TESTIMONIALS
JBH hosting has been nothing short of exceptional for our business. The user interface is simple yet provides valuable and deep insight into our hosting data. The pricing, compared to the services offered, is extremely competitive. However, the best thing for us is the "behind the scenes" support we receive. We are a firm that puts a very high value on service and JBH gets our seal of approval in this respect. A truly great hosting solution with great service at a very competitive price. Thanks JBH!
Marc Berry, CTO
Ellusion Marketing
The service behind Javabean Hosting is beyond outstanding. Sometime in the past month I made a complete bonehead move: I deleted all my RW files (that was good since I wanted to do a fresh publish), but at the same time I also deleted all the files related to any media I used and my forum database! Yikes. What happened? In less than 90 minutes (and this was early evening Pacific Standard Time) my lost media and forum files had been reinstalled by one of the nightly backups Greg makes. 90 minutes. At night. To recover a big dumb move on my part that could have meant countless hours of additional work. He's got my business for a long time to come!
M.M.
San Fransisco, CA
Your Host With The Roast
Gregory Barchard
Hi, my name is Greg and I'm the barista behind Javabean Hosting. I was born and raised outside of Boston, MA, not too far from where I live right now.
I attended college in downtown Boston at Northeastern University where I majored in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Business.
I've been a Mac nerd since High School (I used Final Cut Pro v1!) but undergrad was the first time I dabbled in software development. Cocoa quickly became my passion. Sophomore year I designed and built a remote control for my iTunes music. The remote worked great from anywhere in my apartment.
After undergrad, I continued onto grad school at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. During my time in Pittsburgh, I discovered RapidWeaver and begin building my own website. Shortly after building my first site, I realized I needed more. I needed pages that featured the ability to share files and folders on my server. As a result, I built WeaverFM and WeaverBox. Bitten by the RapidWeaver bug, I continued part-time to develop plugins like weaverPix and stacks like Image Slider until the fateful day in 2011 when I left my day job to start Javabean Hosting. The rest, as they say, is history.
I attended college in downtown Boston at Northeastern University where I majored in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Business.
I've been a Mac nerd since High School (I used Final Cut Pro v1!) but undergrad was the first time I dabbled in software development. Cocoa quickly became my passion. Sophomore year I designed and built a remote control for my iTunes music. The remote worked great from anywhere in my apartment.
After undergrad, I continued onto grad school at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. During my time in Pittsburgh, I discovered RapidWeaver and begin building my own website. Shortly after building my first site, I realized I needed more. I needed pages that featured the ability to share files and folders on my server. As a result, I built WeaverFM and WeaverBox. Bitten by the RapidWeaver bug, I continued part-time to develop plugins like weaverPix and stacks like Image Slider until the fateful day in 2011 when I left my day job to start Javabean Hosting. The rest, as they say, is history.
I believe that the time is right for RapidWeaver users to enjoy a better cup of hosting. And Javabean Hosting is my commitment to bring the RapidWeaver community the fastest and easiest web hosting around.
RapidWeaver Credentials
WeaverBox
A simple and stylish contact form that allows users to upload large files without having to configure PHP.
WeaverPix
Simple and easy slideshows for RapidWeaver that supports Flickr, Picasa, and Image Warehousing. Yet, it still runs on the iPhone and iPhone. Can your Adobe Flash based slideshow do that?
Stacks
Stacks revolutionized RapidWeaver development and we were right there from the beginning. Both pre-made as well as custom stacks are available.
Javabean Hosting
The first and only plugin that integrates web hosting directly in RapidWeaver. Find out how much easier and more enjoyable web hosting can be with a dedicated RapidWeaver plugin.
WeaverFM
Short for FileManager, WeaverFM let's users share files and folders directly in the browser. Upload, download and delete files without using a FTP application.
REVIEW
This one really is a game-changer and gives a whole new meaning to the concept of "RapidWeaver friendly hosting", which has become somewhat of a cliché recently. The new JavaBean Hosting plugin can be added to your RapidWeaver projects. It provides an exceptionally intuitive user interface, to get account statistics, status and documentation relating to your hosting account. It really does bridge the gap between RapidWeaver and webhosting. Nothing else like this has been developed before, and it is a pretty exciting little plugin.
I got fed up with middleman, affiliate-driven hosting companies some months ago. My websites were expanding, traffic was increasing week-on-week and I learnt the hard way that 99% uptime guarantees we frequently hear touted only often applies to websites themselves, and not backend databases or PHP! To cut a long story short, I had enough of these big-business hosts. In my opinion, their business models are just not sustainable anymore, and the cost of that ultimately gets passed down to end users in the form of security breaches and frequent crashes. It was evident I was just a number on their innovatory, rather than a real customer. At the time, Greg Barchard hinted that he would be starting up a new hosting company, and asked if I wanted to be one of the first customers on the books. So I jumped at the idea and switched to Javabean hosting last year. Needless to say, it was clearly one of the best decisions I have made in a long time. The speed, reliability and customer service has to be experienced to be believed.
