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<div>I'll add that we recently strongly considered moving Blogs@Baruch to Cast Iron Coding (I also know and have worked with Zach Davis for years) before ultimately settling on hosting internally… I'm positive that CIC would have created far fewer headaches
for us, though. The server migration we (finally) have scheduled for next week would have been completed two months ago. </div>
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<div>Fwiw… I would be a bit careful about going with a host that bills itself as WordPress specialists (except for maybe Automattic VIP, but that's probably beyond everyone on this list's budget)… A good host should have enough knowledge to support a range
of applications and use types, and it seems as though you might be setting yourself up to pay a premium for a narrow focus when the host really should be flexible enough to meet and adapt to your needs as you grow. Just my two cents; I've not looked deeply
into either WP Engine or Page.ly… They may just be niches of larger hosting groups, but I do think it's worth thinking about that.</div>
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<div>Finally, I also know that there are some folks who've used and like SoftLayer for hosting large WP installs. </div>
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<div>Baruch College</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Jim Groom <<a href="mailto:jimgroom@gmail.com">jimgroom@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span><<a href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:32:42 +0930<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span><<a href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [wp-edu] Off-campus WP hosting<br>
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I wouldn't recommend EDUblogs to anyone based on how obnoxios the owner James Farmer is, case in point:
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<div><a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/video-user-manuals-accuses-wpmu-dev-of-copyright-infringement-in-open-letter#comment-267071">http://wpcandy.com/reports/video-user-manuals-accuses-wpmu-dev-of-copyright-infringement-in-open-letter#comment-267071</a><br>
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<div>At UMW have been hosting <a href="http://umwblogs.org">UMW Blogs</a> off campus with Cast Iron Coding for almost 5 years. They are a small, boutique dev/hosting shop in Portland, Oregon---full disclosure I went to grad school with the owner---and they
rock. Talk to Zack Davis <a href="http://castironcoding.com">http://castironcoding.com</a>.
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<div>No nonsense, professional, and small enough that they treat you like a human being.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:14 AM, VanDrimmelen, Jeff <span dir="ltr">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">We've had some discussions with EduBlogs as well (<a href="http://edublogs.org/campus/" target="_blank">http://edublogs.org/campus/</a>). But we are doing it in-house instead thus far. They have been responsive and very helpful.
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<div>On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:22 PM Wednesday, March14, Steve McConnell wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Hosting our WordPress-powered university NewsCenter at our campus data center has been problematic from the start (~2 years ago), but now we're starting to see sporadic but severe performance problems. All this has us seriously
considering switching to an off-campus host for the site, particularly companies that specialize in hosting WordPress sites. Two that have been recommended are
<a href="http://wpengine.com/" target="_blank">WP Engine</a> and <a href="http://page.ly/" target="_blank">
Page.ly</a>. Does anyone out there have experience, good or bad, with either company that you'd be willing to share? Or know of another dedicated WP host we should consider? Thanks in advance for your help.<br>
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Web managing editor, UC Berkeley
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