to be stellar. In fact, moving from VPS.net to WP Engine in 2015 was one of the best decisions I made when I was helping run Sideways8 Interactive. It saved…
Read MoreFinding the DNS and Registrar Information
In the 90’s, if you wanted a domain name, you would pick up the phone and call InterNic. You would tell them you wanted a domain, they would ask you which one, they would say “Ok, it is yours”. Life was great. If you needed to make a DNS change, you’d pick up the phone…
Read MoreWordPress Multitenancy in Action
WordPress platforms aren’t what we normally do when we partner with 48in48.org to build 48 websites in 48 hours for 48 non-profits, we build systems. Specifically, we build a WordPress multitenancy system. What is a WordPress multitenancy setup? Well, first let’s ask what is multitenancy… Wikipedia has this defined as: The term “software multitenancy” refers to a…
Read MoreMoving away from ManageWP
Yesterday, ManageWP announced that they have been purchased by GoDaddy. A day after the announcements, there were 338 comments, and 80% of them were negative towards the purchase. Comments starting off like this: “My heart sank”, “This is somewhat disappointing”, “Not cool”, “Well that sucks”, and “I cancelled my account immediately upon reading this news.” I can’t…
Read MoreCheap hosting equals lost income
Most business owners are dying to land really good and really cheap hosting but they do not realize that this utopian hosting realm no longer exists, if it even really existed in the first place.
Read MoreOur Migration to Our Hosting Platform
Web hosting has changed dramatically since I first had my first server in 2004. I know, what hasn’t changed dramatically in the tech world since then? Back then Blackberrys (or Blackberries?) were cool and Facebook was called “The Facebook” and no one knew about it. The number of hosting platforms available these days is almost endless and just…
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