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WebFaction Review

When we purchased MangoOrange this site was hosted with WebFaction.  After much research we decided to keep using WebFaction because the host is amazing.  There are many reasons that I enjoy Web Faction and in this review I hope to outline many of these reasons.  Since we acquired this site we have NEVER experienced our site going down.  WebFaction has extremely reliable servers and great customer support.

Secondly, WebFaction offers four different web hosting plans that can meet every individual need.  If you have a small website OR a very large one... WebFaction has a plan customized for you!

WebFaction Shared Web Hosting Plans:

WebFaction Shared 1 Plan:

The WebFaction Shared 1 hosting plan is the most affordable hosting solution.  Starting at only $5.50 a month this plan will give you 10 GB of disk space, 600 GB of bandwidth, and a 60 day money back policy!  This plan is widely used by individuals looking to host a simple website or a blog.  Sign up now for the WebFaction Shared 1 Plan!

WebFaction Shared 2 Plan:

The WebFaction Shared 2 hosting plan is by far the most popular plan offered by Web Faction.  Starting at only $8.50 a month this plan will give you 20 GB of disk space, 1200 GB of bandwidth, and a 60 day money back policy!  This plan is widely used by individuals wanting to have a basic website with photos.  Sign up now for the WebFaction Shared 2 Plan!

WebFaction Shared 3 Plan:

The WebFaction Shared 3 hosting plan is a web hosting package for more advanced sites.  Starting at only $16.50 a month this plan will give you 40 GB of disk space, 1800 GB of bandwidth, and a 60 day money back policy!  If you expect your website to receive a good deal of traffic I would suggest this plan... Still very affordable!  Sign up now for the WebFaction Shared 3 Plan!

WebFaction Shared 4 Plan:

The WebFaction Shared 4 hosting plan is the elite web hosting package.  Starting at only $24.50 a month this plan will give you 60 GB of disk space, 2400 GB of bandwidth, and a 60 day money back policy!  If you plan to have a good deal of traffic and plan to host large files like photos or videos I would highly suggest that you  Sign up now for the WebFaction Shared 3 Plan!

Conclusion:

WebFaction is a world class web hosting provider.  MangoOrange is proud to FULLY ENDORSE this web host.  As always you can turn to AlreadyHosting for a full WebFaction review. When asked to score this host we proudly give them an A+.

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written by mangoorange \\ tags: webfaction

Last week, I signed up an account with Webfaction, for my latest Django (sounds like Jungle) adventure. So far, it's one of the few web hosting companies out there that offer support for Django framework and they did a superb job at it. I love them.

A few days back, I wrote my first Django app, Tweeeter, after following a few tutorials. With the app, I think it will be great to get it deployed to have a full experience from programming to deployment. So I followed the tutorial from Webfaction's knowledgebase.

However, I felt the approach has messed up the normal structure that I usually used, which is having apps folder and includes folder in the django project folder. The tutorial shows how to server static files by creating Webfaction's app. So if you have 10 static folders, you will have to create 10 Webfaction's app, which I can't understand why I must do it. So, after hours of trying, with the help of Webfaction's support, it finally works the way I wanted.

So how do I setup my own django app in Webfaction?

I followed exactly what the tutorial said except the part of setting up the static files. Instead of creating multiple apps, I just add the following to the apache/httpd.conf in the djangoproject.

Alias /includes/ /home/username/webapps/webfactionapp/djangoproject/includes/
 
    SetHandler None

Alias /media/ /home/username/webapps/webfactionapp/lib/python2.5/django/contrib/admin/media/
 
    SetHandler None

I hope it's clear enough. If there is any questions, feel free leave it in the comments.

written by mangoorange \\ tags: webfaction