Alternate title: We are dedicated!
And we are back. It has been a few days since the last update to the Dev blog, but for good reason. We are moving from development into production, and we need a dedicated server for that.
To keep cost down during the development, we used a shared host, Host Monster. They are a great choice and I highly recommend them for those who do not require intense database activity. However we have Movable Type, Joomla and Helios Calendar all running.
And we are back. It has been a few days since the last update to the Dev blog, but for good reason. We are moving from development into production, and we need a dedicated server for that.
To keep cost down during the development, we used a shared host, Host Monster. They are a great choice and I highly recommend them for those who do not require intense database activity. However we have Movable Type, Joomla and Helios Calendar all running.
I looked around at a few places, and settled on the host that I know best. First I looked at Strangecode, Beau Smith's company, but he did not have any dedicated servers, but some nice servers going in at the end of February.
I have worked with SoftLayer and Liquid Web in the past, and decided on Liquid Web, because I am more familiar with their tech support, and their fully managed servers, even dedicated ones. And so the move is complete, I am just waiting for mtvU to point the subdomains such as blogs.bgviews.com to our new IP address.
Movable Type moved over with little fuss. I had an issue with one specific Template Module not rebuilding, but I figured out a workaround. Joomla took a bit of work, especially since we are using jReviews. One of our two Helios Calendar installs still has some big errors, so I need to figure that out yet.
You may also notice the Dev Blog is now at a different location, and that we have a new "hub" here at bgviewsnetwork.com. Soon this blog will look like the rest of the site, too. I just have not had the time to get to that yet.
I have worked with SoftLayer and Liquid Web in the past, and decided on Liquid Web, because I am more familiar with their tech support, and their fully managed servers, even dedicated ones. And so the move is complete, I am just waiting for mtvU to point the subdomains such as blogs.bgviews.com to our new IP address.Movable Type moved over with little fuss. I had an issue with one specific Template Module not rebuilding, but I figured out a workaround. Joomla took a bit of work, especially since we are using jReviews. One of our two Helios Calendar installs still has some big errors, so I need to figure that out yet.
You may also notice the Dev Blog is now at a different location, and that we have a new "hub" here at bgviewsnetwork.com. Soon this blog will look like the rest of the site, too. I just have not had the time to get to that yet.
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Using Facebook Connect on the new domain, and new dedicated server.