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One-click installers: Python web frameworks
This post is the first in a series taking a closer look at the variety of one-click installers available with the WebFaction control panel. Today, we’re starting close to our Python roots, by taking a look our Python web application … Continue reading
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Introducing our new control panel design
Today we’re excited to unveil the latest change to the WebFaction hosting service: a new design for the WebFaction control panel. This new design is the most visible change but under the hood it comes with a complete rewrite of … Continue reading
Posted in Control panel
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A look at installing your own tools on WebFaction servers
In previous posts, we’ve demonstrated how to use software we provide through one-click installers or through your shell account. But sometimes you may want to use something we haven’t installed. Today we’d like to give a better picture of how … Continue reading
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Welcoming Ruby 2.0
Today we’re happy to announce that the recently released Ruby 2.0 is now available on all of our servers. You can run Ruby 2.0 today as ruby2.0. Here it is on Web310: $ ruby2.0 -v ruby 2.0.0p0 (2013-02-24 revision 39474) … Continue reading
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A look at version control on our servers
Appending version_36 or final_2 to a file name is no way to keep track of different versions of files. Instead, we’re lucky to have a wide variety of version control tools at our disposal. And a webserver is no place … Continue reading
Posted in Git, Server setup, Subversion, Trac
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Django 1.5 is here!
Today, the latest version of Django has been released. And we’re happy to make it available to you with the new Django 1.5 one-click installer: Django 1.5 brings with it several major improvements, including: A customizable user model. Now you … Continue reading
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A look at databases on our servers
It’s a rare web hosting user that can get by without a database, so today we’re taking a closer look at how you can setup and use popular databases with WebFaction. To start, the WebFaction control panel makes it easy … Continue reading
Posted in Control panel, General, MySql, PostgreSQL
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Ten amazing years, $100,000 giveaway!
[Update Feb 7th 9.30am UTC] Our birthday giveaway has now ended. We sold out in about 40 hours. Today marks WebFaction’s tenth birthday: ten years of hosting, ten years of support, and ten years of working to provide a service … Continue reading
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Introducing private PostgreSQL instances
In October, we introduced the private MySQL instance installer as a solution to the “bad neighbor problem,” where one user consumes too much of a server’s shared MySQL database’s resources. Today, we’re introducing the private instance installer for PostgreSQL. Like … Continue reading
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New databases management interface
Today we’re proud to show you the newest update to the WebFaction control panel. We’ve upgraded the way you create and manage MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and users, as a part of our ongoing effort to make the control panel easier to … Continue reading
Posted in Control panel, MySql
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