This site is back to being hosted on A Small Orange. I have the lifetime plan, so why shouldn’t I use it. MediaTemple has been having some issues lately and I had found my site inaccessible in ten-minute spurts during the day for the past few weeks or so.
After testing out their hosting for two months, I have cancelled my TextDrive account. I am obviously not going to continue with their services.
First reason: The control panel is not intuitive. It is just text, links, and long-winded forms. According to some people in their forum, they have been promising a custom in-house control panel for at least a year now. I think they need it. Their Knowledge Base was helpful enough to get me playing with Rails, but it was a time-consuming process.
It’s time for a change of scenery. It’s time to look for a new web host. I need a place that can handle Ruby on Rails, and can handle it well. Sorry, ASO. You’re just not cutting it anymore. My site is slow and your Rails support isn’t quite up to speed in my opinion. I currently have a lifetime hosting plan with ASO and the lifetime thing appeals to me. I did a little fishing and found another hosting company that was offering a lifetime plan.
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