A little know-how.
A better foundation.
Practical guides for choosing hosting and looking after your Joomla site.
Start with what you need. Build from there.
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Choose your foundation
Understand the environment, responsibilities and costs before you commit.
What is Joomla, and is it right for your site?
Understand the CMS, its moving parts and the responsibilities behind running a Joomla website.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideWhat cloud hosting means for a Joomla website
Separate cloud infrastructure, virtual servers, management and recovery before comparing plans.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideHow to choose Joomla hosting
From PHP support to backups: the questions to ask before you choose a home for your site.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideJoomla hosting requirements, explained
Make sense of PHP, databases and the server essentials your Joomla website actually needs.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideManaged hosting or your own VPS?
Compare who looks after the server, Joomla, recovery and support before choosing your approach.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideBuild and move your site
Work through setup, staging and a controlled move to a new server.
Install Joomla 6 on a Vultr server
A documented Ubuntu 24.04 walkthrough for Apache, PHP, MySQL, HTTPS and Joomla’s installer.
Documentation reviewed Read the guidePlanning a Joomla site on Vultr
A practical checklist for taking Joomla to the cloud, from your first server to a safer launch.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideMove your Joomla site with confidence
Plan the migration, test a full copy and switch your domain with fewer surprises.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideA safer place to test Joomla changes
Create an isolated staging copy, block indexing and test changes without affecting customers.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideKeep your site healthy
Make recovery, email, performance and security part of everyday hosting.
A backup is only half the job
Back up Joomla files and data together, then work through an isolated restore drill.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideGet Joomla email working reliably
Configure SMTP, verify your sending domain and test forms, registrations and password resets.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideSpeed up Joomla with care
Measure real pages, choose a sensible cache strategy and check the features caching can affect.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideKeep your Joomla VPS maintained
A practical routine for server updates, access, extension security, monitoring and recovery.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideBuild a Joomla security routine
Review supported software, users, extensions, stronger authentication and a clean recovery route.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideRecover access to your Joomla account
Choose the appropriate recovery route for site users, administrators and a locked-out Super User.
Documentation reviewed Read the guidePlan a safer Joomla update or upgrade
Check compatibility, rehearse on staging and prepare a verified recovery route before changing production.
Documentation reviewed Read the guideGive your Joomla site
a place to grow.
Understand your options. Find the right fit. Build with confidence.