The latest studies and reports are showing that web sites are getting bigger. The pictures and video we’re taking with our smart devices aren’t designed for the web and are contributing to an increase in page weight, year over year. For the past two years, companies like ZippyKid have been including and pushing for the… Read more »
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Speaking at php[tek] 2013 in Chicago May 14-17th 2013.
I’m really excited to share that I’ll be speaking at php[tek] 2013 in Chicago, this May. I’ll be doing a formal session discussing the ups and downs of building your business on public cloud networks like Amazon and Rackspace, versus building private clouds. This is the first time I’m giving this talk, as it’s based… Read more »
How to push code changes from Github to WordPress
A lot of our customers take advantage of our free test sites, where they can show their clients changes they’ve been working on, once the client approves the changes, they need to push those changes from the test site to the live site. This post will show you and them, how they can automate the… Read more »
WordPress 3.5.1 has been released. Automatic WordPress update has begun for active sites.
WordPress 3.5.1 was released a few hours ago, when the release came out, we started sending notifications to customers about pending upgrades. You can see what’s new in WordPress 3.5.1 here. This is a security update, and it is mandatory. We’re trying something new this time around, where you’ll be getting an individual email per automatic… Read more »
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 »
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 »
HostingCon 2012 – CloudFlare Conversation with Vid Luther from ZippyKid
It’s not often we’re able to get Vid in front of a camera (he looks super natural, doesn’t he?), but he was captured at HostingCon 2012 in Boston. Good stuff covered in this quick hitting interview including 1) ZippyKid is growing like crazy, 2) some killer investors and advisors from Rackspace, Slicehost and 500 Startups… Read more »
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