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Franklin, Virginia has never been at the forefront of technology. Decades of being a small, working-class town will do that. But change comes to those who wait and no town waits better than Franklin. That’s why, in the summer of 1996, the only way for a curious...

We’re big fans of the popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms. It’s well maintained and has a plethora of great add-ons to extend its functionality. We use it on dozens of sites to provide reliable and feature-rich form functionality. One thing Gravity Forms doesn’t do...

Have you ever thought, “Gee, it’s nice running this business and all, but I really want to torpedo the whole thing into the ground and see what happens.” Good news! Ignoring WordPress maintenance is a creative way to go out of business - way more interesting than...

How much revenue would you lose if your site went down for five minutes? An hour? How about an entire day? You can’t ignore it - unexpected website downtime is bad for business. Compared to the losses you may incur due to a malfunctioning website, the cost of...

Here at Barrel Roll, we've always offered uptime monitoring as part of our membership plans. That tells us if your site goes down so we can reach out to the host and get your site back online as soon as possible. We take uptime seriously and we're proud that our...