I got an offer from a kind gentleman who owns a hosting company. We made an exchange of sorts, and since it was an offer I couldn’t refuse, I accepted. Now, Slightly Remarkable has moved from its previous hosting package at iPowerWeb hosting to the Platinum plan by ISP Host (also the owner of Host-Blast). Basically, I have free web hosting for life!
It took me a couple of hours last night, but I exported all my MySQL databases and Wordpress files and so forth to the new server in just a few minutes (less disastrous than my previous blog relocation). Then I reset the nameservers of Slightly Remarkable at GoDaddy, and the DNS servers are updated and you are now looking at the new Slightly Remarkable. I got a swell deal (if only you knew what I had to do to get the free hosting, you’d understand).
Let me explain a little something about CMMWebDesign. Basically, it’s a group of designers/developers (that never consisted of over two people, myself and Ryan Gabbard), but we never really got off the ground. After almost two years, we didn’t get many jobs or referrals from the site, so instead we’ve both gone freelance for awhile. That means that within six months from now, CMMWebDesign.com will no longer be online. Ryan and I plan on doing some work together in the (near) future, but as grouped freelancers as opposed to coworkers under a corporate name. A corporate web firm is an idea for the future, but as of now it is not very practical for us (especially since we’re so small).
On a side note, I checked my referrer logs earlier, and noticed that Wordpress 1.6 may already have implemented Speedy Cat, making the plugin obsolete (and yes, this is a good thing). Isn’t Wordpress awesome?
Sweet deal mate. But you need to fix your links there. Slightly Remarkable is being broken up and whatnot.
June 24th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
That’s really cool– do you know if this new host is reliable, etc? I haven’t heard of them. Also, just because CMM isnt going to be run by 2 people, why can’t you keep it? It was always so catchy.
June 24th, 2005 at 4:13 pm
CMM is hard enough to remember to begin with — you have three syllables there, and then you have to add “web design.” That’s five syllables and it’s just the abbreviation! You try saying, “I work for computer master minds web design.”
As far as reliability, I haven’t had a problem, but then again I’ve only been on this host for less than 24 hours. I haven’t noticed any problems, but if I do experience problems, I’m sure I can convince the host to fix them. They seem quite understandable.
Bob, I thought that was just a Greasemonkey extension I had because I didn’t actually make those into links, but apparently Wordpress did that on its own. I’ll fix it.
June 24th, 2005 at 4:52 pm
“CMM is hard enough to remember to begin with — you have three syllables there, and then you have to add “web design.” That’s five syllables and it’s just the abbreviation! You try saying, “I work for computer master minds web design.””
…and you say I think too much! Ha! What a joke >.>
But pretty awesome on the free web hosting…
July 14th, 2005 at 9:44 pm