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Edit March 29
This service has now been launched, and you can find more information in this topic, and on the website:
https://flamepix.com/
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Are you ...
- Tired of having to make updates by FTP?
- Confused by phrases like "safe mode", "open_basedir", "GD Extension", "mod rewrite"?
- Bored of having to set permissions on files and folders?
- Do you want to entirely avoid having to deal with server- and hosting?
- Do you want X3 to just WORK immediately, and work FAST?
... so do we!
Truth be told, one of the main challenges with X3 is to get everything working nicely on all kinds of servers, and also have to guide each user through varying, potentially hazardous procedures just to get standard stuff working. Many hosts are under-powered, misconfigured and didn't update modules for years ... Even for those of you who are on modern well-configured hosts, you may still need to deal with tiresome updating, permissions and slowness.
Dedicated X3 Application Hosting
One bright idea later, and we have decided to launch dedicated- and managed X3 hosting. The hosting environment will be managed by ourselves (seal of quality ) on a dedicated virtual server environment, fully optimized to run X3 as smooth and swift as possible. We will be setting up our services at Digital Ocean, who provide modern, blazing-fast servers with SSD disk storage across multiple data-centers.
Advantages
- X3 will come pre-installed, no need for any installation or setup.
- No need to deal with server issues, permissions or FTP at all.
- Just manage your X3 from the panel, and that's it.
- Hassle-free automatic X3 updates as new versions are released.
- No limitations on upload_amount, upload_filesize, resizing images or insufficient memory.
- Mail, mod_rewrite, EXIF/IPTC data and everything else server-related just "works".
- Fast, modern and secure.
- Optional CDN (content delivery network) service addon for hyper speeds.
Recommended for who?
Not for everyone, but for those who just want to skip the technical hosting-related stuff and jump straight into Imagevue X3.
Location
You will get a default URL/location from us, but you can also point your domain- or even request a new domain like any other website.
Pricing
There will obviously need to be a pricing structure for this as it includes hosting, but for now there is no charge ... I will need to announce this later after we have done some testing.
Yes please!
If anyone is interested in this, please comment or send me a private message or email. Since X3 is still early beta, I don't expect a rush, but we may still need to limit the amount of participants if we happen to get more than a handful of requests.