The short version WordPress backup plugins like backupwordpress, backup buddy, backwpup do not work on our TNG environment, and will be banned as of February 1st 2013. We are introducing functionality that will let you back up your website to an Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud files, or Dropbox shortly. If you already use VaultPress, you’re… Read more »
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A basic guide on how to debug WordPress themes and plugins
This blog post is going to be slightly more technical than usual. It’s targeted towards developers/coders of WordPress websites. If you’re just installing a theme, adding some plugins from the repo, and configuring them, this post is not for you. If you write custom plugins, build your own child themes, or themes, or if you’re the… Read more »
The lessons I learned as CEO of ZippyKid in 2012
By now, you’ve probably read more than your fair share of “year in review” articles and blog posts, here’s another one of them. It’s of a more personal nature than you may expect from a company. To say ZippyKid grew in 2012 would be an understatement, at the same time, it’s not un expected. We’re… Read more »
Beta 2 of our WordPress Hosting Control Panel (MyZippyKid) launched
In September, when we launched our new hosting architecture, ZippyKid the Next Generation, we took the famous 5 minute install down to 5 seconds. Now we’re making it even easier to manage the most advanced WordPress hosting environment EVER. This is the start of “WordPress as a Service” . What’s New? Site List We’ve changed the… Read more »
WordPress 3.5 update plan and schedule
WordPress 3.5 is almost upon on. As always, we’ve been testing it ourselves for quite some time. This site is running the latest release candidate as we speak. This post is just a reminder about the upgrade path for our customers. We will wait at least 2 weeks before we start upgrading your site to… Read more »
Introducing Smushkid – optimize images to speed up your website.
A long time ago, I wrote an article talking about how to speed up your photography website by using the Smush.it plugin. This was literally a few months after the company had started and we were hosting less than a 100 websites. As we’ve grown, and as Yahoo! has declined, we started noticing a lot of… Read more »
Introducing ZippyKid – The Next Generation.. in stores now!
It’s been rumored, and it’s been demoed in private at WordCamps, but now it’s live. On behalf of everyone here at ZippyKid, I’m very happy to announce the release of ZippyKid – The Next Generation. In private conversations I’ve been taking about our “new architecture”, and that’s basically what it is. We’ve taken everything we’ve… Read more »
How to connect to the Rackspace NextGen cloud via the command line
About a year ago, I wrote a blog post showing you how to connect to the Rackspace Control panel via the command line. Recently, Rackspace announced their NextGen Cloud, something we’ve been privately testing with them for the past 8 months. Now that it’s stable, and has been thoroughly tested, I wanted to share the… Read more »
WordCamp San Francisco 2012
This past weekend, we attended WordCamp San Francisco, it’s the annual pilgrimage to San Francisco that a lot of WordPressers make, to learn about the state of the press, paradigms in the world of WordPress, and to party. The night before WordCamp, we threw a party with our friends at Range. A notable part of… Read more »
We’re Hiring or How to win an unlocked iPhone 5/6 and $3000 right before Christmas 2012
We’re hiring. For more details on the job listing see the bottom of this post. To find out about the iPhone 5/6 and $3000 stay here. ZippyKid has grown over the past two years by word of mouth. Everyone we’ve hired, and every customer that has switched to has, has done it because a friend… Read more »
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