Upgrading to production databases
Starting off with a Viaduct Hobby-level database is a great way to get your application up and running. However, when you enter production we strongly recommend upgrading your MySQL or...
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Finding a frontend workflow isn't easy
When I joined aTech Media in March this year, I was confident in my CSS methodology and workflow. It made sense to me, and I was confident that everyone around...
Optimizing your MySQL Server
When building a scalable web application, the first performance problem most people will encounter is with their database queries. As your database grows, it is very likely that things will...
The Built‑in Viaduct PHP Server
Viaduct has always provided a built-in PHP server which can be used for hosting any PHP application on the platform. Until now, you just added a web process and used...
The Viaduct App Store
Viaduct is the ideal home for your web applications but it's also a great place to deploy other people's apps for your own use. For example, if you wanted to...
Change Repository URLs
Something we've been looking at for a while is the ability to change a repository URL once you have already deployed your application.
New Application Error Pages
In light of our recent redesign, it was time for us to refresh the look of the error pages which can appear if there are issues when accessing applications hosted...
Our Referral Programme
History tells us that word of mouth is one of the best tools to ensure growth. In light of that, we're announcing our new referral programme to encourage our users...
Ruby 2.1.x Platform Changes
Due to Ruby's relatively new versioning policy, we will now only be maintaining one version of Ruby per minor release (for example, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 etc...). When a new tiny...
Installing Ghost on Viaduct
Ghost is a fantastic new blogging engine (which we're using here) and it's now fully supported on the Viaduct platform. It's really really easy to get started.
Introducing Deploy 2.0
Deploy's interface has remained pretty much unchanged since it's beta introduction in 2010. The app has changed since then and become more complicated, so we decided to give it a...
Organizations
Today we're introducing Organizations. Organizations allow you to ensure that any of your Viaduct resources (currently Platform or WebPush apps) can be billed to given organization rather than always being...