The Web Hosting Blog

Web hosting resellers, do you have a .host domain name?

New domain name extensions have been available for several weeks. These new features are a great way to create short, efficient and easy to remember domain names. What could be better than a .help extension for a knowledge base or a FAQ? The new extensions allow you to categorize your business and your activity. It would be too bad to miss out on these ways to improve your branding!

Among these new extensions, .host is one of the most interesting [...]

Python and Ruby now available on Funio’s servers! 

Nowadays, more and more platforms and sites are designed with Python and Ruby. These programming languages are the go-to choices for developers, startups and a lot of companies. Why? Because Python and Ruby offer two frameworks, respectively Django and Ruby on Rails, which are great solutions for developing web applications.

For instance, sites such as Airbnb, Basecamp, Bloomberg, Fiverr, Kickstarter or Couchsurfing are created with Ruby on Rails. Instagram, The Onion or Pinterest are designed using Django.

Ruby on Rails [...]

More SSL security on Funio’s web servers

Security has always been one of Funio’s priorities, and we are always looking for ways to improve our applications and processes to provide more security to our clients.

In August, we proceeded to an upgrade of the Apache service on our web servers to offer improved security for clients using SSL certificates. No worries, you won’t have to change or do anything on your account. Also, please note that this upgrade only concerns clients with the new Funio web hosting plans. [...]

Why You Should Update Your CMS

“Should I install the updates of WordPress? What about the themes and plugins?” Those are pretty common questions, and the answer should always be the same. It should be “yes!” This is also true for other CMS such as Joomla and Drupal. According to WPBeginner, 83% of hacked WordPress sites are not up to date. Not updating your CMS is pretty much like leaving the door wide open for hackers.

A security matter

WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are the main [...]

More flexibility with Funio’s new Shared Web Hosting Plans!

For fifteen years, Funio’s shared web hosting made thousands of customers satisfied. Today, we are proud to announce that we expanded the range of our offer with four new Shared Web Hosting plans.

More flexibility!

Before, our shared hosting plan offered an all-inclusive package. However, we quickly understood that each customer has different needs. Bloggers might not require the same services from their hosting service than a company, or than a graphic designer trying to publish his portfolio [...]

Funio.com Gets a Makeover and Redefines Its Image

What better way to redefine one’s image than launching a brand new website. With the recent launch of our new VPS product line, we wanted to look like the serious (yet fun) company that we are. Funio.com is barely recognizable!

We are gradually standardizing all our interfaces to this new look. Soon, it’ll be the turn of our Customer Hub, our newsletter, our blog and our welcome emails. Our website is now [...]

The Funio VPS is Finally Available

It’s with great pride that we are happy to announce that our line of VPS products is finally available on funio.com, or directly from your Funio Customer Hub.

Whatever your web hosting needs are, our VPS will meet them by offering you all the advantages of shared hosting, the guaranteed resources of a dedicated server and the flexibility of Internap’s Cloud!

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Ça sent la coupe ! PointQuébec on Engaging Habs Fans

As you surely know, .QUEBEC domain names have been available for a few months already. You can register your very own .QUEBEC directly with Funio.com.

With their new website www.çasentlacoupe.quebec, the PointQuébec registry (the organisation responsible for the .QUEBEC suffix) is inviting all Quebecers to make a pledge, when encouraging the Montreal Canadiens during their participation to the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs. By [...]

The Funio VPS: Perfect Hosting Finally Exists

Whatever your web hosting needs are, our VPS will meet them by offering you all the advantages of shared hosting, the guaranteed resources of a dedicated server and the flexibility of Internap’s Cloud!

Using the most efficient Cloud made available is alright, but to be able to create the most powerful hosting product in the world, with up to 64GB of RAM and 16 vCPU, is a strong statement of integration and development know-how.

In addition to being the best [...]

System Improvements (March 2015)

Here at Funio, we are always trying to make your lives easier! This effort can be found in each and every one of our actions. We continuously evolve our interfaces and products as a means to provide you with the best web hosting experience you can get.

As a means to include you even more in our ongoing development and all the different improvements made on our various platforms, we have decided to publish system updates on our [...]