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This space is a collection of company announcements and blog posts from Reclaim Hosting staff. We’re so happy you’re here!

Exploring the WP Site Editor

After the most recent Reclaim Community Chat on Full Site Editing in WordPress, I decided it was time to explore the Site Editor for myself. To experiment, I used my sandbox site (sandbox.laurenhanks.com) and installed one of the simplest themes I could find, Zoologist. I realized later that this is a child theme of Blockbase.… Read More »Exploring the WP Site Editor

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De-brief on the Understanding Containers Reclaim Edtech Flex Course

In addition to the stream on a new Ghost installer, Jim and I showcased the streaming tools we used to put together the Reclaim EdTech Understanding Containers flex course as well as discussed the format of the course and future offerings for Reclaim EdTech.
And here are the chapters if you want to skip around the video:
0:00 – Intro 3:50 – OBS demo 7:09 – vdo.ninja demo 17:08 – reclaimed.

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Exploring the new Ghost Installer for Reclaim Cloud!

Today Jim and I did a stream showcasing a new Ghost installer for Reclaim Cloud that should automate a lot of common setup tasks that people run into when using Ghost. I’m really proud of this installer because I’ve put a bunch of time into making this thing really simple to use for folks who don’t have experience with Docker or Reclaim Cloud, but just want to get Ghost up and running quickly.

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Quick Notes on exploring other apps, Session 4

I skipped session 3 in order to attend the live version of session 4, so I’ll need to double back soon to what I’ve missed. In today’s unit we explored different Docker containers like HedgeDoc, Baserow, and WBO. Through these exercises, we learned about updating containers, working with Bind Mounts, and cloning from a github repository instead of manually creating a docker-compose file.

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Quick Notes on Getting Started with Docker in Reclaim Cloud, Session 2

This blog post covers quick notes from session 2 of Reclaim Hosting’s EdTech Flex Course on understanding containers. This session covered installing NextCloud on Reclaim Cloud by looking at docker run vs. docker-compose commands. We also looked at quick docker commands to run from terminal & defined Volumes, Bind Mounts, and Variables.

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9 Years of Reclaim Hosting

Happy 9th birthday to our dear @ReclaimHosting! ? — Lauren Hanks (@brumface) July 23, 2022 On Saturday Lauren Hanks reminded me that Reclaim Hosting celebrated its 9th birthday. I get confused on the official formation date, I oscillate between the … Continue reading

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Quick Notes from Understanding Containers, Session 1

This post was originally published on Lauren’s Sandbox and covers quick notes from session 1 of Reclaim EdTech‘s July Flex Course on Understanding Containers. Quick Links Welcome to Understanding Containers Week 1: What are containers, and what is Docker? Video: What are containers and cloud hosting? Docker Glossary Video: Basics of Command Line Getting Started with Docker Continue reading Quick Notes from Understanding Containers, Session 1

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Working Habits, Self Evals, and Finding Connection

Life at Reclaim has been busy these last few months. Consider this the first of a couple Summer “Check In” posts. You can also read previous summer reflection posts if you’d like! Performance Reviews → Self Evals One of my priorities as a leader is to make sure the team …

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