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Category Archives: General
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 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
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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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Setting up the reddit app without root access
We manage the servers for you which means that you don’t have to worry about setting them up and most importantly maintaining them. We provide a team of systems administrators who work around the clock to do things like applying … Continue reading
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Video and image processing on WebFaction servers
There’s a common misconception that you can’t use shared hosting for interesting tasks like image and video processing. But at WebFaction we say au contraire; today we’re taking a look at the image processing tools available on our servers. For … Continue reading
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A look at other languages available on our servers
Previously, we’ve taken a close look at Python, PHP, and Ruby on WebFaction, which stand out as popular languages with WebFaction users. But there’s a long tail of other languages available and in use on WebFaction servers. For example, the … Continue reading
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New hosting plans available with 1GB, 2GB and 4GB of memory
We’re happy to announce a new range of hosting plans, from 1GB to 4GB of application memory. You can see the details on our Features & prices page. For these new plans we have a maximum number of accounts per … Continue reading
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World IPv6 Launch day
As you may have heard today is World IPv6 Launch day. A lot of companies around the world have worked hard to be IPv6-ready by today. The world is running out of IPv4 addresses and the solution is the new … Continue reading
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We’re hiring!
Wanna work for your favorite hosting company? Well, now’s your chance! We’re currently looking for support engineers for our US and Asia shifts. Details are available at our jobs page. What are you waiting for?! 2012-04-16: these positions have been filled, but … Continue reading
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Nine years already!
Nine years ago we registered python-hosting.com which later became WebFaction. Since the beginning we focused on building solid foundations: fast and stable servers, great customer service and up-to-date software. A lot has happened in 9 years but we’re proud to … Continue reading
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