Managed Newspaper Website Hosting
A great newspaper website deserves dependable hosting.
Keep your publication fast, secure and available with fully managed hosting supported by people who understand newspaper websites, digital publishing and Drupal.
Your Website Hosting
Fully ManagedHosting built around newspaper publishing
Your newsroom should not have to manage servers.
A newspaper website has different demands from an ordinary business website. It must handle large volumes of articles, photographs, archives, advertisements, subscriber activity and sudden increases in traffic when important news breaks.
Surf New Media provides managed hosting designed to support those demands without requiring your staff to become server administrators.
- Managed hosting for newspaper and media websites
- Performance optimization for content-heavy pages
- Security monitoring and software maintenance
- Daily website and database backups
- Direct support from a newspaper technology team
Who Handles What?
Less Technical WorkReliable hosting for local journalism
Four essentials working together behind your website.
Each card links to more information on this page, keeping the hosting overview clear without creating separate pages for every technical feature.
Hosting 01
Website Performance
Deliver articles, photographs and advertisements through an environment configured for newspaper websites.
Explore Performance ↓Hosting 02
Security and Protection
Protect your publication with managed updates, monitoring, encryption and multiple layers of security.
Explore Security ↓Hosting 03
Backups and Recovery
Maintain regular copies of website and database information in case something unexpected happens.
Explore Backups ↓Hosting 04
Managed Support
Work directly with a team familiar with your CMS, website and newspaper operation.
Explore Managed Support ↓What managed hosting includes
The technical foundation your publication needs.
Surf New Media handles the infrastructure and routine technical work required to keep a modern newspaper website operating properly.
Managed Infrastructure
Hosting configuration, server management and technical maintenance are handled for your publication.
Explore Managed Infrastructure ↓Performance Optimization
Caching, database optimization and delivery improvements help keep content moving quickly.
Explore Performance ↓SSL and Security
Secure connections, monitoring and protective measures help guard your website and reader information.
Explore Website Security ↓Daily Backups
Website files and database information are backed up regularly for added protection.
Explore Backup Protection ↓Software Maintenance
Routine platform and security updates are managed as part of the hosting relationship.
Explore Software Maintenance ↓Expert Assistance
Get help from people who understand Drupal, digital publishing and newspaper technology.
Explore Technical Support ↓Performance readers can depend on
Keep stories moving when your community needs information.
Readers expect articles, photographs and updates to load quickly, especially during breaking news, severe weather, elections and other high-interest events.
Surf New Media configures hosting around the demands of content-heavy newspaper websites, including caching, database performance and scalable delivery.
Fast page delivery
Help readers reach articles, photographs and advertisements without unnecessary delays.
Efficient caching
Reduce repeated processing and improve the delivery of frequently requested content.
Database optimization
Support websites with large archives, many articles and continuously growing content.
Ready for high-interest news
Your website should remain useful when traffic increases.
Newspaper traffic is rarely constant. A major storm, election, emergency, championship or breaking local story can bring many readers to the website at once.
Managed hosting provides a stronger technical foundation for those moments than an ordinary low-cost hosting account designed for a small brochure website.
- Hosting configured for content-heavy websites
- Caching designed to reduce server load
- Support for sudden increases in readership
- Performance monitoring and technical assistance
- Scalable infrastructure as publication needs grow
When Traffic Increases
Prepared InfrastructureSecurity comes standard
Protect your publication with multiple layers of security.
Newspaper websites contain valuable content, user accounts, subscriber information and business data. Protecting that information requires more than installing a security plugin.
Surf New Media combines secure connections, software maintenance, monitoring, firewall protection and account-security practices to reduce avoidable risk.
- Secure HTTPS connections
- SSL certificate management
- Security monitoring
- Firewall protection
- Malware detection
- Managed software updates
Website Protection
Multiple LayersManaged software maintenance
Keep the platform maintained without burdening your staff.
Website software requires ongoing attention. Security releases, platform updates and compatibility changes should not be left indefinitely because nobody has time to handle them.
