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.

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

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