Category: Pagely News
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Sessions, Cookies and You. Getting the most cache for your buck.
This post is going to walk you through what a session and cookie is, how it works, and how they effect the speed of your WordPress site on page.ly. What are Sessions? Sessions can be thought of as digital name tags. When you visit a website, that website may want to assign you a name…
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Securing WordPress. There’s more to it than marketing hype.
WordPress Security has gotten a lot of press (pun intended) of late. Every 3rd day there is new post, or guest post by someone driving home the importance of securing your WordPress install with proper file permissions, choosing strong passwords, and the like. Listen to them, and take heed as they are smart people telling…
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Andrew Norcross – WP Heavy Hitter
In this edition of WP Heavy Hitters we are proud to showcase Andrew Norcross. Andrew is a good hearted, trend setter. Don’t let his quiet demeanor fool you because when he talks and shares info, people listen. Andrew won Pagely’s grand Birthday prize and will enjoy a trip to WordCamp San Diego on us. His…
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It’s our 2nd birthday. Specials and promotions all month to celebrate.
Editor’s Note: This post is from our archives, and not all content is still relevant. For a fresh look at our company & tech, we recommend these sections: Our Managed WordPress Hosting Service Articles on WordPress for Business Industry-specific Hosting Solutions Hey what do you know? Our little experiment here has worked like magic and…
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At scale, everything breaks.
I don’t fancy myself a developer or a sysadmin. I pay people far more talented than me to wear those titles. However I do consider myself a steadfast hacker, CEO, customer support agent, biz dev, janitor, bookeeper….etc… Entrepreneur. Our managed WordPress hosting service Pagely, will be 2 years old in September. We have bootstrapped this…
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The WordPress Help Desk we have been waiting for.
Today Zendesk announced their new WordPress integration plugin. We got an early sneak peek at the plugin a few days ago and took it for a spin. What is Zendesk? Zendesk is a help desk service that allows you to manage support tickets. Here at page.ly we use Zendesk exclusively for our customer support. Show…
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The Design Evolution of Pagely
I thought it would be interesting to look back at how page.ly, and flare9 before it, got to where it is today by reviewing past designs of the website and brand. A quick backstory: Pagely is the 2nd coming of this WordPress hosting idea. In 2006 Sally came up with the idea for a DIY…
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Sara Cannon- WP Heavy Hitter
Editor’s Note: This post is from our archives, and not all content is still relevant. For a fresh look at our company & tech, we recommend these sections: Our Managed WordPress Hosting Service Articles on WordPress for Business Industry-specific Hosting Solutions In this edition of WP Heavy Hitters we are proud to showcase Sara Cannon.…
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A birthday of sorts…
Editor’s Note: This post is from our archives, and not all content is still relevant. For a fresh look at our company & tech, we recommend these sections: Our Managed WordPress Hosting Service Articles on WordPress for Business Industry-specific Hosting Solutions Around this time in 2009 Sally and I made the decision to wipe the…
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Pagely buys domains Dog.ly and Cat.ly to create a WordPress Service for Pets
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 1, 2011–Pagely today announced major changes to its back-end interface, in an effort to satiate the underserved pet blogging market. With so many rabid pet owners opening Twitter accounts, creating Facebook pages and even writing blogs, a solution was needed to take some of the pressure off. “Dogs have always had it rough…