Services:

Free Site Moves

Moving an existing site to Taproot? Have questions about signing up? Here's our handy Site Move Guide!

Moving your site from one server to another can be complicated. Don't have time? Don't worry about it! We'll move it, test it, and make sure all is peachy. We will:

  • FTP Your Files
  • Move Your Site With ZERO DOWNTIME
  • Import Your MySQL DB
  • Change Your DNS

Caveat: most website moves are a piece of cake for us. We've seen most everything at least once and we're definitely willing to put in some free hours, but if it goes beyond what's reasonable/sustainable for us in terms of time and troubleshooting code we didn't write, then we may need to have your developer take over. This *rarely* comes up, just so you know. :) Usually we're pretty fast. Just need to make sure you're aware of all possible eventualities. :)

Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems (CMS) can make setting up and managing your site very easy. We can help you pick one that suits you and install it for free. Specializing in:

  • WordPress
  • DRUPAL
  • JOOMLA
  • Movable Type
  • TextPattern
  • PixelPost
  • CiviCRM

Green, Not Lean - Robust Servers

Greens make you strong, and us too! We are not reselling shared virtual servers here at Taproot! We have our own, wind-powered dedicated servers in a state-of-the-art green data center -- so you never have to worry about having room to grow.

  • Green Data Center
  • Dedicated Server (Not VPS!)
  • NO OVERSELLING!
  • Redundant Power
  • 24/7 Monitoring

Server Specifics:

  • Dual Quad Core Xeon Processors
  • RAID Disk Arrays
  • Supermicro Boards
  • 12GB RAM
  • LINUX OS
  • Multiple Backups

 

 

cPanel + 1-Click Software Installs

We run the best customer admin software in the business -> cpanel. This allows you to manage your email accounts, install popular software like wordpress, check your site visits, create your own backups, create databases, use our server to backup personal data using webdisk, and many more options.

 

 

Multiple Sites with One Account

Use Add-On Domains in cPanel to host multiple sites with one account. No need to sign up separately for every site you wish to host - just login, type in the domain, upload your files and go! For specifics on how many sites you can host with each account, see the breakdown on the sign-up page.

 

 

PHP 5, Perl, Ruby on Rails

We keep our server software up to date so that you or your developer have the latest tools to build your site with.

 

 

MySQL

The standard in web hosting databases. We are running the latest stable version so that you are not missing any of the latest features.

 

 

Shell Access

SSH access is available for advanced users that prefer the command line. Just contact us to ask us to turn it on for you.

 

 

SSL

We can help you purchase and install a SSL certificate and set you up with a unique IP for 5.00/month. No setup fee!

 

 

POP/IMAP Mail

We support both of the common mail setups. Our mail servers work with popular phones and the Blackberry as well.

 

 

Powerful, Stable, Secure servers

We do not oversell our servers. We have 24x7 system admins watching services all day everyday. We are in a state of the art collocation facility with 24x7 security and strict entry rules (sounds silly, but we have seen some scary collocation centers in our days.)

 

 

Excellent Uptime

We have redundant power, bandwidth, and backup hardware ready to go for emergency situations.

 

 

24x7 Server Monitoring

Aside from our own staff we use an external monitoring system that runs 24x7 to make sure our servers don't miss a beat.

 

 

Multiple Backups (site/email/data)

We run nightly backups of all your website and mail data. Once a week we copy the entire backup dataset off site in case a meteor hits the collocation center.