Managed hosting keeps infrastructure and platform maintenance connected to the team responsible for your Surf CMS website.
Security updates
Apply important supported updates as part of routine platform maintenance.
Compatibility review
Consider how software changes affect the CMS, modules and website features.
Technical oversight
Keep maintenance connected to people familiar with the publication’s website.
Daily backups and recovery planning
Protect years of journalism and website information.
Articles, photographs, archives, advertiser information and subscriber records represent years of work. Regular backups provide an essential layer of protection if files are damaged, deleted or affected by an unexpected technical problem.
Surf New Media includes routine website and database backups together with practical disaster-recovery planning.
Website-file backups
Protect the files, photographs and assets that support the publication.
Database backups
Preserve articles, settings, accounts and other structured website information.
Recovery assistance
Receive technical help when an available backup needs to be reviewed or restored.
Managed infrastructure
More than space on a server.
Managed hosting combines infrastructure, maintenance, monitoring and technical assistance into one service.
High-Performance Hosting
Use infrastructure configured for a modern Drupal newspaper website rather than a generic website template.
Content Delivery Support
Use caching and available content-delivery options to improve the distribution of website assets.
Staging Environments
Test appropriate changes away from the live website before they are released publicly.
Domain Assistance
Receive help connecting and managing the domain used by your newspaper website.
Email Hosting Options
Discuss available email arrangements and how they fit with the publication’s website services.
Scalable Resources
Adjust hosting resources as the publication, archive and audience continue to grow.
Move from your current provider
Hosting migration can be part of your website transition.
Moving a newspaper website involves more than copying a few files. Content, photographs, databases, users, domains, integrations and web addresses may all need to be reviewed.
Surf New Media can help plan and manage the transition from an existing Drupal, WordPress or newspaper CMS website while working to minimise disruption.
- Review the current website and hosting environment
- Identify content, media and data to be moved
- Prepare the Surf CMS hosting environment
- Coordinate domain and launch requirements
- Test the new website before public release
Website Migration
Guided TransitionA managed transition
Move through a planned hosting and website launch.
The specific process depends on the existing platform, website data and services that need to remain connected.
Evaluate
Review the current website, hosting environment, domains and connected services.
Prepare
Configure the new environment and plan how content and data will be handled.
Test
Review the website, forms, integrations and key publishing workflows before launch.
Launch
Coordinate the public transition and continue monitoring the website after release.
Support from people who know newspapers
One team for your CMS, website and hosting.
When the website and hosting are managed by unrelated companies, technical problems can lead to delays and confusion about who is responsible.
Surf New Media supports the website, Surf CMS and hosting environment together, giving your publication one place to turn when assistance is needed.
Newspaper experience
Work with people familiar with publishing, subscriptions, newsletters and digital advertising.
Drupal knowledge
Receive assistance from a team familiar with the technology supporting Surf CMS.
Practical answers
Address technical concerns in the context of the publication’s real workflow and priorities.
Why managed hosting matters
Reduce technical responsibility without giving up flexibility.
Managed hosting allows publication staff to focus on journalism, audience development and revenue instead of maintaining website infrastructure.
Focus on Publishing
Keep newsroom attention on reporting, editing and serving the community.
Reduce Vendor Confusion
Use one team for the CMS, website and hosting rather than coordinating unrelated providers.
Receive Technical Oversight
Keep maintenance, monitoring and updates connected to experienced technical support.
Improve Security Practices
Combine secure infrastructure with monitoring, maintenance and regular backups.
Support Website Performance
Use infrastructure configured around the demands of a growing newspaper website.
Prepare for Growth
Expand the publication’s content, audience and digital services on a stronger technical foundation.
Part of the Surf CMS platform
Hosting works alongside the rest of your publication.
Connect the technical foundation of the website with publishing, audience, revenue and distribution tools.
Reliable hosting for community journalism
Give your newspaper website a stronger technical foundation.
Improve performance, strengthen security, protect your content and simplify technical support with fully managed newspaper website hosting.