2011-06-24
CloudFlare Apps already cover a wide range of services: live chat, web analytics, affiliate links, and too many to list. These tools make your website better, and we support that wholeheartedly. (More coming next week!)...
2011-06-18
We turned on AutoMinify as a beta feature a while ago, but we weren't particularly happy with it. Originally, we did it the same way everyone else does: we'd request the resource from the origin, serve it unminified on the first load, cache it, and then......
2011-06-17
The Merlion is a symbol of Singapore. The fish with a head of a lion guards the port of Singapore as a gateway to south Asia. We're excited to announce that CloudFlare now joins the Merlion in protecting the region. Late last night we turned on our Singapore data center....
2011-06-16
To demonstrate the utility of this open-source repository, today's CloudFlare App is CDNJS Selections, where a click installs the selected JavaScript libraries on your site....
2011-06-16
If you're using a Javascript library, the ideal case is that your visitors arrive on your site with it already stored in their browser's cache. The more sites that use the same URL to reference the library, the more likely it is that it will be cached even for first-time visitors. ...
2011-06-16
This CloudFlare App, StopTheHacker, is an easy way to protect your website from malware attacks and protect your online reputation. Beyond the time lost recuperating from a compromised site, you risk your search engine ranking and blocked access in browsers. ...
2011-06-15
The utility of JavaScript in modern websites increases daily. Whatever the web application, JavaScript is often the answer. But debugging can be a slog, and it's nearly impossible to capture the diversity of web browsers in the real world, no matter how comprehensive your test suite....
2011-06-14
This evening, as I went to get some pictures off my camera, I came across these photos from almost a year ago I don't remember taking. They're from the early days of CloudFlare. In the next few weeks we'll welcome our 20th employee. ...
2011-06-14
The Zoompf Web Performance Optimizer (WPO) is a cloud-based front-end performance scanner which analyzes your website for over 380 performance issues which are slowing it down. ...
2011-06-14
Frankfurt has been known for its business center, its techno music, and, well, its frankfurters. Now add another item to the list: CloudFlare's newest data center! Frankfurt turns CloudFlare's dance music volume past 10 to 11 data centers worldwide. ...
2011-06-13
Our first new CloudFlare App this week is Monitis, a server monitoring solution. Monitis allows you to monitor websites, of course. But Monitis's cloud-based, all-in-one monitoring service recognizes that the internet is far more than the web alone....
2011-06-13
This past week, we introduced five new CloudFlare Apps. Ranging from webmaster tools to analytics, with live chat, monitoring, and support as new options for good measure, it's a great collection. Each one is available from the CloudFlare dashboard....
2011-06-10
With Clicky enabled, you will understand where your visitors are coming from and how they interact with your site. Accurate logs of every visitor and click on your website, combined with advanced segmentation and analysis tools, help you control the destiny of your website....
2011-06-09
At CloudFlare, we built our own CDN from the ground up. We used the latest technologies like solid state drives for screaming I/O and Anycast routing and geo load balancing to make it as fast and efficient as possible. ...
2011-06-09
The newest CloudFlare App helps you talk with your customers. SnapEngage is live chat for your website, which helps you "turn visitors into customers and, ultimately, friends." Their words, and well said. SnapEngage is a friendly, effective service, useful both for site owners and for customers....
2011-06-08
We're fortunate to have a large, growing group of customers. (Welcome, The Next Web readers.) Using the right tools to respond to customers (individually and at scale) makes a business smarter and faster. ...
2011-06-07
You use CloudFlare because you want high performance, reliability, and security. Website owners deserve nothing less. Because we believe in transparency, we provide insight into our system status. Still, it's important to have third-party verification, so we encourage the use of outside monitors....
2011-06-05
Google Webmaster Tools collects several utilities from the search giant that make a site owner's life better. You can see how visible your site is to Google's crawlers, learn about links to your site, provide a sitemap, and generally confirm your site is operating at full blast for search customers....
2011-06-03
This week marked the introduction of CloudFlare Apps. CloudFlare now offers VigLink, Apture Highlights, and Google Analytics in the Apps dashboard. All three services are directly available to CloudFlare customers with one-click simple integration....
2011-06-02
This post offers details about an older Google Analytics app that was available via Cloudflare but is no longer supported....
