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So one problem with moving from traditional web hosting with cPanel/GoDaddy/Plesk to Cloud hosting like GridPane and Cloudways is that you don’t get email support. Cloud servers are built without incoming email services. So if you’re going to host a web site with these Cloud products, you may need to find somewhere to host email […]
One of the biggest pain points I’ve had with GridPane is migrating existing sites from Cloudways and cPanel. GridPane structures things a little differently than CW and cPanel, so simply creating a backup of a site with Updraft, BackupBuddy or another backup plugin and then restoring it to the GridPane managed server doesn’t always work. […]
A couple of months ago someone turned me on to GridPane… and I am now a disciple. I’ve completely moved off of Cloudways and I’m in the process of moving everything off of my dedicated LiquidWeb server onto the GridPane platform. What is GridPane? First, let’s talk about what GridPane “is and is not”. GridPane […]
Cloudways Managed Cloud Hosting Platform is gaining in popularity for many good reasons, but do they “check all the boxes” for GREAT WordPress hosting? One constant struggle for all WordPress site owners is finding the right hosting. Even when you think you have it, something will cause you to look elsewhere, even if to reassure […]
In cPanel, by default, the root domain of your account is the “/home/$account/public_html” folder. Addon domains and subdomains are placed into subfolders within that folder. My preference is to place the root domain in a subfolder as well. But there is no simple way to do that in cPanel or WHM. But it can be […]
