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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
bici wrote #340960:
support is very supportive. pussy-cats in fact ;-)
Haha, pussy-cats sounds attractive!
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
FWIW, I’m not a developer and OpalStack has been a reliable and good host for my sites. Their service is indeed responsive and human.
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
mistersugar wrote #340964:
FWIW, I’m not a developer and OpalStack has been a reliable and good host for my sites. Their service is indeed responsive and human.
That is extremely helpful and encouraging to know. Thanks for sharing this experience.
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
There is also servus.at whis is administered by a wonderful bunch of people, and is subsidised by the Austrian ministry of culture (I think). It is based in Linz, hosts arts sites, and you pay what you think is fair. This is from their about section:
servus.at operates an independent data centre for artists and cultural professionals, alternative educational institutions, independent radio stations, universities and NGOs. We do not sell any data to third parties and do not analyse the content of our members. A high degree of voluntary work and commitment goes into our work. We are financed by membership fees, donations and grants. With your donation, you support us in our activities or in the purchase of hardware. Donations are used exclusively for the purpose of our organisation.
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
Kjeld wrote #340966:
That is extremely helpful and encouraging to know. Thanks for sharing this experience.
Yeah, the Opalstack hosting service is fairly OK. The control panel is a little intimidating at first, and the lingo used a little obscure, but once you get it, the works well.
And as noted, the support team is excellent and fast.
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There is also servus.at
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve heard good things about it.
And as I move away fully out of commercial web stuff, that might be a good fit for some projects.
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
In reply to colak #340967:
There is also servus.at whis is administered by a wonderful bunch of people, and is subsidised by the Austrian ministry of culture (I think). It is based in Linz, hosts arts sites, and you pay what you think is fair. This is from their about section:
Just visited the site. I have not yet encountered anything like this. What a fascinating approach!
It is a bit outside what I can currently afford because according to their explanations I would probably be considered a cultural association:
Association membership for art and cultural associations and collectives. The membership fee is 30 euros per month (360 euros per year).
Thanks for sharing, Yiannis.
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
phiw13 wrote #340968:
Yeah, the Opalstack hosting service is fairly OK. The control panel is a little intimidating at first, and the lingo used a little obscure, but once you get it, the works well.
And as noted, the support team is excellent and fast.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve heard good things about it.
And as I move away fully out of commercial web stuff, that might be a good fit for some projects.
Thanks!
Non-commercial web hosting was not something I was aware of. Fascinating.
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
Dragondz wrote #330895:
I have many website on Hawkhost (US) PHP 4.4 ,5.6 to 8.0 For DB it s 5.5.5-10.3.29-MariaDB, thay also offer PostgresSql.
I only needed Hawkhost (Canada) support a couple of times and both times it was excellent. They have great deals today for mailing list subscribers
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Major Hawkhost fan here. Fantastic support, and I’ve sent some weird requests their way.
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zero wrote #341384:
I only needed Hawkhost (Canada) support a couple of times and both times it was excellent. They have great deals today for mailing list subscribers
skewray wrote #341391:
Major Hawkhost fan here. Fantastic support, and I’ve sent some weird requests their way.
Thank you both for the tip and the advice!
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
Textdrive —> Webfaction —> Opalstack. a fine lineage
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
bici wrote #341404:
Textdrive —> Webfaction —> Opalstack. a fine lineage
Do you mean that textpattern.com is hosted by Opalstack, or did you personally move from Textdrive to Opalstack via Webfaction?
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
Kjeld wrote #341405:
Do you mean that textpattern.com is hosted by Opalstack, or did you personally move from Textdrive to Opalstack via Webfaction?
textpattern.com is hosted on Digital Ocean.(as per the footnote)
i was referring to the lineage of the Dean Allen group
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
bici wrote #341406:
textpattern.com is hosted on Digital Ocean.(as per the footnote)
i was referring to the lineage of the Dean Allen group
I am familiar with the late Dean Allen and Textdrive, but the connection with Webfaction and Opalstack is new to me…
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Re: Who Does Your Textpattern Hosting?: July 2021 Edition
Kjeld wrote #341407:
I am familiar with the late Dean Allen and Textdrive, but the connection with Webfaction and Opalstack is new to me…
When Textdrive was being phased out and Joynet was morphing, many of the cool folks went to Webfaction. {Many were also active here on Textpattern forum.). After Webfaction was acquired, many of the cool kids went to Opalstack. Both Textdrive and Webfaction had the coolest of forums and the best of help and support. All three had/have their own barebones UI to managing hosting services,,, but also every powerful once you had grasped the interface, no CPanel crapola “we don’t need no stinkin CPanel”
I consider myself very fortunate that I was reading a Dan Benjamin post the day he was informing us of the availability of lifetime Textdrive accounts. I jumped on board immediately. And have been riding that Web Hosting wave ever since. And that is why I am with Opalstack today. ( I won’t ever consider a hosting service that doesn’t offer full shell access (SSH ) and SFTP).
Anywho that is how I remember my short history of web hosting services ….
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WebFaction was a web hosting service that focused on developers, offering features like full shell access and one-click app installs, but it has since been acquired and its services are being shut down. GoDaddy, the parent company that acquired WebFaction, is migrating customers to its standard hosting plans. As a result, many developers are looking for alternatives to WebFaction's unique services, with some former employees launching a new company called Opalstack as an alternative, say djangofriendly.com. --google AI search
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