Sure, there are several companies around that boast unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space for $10 a month or less. But what happens if you hit a problem trying to get your RapidWeaver website published online? Similarly, how do you know that new RapidWeaver plugin or stack you are about to buy will work with your web server? What FTP settings do you need to use in RapidWeaver? As a RapidWeaver developer, I have witnessed some people on the receiving end of the most abysmal customer service humanly possible from some web hosts. The sad truth is even a certain hosting company that claims to be the "Official RapidWeaver Web Hosting Partner" failed to diagnose basic contact form issues, and once misinformed a customer that a basic publishing problem was the result of a bad RapidWeaver theme begin used, rather than a simple typo in the FTP settings. And honestly, a host that does not support WeaverBox or WeaverFM plugins is not very "RapidWeaver friendly" by my standards! So choosing the correct host is a vital decision to take carefully. Simply put, the success of your website depends on it being available for the world to see. It's a no-brainer, but a factor that unfortunately frequently gets overlooked in favour of price tags. So with this in mind, JavaBean hosting gets a vote from me.
Back to the plugin again, currently it only works with JavaBean Hosting. I think that is intentional and will stay that way for now. Using the new JavaBean Hosting plugin, I can log into my hosting account directly from within RapidWeaver, and can check my bandwidth and lookup what FTP settings I need to be using in RapidWeaver. I can also check the more complicated settings and inspect the server logs. Plenty of documentation is included, and both novice users and seasoned experts will be comfortable reading the different topics. The JavaBean Hosting plugin is split into four main categories:
From speaking with Greg Barchard, he has hinted that the plugin *might* receive further updates. File management was quietly whispered in one ear, so it sounds like this plugin is only going to get better and incorporate even more features as time goes on. Which is a good thing, because RapidWeaver users have been deserving a proper integrated hosting / RapidWeaver plugin for a while now.
Original Review
I got fed up with middleman, affiliate-driven hosting companies some months ago. My websites were expanding, traffic was increasing week-on-week and I learnt the hard way that 99% uptime guarantees we frequently hear touted only often applies to websites themselves, and not backend databases or PHP! To cut a long story short, I had enough of these big-business hosts. In my opinion, their business models are just not sustainable anymore, and the cost of that ultimately gets passed down to end users in the form of security breaches and frequent crashes. It was evident I was just a number on their innovatory, rather than a real customer. At the time, Greg Barchard hinted that he would be starting up a new hosting company, and asked if I wanted to be one of the first customers on the books. So I jumped at the idea and switched to Javabean hosting last year. Needless to say, it was clearly one of the best decisions I have made in a long time. The speed, reliability and customer service has to be experienced to be believed.
Sure, there are several companies around that boast unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space for $10 a month or less. But what happens if you hit a problem trying to get your RapidWeaver website published online? Similarly, how do you know that new RapidWeaver plugin or stack you are about to buy will work with your web server? What FTP settings do you need to use in RapidWeaver? As a RapidWeaver developer, I have witnessed some people on the receiving end of the most abysmal customer service humanly possible from some web hosts. The sad truth is even a certain hosting company that claims to be the "Official RapidWeaver Web Hosting Partner" failed to diagnose basic contact form issues, and once misinformed a customer that a basic publishing problem was the result of a bad RapidWeaver theme begin used, rather than a simple typo in the FTP settings. And honestly, a host that does not support WeaverBox or WeaverFM plugins is not very "RapidWeaver friendly" by my standards! So choosing the correct host is a vital decision to take carefully. Simply put, the success of your website depends on it being available for the world to see. It's a no-brainer, but a factor that unfortunately frequently gets overlooked in favour of price tags. So with this in mind, JavaBean hosting gets a vote from me.
Back to the plugin again, currently it only works with JavaBean Hosting. I think that is intentional and will stay that way for now. Using the new JavaBean Hosting plugin, I can log into my hosting account directly from within RapidWeaver, and can check my bandwidth and lookup what FTP settings I need to be using in RapidWeaver. I can also check the more complicated settings and inspect the server logs. Plenty of documentation is included, and both novice users and seasoned experts will be comfortable reading the different topics. The JavaBean Hosting plugin is split into four main categories:
- Customer account summary
- Advanced web hosting details
- Console (which displays the error log)
- Documentation and user guides
From speaking with Greg Barchard, he has hinted that the plugin *might* receive further updates. File management was quietly whispered in one ear, so it sounds like this plugin is only going to get better and incorporate even more features as time goes on. Which is a good thing, because RapidWeaver users have been deserving a proper integrated hosting / RapidWeaver plugin for a while now.
Original Review
