ZippyKid https://www.zippykid.com The leader in WordPress Hosting Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 WordPress App for iPhone Version 3.6: How-to and Review https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/17/iphone-wordpress-app-how-to-and-review/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/17/iphone-wordpress-app-how-to-and-review/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:07:49 +0000 Jane Gergen https://www.zippykid.com/?p=5175 The new version of the WordPress app for iOS is out! For those of you who have used the WordPress app before, you know it makes blogging on the go from your iPhone or iPad easier. The main aim of this newest version, 3.6, was to make the user experience better for those who are... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/17/iphone-wordpress-app-how-to-and-review/feed/ 0 ZippyKid and Wishlist Member plugin – change in policy https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/04/zippykid-and-wishlist-member-plugin-change-in-policy/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/04/zippykid-and-wishlist-member-plugin-change-in-policy/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:04:42 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=5087 We are sorry to announce that we will no longer support or allow the Wishlist membership plugin on our systems.  This has not been an easy decision, but it’s something we must do.  I would even go as far as to recommend people away from Wishlist member.   Why is Wishlist Member banned?   Performance:... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/06/04/zippykid-and-wishlist-member-plugin-change-in-policy/feed/ 5 The ZippyKid WordPress Cloud – 3 Year Review https://www.zippykid.com/2013/05/30/zippykid-wordpress-cloud-review/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/05/30/zippykid-wordpress-cloud-review/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 12:57:53 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=5051 It’s amazing how quickly time flies when you love what you do. This weekend was the 3rd anniversary of ZippyKid. And, like a proud father, I’d like to take you on a short trip down memory lane to highlight some of the big events in our company’s history . The Birth of ZippyKid.   Back... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/05/30/zippykid-wordpress-cloud-review/feed/ 8 ZippyKid Partners with Google to Deliver Blazing Fast WordPress Sites https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/23/partnership-with-google-to-deliver-fast-wordpress-sites/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/23/partnership-with-google-to-deliver-fast-wordpress-sites/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:19:23 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=4825 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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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/17/production-and-development-modes/feed/ 0 Official response to the brute force attacks of Spring 2013 https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/13/response-to-brute-force-attacks-of-2013/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/13/response-to-brute-force-attacks-of-2013/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:38:35 +0000 Vid Luther http://www.zippykid.com/?p=4809 By now a lot of you have seen the news reports on TechCrunch, Sucuri and other news sources about the massive attack against WordPress sites. We’ve been working in the background to solve this problem on our systems dilligently. We were fortunate enough to not see the attacks come to us, until last night, and... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/04/13/response-to-brute-force-attacks-of-2013/feed/ 0 Announcing SPDY support for SSL sites at ZippyKid https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/07/announcing-spdy-support-at-zippykid/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/07/announcing-spdy-support-at-zippykid/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:56:58 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=4747 Since November 2012, we’ve been testing SPDY protocol support in secret with our customers. Today, we’re making it public. All sites that pay for SSL come with SPDY version 2 support. What does that mean in english? Basically, if you enabled SSL on your site in the past 3 months, you are using technology that... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/07/announcing-spdy-support-at-zippykid/feed/ 1 Switch from Posterous to WordPress https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/05/switch-from-posterous-to-wordpress/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/05/switch-from-posterous-to-wordpress/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:13:19 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=4689 On 30th April 2013, Posterous will be shutting down. This is a sad day for many bloggers, though ever since Posterous was acquired by Twitter, it’s not entirely surprising. What this does highlight, is the importance of owning your own data, and you can do just that with WordPress. This tutorial will walk you through... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/03/05/switch-from-posterous-to-wordpress/feed/ 1 Do you really need a dedicated IP address for better SEO? https://www.zippykid.com/2013/02/21/do-you-need-a-dedicated-ip-address-for-seo/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/02/21/do-you-need-a-dedicated-ip-address-for-seo/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:20:49 +0000 Mike Zielonka https://www.zippykid.com/?p=4585 The following is a guest blog post by a friend an SEO expert, in response to a rant I made on facebook a few months ago. It was related to a pre-sales question we see. “I need a dedicated ip address for better SEO, can you provide me with a dedicated ip address”? Back in... Read more »

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]]> https://www.zippykid.com/2013/02/21/do-you-need-a-dedicated-ip-address-for-seo/feed/ 23 Speaking at php[tek] 2013 in Chicago May 14-17th 2013. https://www.zippykid.com/2013/02/19/speaking-at-phptek-2013/ https://www.zippykid.com/2013/02/19/speaking-at-phptek-2013/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:41:14 +0000 Vid Luther https://www.zippykid.com/?p=4573 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 »

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