Hosting

Domain Prices Going Up!

Just a quick note --- all domain prices are going up on January 14.  This will generally be the case with all domain registrars, since it's caused by an increase in ICANN fees.  So --buy those domains now!

To help encourage you further, all domains are on sale for 10% off through Jan 14.  Just enter the promotion code domainsale when you fill in the order, and the 10% will be deducted automatically.

UNOPS Speed Test

This is a file download test page.  You may download the file attachment below to test download speed.  The file is the Macintosh client for the CrashplanPro backup system which we market. It is a simple Mac .dmg file and is about 25 mbytes in size.

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Twin Cities Daily Planet

We'd like to welcome new client Twin Cities Daily Planet.  We have taken over the hosting contract for the Daily Planet, and will be making improvements to the site over the next several month, particularly in social media integration.  We are also moving them into a higher performance hosting environment using a Varnish front-end cache, and a high-performance back end. Go visit to get the latest news in the Twin Cities from a nonprofit source.

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New Drupal Releases

New releases of Drupal 6 and 7 were rolled out yesterday.  We're currently developing an upgrade plan for our customers.  This will be a staged release, and will roll out roughly in the following order:

 

1.  Drupal 7 production sites

2.  Drupal 6 production sites

3.  Drupal 6 sites using Pressflow Drupal. 

 

The Pressflow sites will have to wait for an upgrade version of Pressflow to be released.  We expect that's likely to happen next week.

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Free Range Hosting

Coming soon -- see our servers at work and at play, frolicking though the fields at our hosting farm.

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Drupal, caching, and Varnish

We're currently doing some work to extend our hosting practice to support larger users.  Some of this involves increasing the size of our infrastructure, and some of it includes implementing some new tools.  At the moment we're working on building an infrastructure for reverse proxy caching.  What the heck is that? I hear you cry.

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So -- Why US?

I get asked occasionally, so here's the drill -- why should you host with us, or have us design your web site?

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Now with Wordpress!

WP LogoWe're now also supporting a one-click install of Wordpress for our hosting clients.  It's very simple, and lets you get a Wordpress installation up in minutes.  This is very much like our Drupal one-click install, and is also easily upgradeable (you'll get an email whenever a new Wordpress version is available) and you can then do a one-click upgrade.

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Drupal Hosting at Cruiskeen Consulting LLC

We are strong supporters of Open Source software in general, and Drupal in particular. We build our web sites (including this one) in Drupal, and are a member of the Drupal Association.  Any purchases made from this page will also help to support the Drupal Association by paying the Drupal Association a 5% portion of your monthly hosting fee.  Drupal hosting with us starts at $8.95 per month for shared hosting, with a discount for nonprofts or paying on a yearly basis.

Our servers are set up to support Drupal.  We have a simple Drupal setup on our servers, which lets you install Drupal with a single click on the web.  This installer is kept up-to-date with new Drupal security releases, generally within a few days of a new release.  Our servers are tuned to support Drupal as well -

Click on the banner below to see our hosting packages:

Drupal Hosting

Most of our hosting services are intended to support the Drupal content management system. We provide managed Drupal hosting where we supply  Drupal and a set of supported Drupal modules. This can include CiviCRM, and a number of other additional packages. Typically our Drupal managed hosting rates start at $65 per month.  We're not a generic hosting service, but have a strong background in UNIX/Linux system administration.   We can work with you on a specialized hosting environment for your needs, including VPS hosting and dedicated managed servers.

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