Customer Spotlight: Hack N Mod!

Posted Apr 4 at 15:30 CDT by Sean in Customer Spotlight  - 1 comment(s)

Our latest featured site is Hack N Mod - http://www.hacknmod.com!

Tell us about your site!

Hack N Mod features thousands of DIY circuitry and electronics projects. We feature the web's best hacking and modding projects and tutorials in over 20 categories.

What technologies does Hack N Mod use behind the scenes?

Hack N Mod is based on WordPress, with a few other PHP and CGI components, and uses MySQL as the storage backend.

What do you like about WebFaction?

After living through the horrors of mainstream hosting companies, we've found a gem in WebFaction. Their customer support is downright incredible, ready to fulfill any need you may have. Plus, prices are unbeatable, uptime is fantastic, plenty of control and freedom, absolutely no complaints. WebFaction is the perfect hosting company for any size website.

We'd like to thank Hack N Mod for participating in our Customer Spotlight feature, and wish them the best of luck :)

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Customer Spotlight: Beer Suggest!

Posted Sep 15 at 10:29 CDT by Sean in Customer Spotlight  - 2 comment(s)

In our most recent newsletter we mentioned that we would be showcasing customer sites here in the WebFaction blog. That time has come, and our first featured site is Beer Suggest - http://www.beersuggest.com!

Tell us about your site!

Beer Suggest is a niche wiki/social community for beer enthusiasts. The site allows users to create accounts and rate, review and discover beer. Each user receives personalized beer recommendations based upon your ratings and reviews. It keeps track of all the beers you have tried and allows your friends to view your beer stats, including, but not limited to, top rated beers, beers tried, favorite beer styles, etc.

What technologies does Beer Suggest have under the hood?

The two primary technologies that are used are Python and Django. Before I began this website I knew I wanted to use Python. I had done several desktop apps and administrative scripts in Python and found it very enjoyable to write. My next decision was which Python framework to use. I checked out several such as TurboGears and Web2Py, but ultimately found Django to suit my needs better. Django has been making vast improvements and has a very active community and great documentation.

What do you like about WebFaction?

When I would have issues setting up or configuring something I have found the support to be very helpful when I couldn't find a good answer on the forums. The support has been very responsive and helpful in explaining and resolving any issues I have run into thus far.

We'd like to thank the operator of Beer Suggest for participating in our Customer Spotlight feature, and wish him the best of luck with his site :)

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