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Hosting a WordPress site on AppFog, without persistent file storage

December 22, 2025February 18, 2013 by Steve Perkins
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How to host (and upgrade) a WordPress application on AppFog, despite the cloud platform’s lack of a persistent filesystem. […]

Categories Infrastructure Tags App Servers, AppFog, Ruby, web hosting, WordPress

Moving from shared hosting to a PaaS

December 22, 2025February 16, 2013 by Steve Perkins

“Cloud” providers are maturing into a serious option for enterprise Java. On the smaller scale, they may soon make “cPanel”-based shared web hosts obsolete.

Categories Infrastructure Tags App Servers, Google, Java, Python, Ruby, web hosting, WordPress

Searching for shared web hosting that doesn’t suck (3 of 3)

December 22, 2025June 27, 2011 by Steve Perkins

Pros and cons of shared web hosting vs. VPS hosting vs. “cloud” providers. Watching out for misleading price information, and sneaky terms & conditions. […]

Categories Infrastructure Tags App Servers, Java, Python, Scala, web hosting

Searching for shared web hosting that doesn’t suck (2 of 3)

December 22, 2025June 26, 2011 by Steve Perkins

Separating your email hosting from your web hosting, and recognizing some of the bait-and-switch tactics that are common among shared web hosting companies. […]

Categories Infrastructure Tags App Servers, Email, Google, Java, Python, Scala, web hosting

Searching for shared web hosting that doesn’t suck (1 of 3)

December 22, 2025June 25, 2011 by Steve Perkins

Putting all your eggs in the basket of one shared web host can be dangerous. So can managing your own applications on a shared hosting account. […]

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