Grav Hosting

What is Grav?

Grav is a high performance, lightweight content management system that uses flat files in place of a database. Grav offers an admin plugin that provides a user-friendly admin interface allowing you to easily configure your site and create your content. Use Grav’s built-in package manager to search for and install a variety of themes and extensions to customize your site. That means there’s no need to design a theme from scratch! Grav’s theme inheritance gives you the ability to customize the pieces you want. In addition to the high performance hosting you’ll experience at A2 Hosting, you also get the advantage of Grav’s intelligent caching for even faster page loads.

The Benefits of Grav

When Grav was in the initial stages of its development, the focus was on creating a fast CMS that was easy-to-use. The Grav development team also wanted to avoid the bloat of unnecessary features found with other solutions. This is especially evident without using a database backend. In addition to these goals, Grav was able to provide its users with a number of additional benefits including:

• A flexible, customizable CMS via a powerful extension system
• Provide its users with extensive, helpful documentation
• Lightweight, with the smallest of server requirements
• User-friendly templating

Grav Admin Panel

One of the reasons Grav has become so popular is because of its ease of use. In fact, you do not even have to use the control panel in order to manage your site. If you do want to end up using it, you get the benefit of an attractive and intuitive interface that isn’t bogged down by too many features. Manage the essentials of your site both quickly and easily. Here are just a few of the features you’ll have at your fingertips:

• Simple, straightforward main admin page featuring notifications, stats and a newsfeed.
• Easily add a new page to your site. Just complete a few short fields like the page title and select a template to generate the page.
• Simple WYSIWYG editor with preview before you publish functionality.
• A powerful plugin manager with the ability to update all of your installed plugins at once with a single mouse click.
• User-friendly template changer allowing you to toggle the appearance of your site with a click.
• Quickly create a downloadable backup of your site, for your peace of mind, from your admin panel’s home page.

Remember, you can setup Grav with just 1-click at A2 Hosting!

Grav Features

At A2 Hosting, your Grav install comes hosted on our optimized, high performance SwiftServer platform. Combine that with a number of features designed to make your Grav install fast and it’s clear that your site will be screaming fast. Here is just a selection of those features that make Grav both high performing and easy to use.

• Flat File CMS – One of the ways that Grav is able to offer such fast speeds is with its flexible architecture that does not require a database backend.
• Intelligent Caching – You’ll get the advantage of a Grav caching solution that will boost the performance of your site because it knows when it’s time to update the cache for your install, automatically.
• SEO Capabilities – Grav offers its users with all the tools it needs to maximize the amount of free traffic they can from search engines.
• Easy Page Redirects – You don’t have to enlist the help of developers to redirect pages. You can do this with ease within the Grav interface. Not only will your visitors appreciate the reduction in 404 errors on your site, search engines will too.
• Run Multiple Sites – You don’t need an individual install of Grav if you run a number of sites. Grav offers you multi-site capability.
• Easy Backups & Restores – Since Grav is file based, backing up your data and restoring your site is a breeze.
• Custom user permissions – Not all of the users that have access to your site need all the available functionality. Give the necessary functionality to the appropriate team members.