I usually start a post with an image summing the post up but the only thing I could think of was a big middle finger to Media Temple so wasn’t going to bother. Then I Googled Media Temple and found the above on the first page of image search, guess I’m not the only one with some negativity toward them

Basically when I first decided to get a more flexible hosting solution I looked at Media Temple. They’re bigged up by designers all around the world and as such people can stumble into thinking they’re the best solution. I did this and I regret it.

I started off with a virtual dedicated server as I was planning to resell hosting, however work got in the way and I never put enough effort into my own plans. As such after about a year of paying $50 per month I decided to go down to their Grid Service which is $20 which works out at about £12 a month, a much better deal I thought at the time.

Recently I decided to look for a cheaper solution £12 a month is not cheap in the grand scheme of things. I was expecting to have to lose some of the perks of having such a great company providing my hosting. I was wrong.

I’ve recently moved over to JustHost.com I get everything I had from Media Temple and more at the grand total of £1.98 per month and better yet it’s a faster server and my web sites are loading noticeably quicker.

I wish I’d done it sooner and saved some more pounds but hey we live and learn don’t we.

This is an e-shot I did at work, had a nice theme to work from so had a good go at this one. I’m pleased with how it turned out. Click image below to view.

Two web sites I’ve worked on recently have gone live in the last month so you can check out some of my work

First the A2Z web site has finally been updated with a new layout I designed based on a template the boss chose. The site is using a new CMS that my department has built so I have no control on how the content looks within the layout but it handles it pretty well. I have created all the banners so far though, not 100% happy with all of them but you don’t always have the luxury of time at work.

http://www.a2zcoreitsolutions.com

Secondly the development team I work in tasked me with creating a site for our products brand name Medida. I designed this site from scratch everything here is my work minus some of the content that has been written to explain the products. Content is a bit sparse in some areas but overall I’m very happy with this site.

http://www.medidasoftware.co.uk

Well after only god knows how long (and possibly Sam) my blog is now back up and running.

I’ve decided to go for a fresh start so no posts from my old blog have been transferred. I have also created my own WordPress theme from scratch and I decided to call it Dark-Azzurro which basically means Dark Blue. How you see it now is as far as I have gotten, it needs some work but I’m happy with it so far.

A lot has happened in my life since my site went down and I’ll try and merge all that into future posts coming soon.

For now though I will say house hunting is very stressful, more on that soon