When EnlightenTechHI.com reached out to us, they were stuck in a frustrating situation. They were paying a hefty $300.00 per month for hosting with an agency, which used a proprietary website builder. They needed flexibility, speed, and above all, a website that didn’t cost a fortune to maintain. That’s where we came in.
The Challenge: Moving Away from a Proprietary Web Builder
Proprietary website builders can be limiting, and in the case of EnlightenTechHI.com, it was time to switch to a more scalable, flexible solution. The challenge was clear: we had to rebuild everything from scratch, and we had to do it quickly.
We chose WordPress as the platform for its flexibility, ease of use, and vast ecosystem of plugins that allow for complete customization. In just a weekend, we redesigned their entire website and migrated it to our hosting environment.
The Solution: The Speed of Web’s Technology Stack
At The Speed of Web, we take pride in our technology stack, designed for speed, security, and performance. Here’s why our stack shines, especially in cases like this one:
- Nginx & Apache: We leverage Nginx as a reverse proxy and use Apache for serving dynamic content, giving us the best of both worlds for optimized load times.
- MariaDB: For database management, we rely on MariaDB for its high performance and robust reliability.
- Memcached & Redis: These caching mechanisms reduce the time it takes to access frequently used data, speeding up the site’s performance.
- Cloudflare WAF and CDN: By using Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Content Delivery Network (CDN), we ensure that all data is delivered securely and quickly to users across the globe, regardless of their location.
- Security and Speed: Not only did we secure the website from top to bottom, but we also focused on optimizing it to be lightning-fast.
The Result: A Perfect 100 on PageSpeed Insights
In less than a day, we had the new WordPress-powered site up and running on our hosting platform. Once live, we tested the site on Google PageSpeed Insights. The result? A perfect score of 100, demonstrating just how effective our setup is when it comes to both speed and performance.
