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Team Member Profile: Joe Cartonia – BoldGrid

Updated on January 23, 2024 InMotion Hosting

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Position: Software Engineer with BoldGrid
InMotion team member since September 2009

How did you get started in this field?
My interest in technology started as a kid. I would take apart electronic devices to see how they worked, and of course put them back together. Soon I would be helping friends, neighbors, or anyone who asked, setup their computers and helped manage them.

The Daily Star: A Managed Hosting Case Study

Updated on April 22, 2025 InMotion Hosting

The Daily Star Managed Hosting Case Study

If you are looking for fast Fully Managed Dedicated Servers and a great experience to go along with it, you’ll love our Dedicated Managed Hosting at InMotion Hosting. We are proud to present The Daily Star as a case study on how InMotion can deliver a highly optimized and reliable Dedicated Hosting solution.

How To: Enable Zend Optimizer

Updated on January 23, 2024 InMotion Hosting

The Zend Optimizer is a free application that can boost the performance of your PHP sites. It works by going over your code and optimizing it for faster execution. This means your site can load faster for your users while also utilizing less of the server resources.

Search Engine Optimization: “Allintitle” Searches

Updated on January 23, 2024 InMotion Hosting

We love search engine optimization. Sometimes it can get a bad reputation because so many people see it as cheating the system. However, honest, content-based search engine optimization guarantees your website will get noticed by the audience best matched with your business. So, that’s what we focus on and what we advise, honest SEO.

The Importance of a Responsive Web Design to Your Business

Updated on August 19, 2021 InMotion Hosting

So, you started a business and it was successful. Awesome! Then, you decided to expand to the internet to increase your foot traffic, sales, or company recognition. Great! Now that your business is represented online, the breadth of possibilities is practically endless. A solid online presence is a great way to display the important aspects of your business and to increase the effectiveness of a marketing strategy. We are in a mobile, digital age, so in order to meet the needs of your clientele, having a website that works on all any device, regardless of screen size is a necessity. Developing a responsive site design is the way to achieve this.

Major Data Center & Network Upgrades Completed

Posted on February 26, 2013 InMotion Hosting

Over the past year, InMotion Hosting has invested heavily in upgrading our infrastructure, data centers and advanced hosting services. We had already set the bar high by having one of the most reliable network uptimes in the industry, but we have reset the bar even higher by adding more features, bolstering our infrastructure and adding amazing new services.

Installing Moodle Using Softaculous

Updated on March 22, 2022 InMotion Hosting

Moodle, an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, is an open source suite of software tools that is designed for those who wish to create educational courses or web pages that have a more natural and organic method of learning and teaching. Appropriate for use on Windows, Apple and Linux operating systems, Moodle software allows for complete customization and changing of base code to meet the exact needs of the programmer and educator.

Consumer Driven Web Trends, Predictions for 2013

Posted on January 17, 2013 InMotion Hosting

In a previous post on “Online Research Methods” I demonstrated some of the research techniques available to SEOs, writers, marketing experts and big data analysts. During my own research on web trends I have made some interesting discoveries that can help you learn about upcoming web search behavior related to your own niche.

How Much to Spend Online Marketing [Infographic]

Updated on August 15, 2023 InMotion Hosting

Earlier in the year, we conducted a survey of website owners and managers to understand their online business. We wanted to learn something about the real issues that online business owners face when making decisions about their online advertising budget. Is social media marketing really free? Is it an important investment? The feedback may surprise you! As much as 35% of website owners are not spending on any marketing or advertising at all.

How To Install Prestashop Using Softaculous In cPanel

Updated on January 23, 2024 InMotion Hosting

In a previous article, I introduced you to what Softaculous was all about: A utility software in your control panel which automates the installation of website applications. Today I’m going to demonstrate how to install Prestashop, an eCommerce Content Management System. Below is a screenshot of the user view of the Prestashop shopping channel installed without any modification. You can see there is plenty of opportunity to optimize the template to your liking, and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of documentation available through the back-end to help you.

Introduction to Softaculous & cPanel

Updated on January 12, 2023 InMotion Hosting

Our recent offering of the software “Softaculous” has probably left many of you wondering what it is and how can it help you. Softaculous is a utility application within your cPanel used to help develop your websites. It’s an auto installer program that comes with over 278 useful scripts and 1000 PHP Classes, any of which can be installed in just one step. In simpler terms, it’s a one-step method of installing useful apps, eCommerce solutions and CMSs to your website.

#SpotTheShuttle InMotion Hosting’s Marketing Field Trip

Posted on October 12, 2012 InMotion Hosting

Space Shuttle Endeavour on Los Angeles, CA

We’re honored to have space shuttle Endeavour making it’s final stay here in Los Angeles. Here at our west coast office situated overlooking the airport, it’s just a walk to see the shuttle situated at one of it’s stops on it’s 12 mile trip to the LA museum. Our building is situated fairly close to the shuttle’s route, which means the commute into our office, as experienced by a number of us here, was spotty with road closure preparations. A small price to pay to feel the awesome presence in person – and “awesome” is a much overused word, but the only one that really suits seeing the shuttle up close.

And The Apple Craze Continues…

Updated on January 23, 2024 Maria

Here at the Los Angeles InMotion office, we’ve got quite a few Apple fanboys that were eager to get their hands on Apple’s new release, the iPhone 5. Here’s a firsthand review from Andrew, an IMH web designer and excited new iPhone 5 owner.