Q: I came across some sites with URL like somename.webfactional.com – What is webfactional or webfactional.com? How is it related to webfaction.com

A: This is a temporary subdirectory given to customers of Webfaction.com – You will be given the subdomain <username>.webfactional.com if you signup with Webfaction and get any of the webfaction-django accounts.

Most other web hosting does not give temporary subdomain like Webfaction hosting. Having this subdomain will allow you to get your site up and running in 2 minutes or less after you signed up with them. You get to test their services in no time. With other web hosts, you will need to have your own domain registered to start using their service and see your site up for public viewing.

If you would like to know if Webfaction is any good, try this Webfaction hosting review.

Benefits of Webfaction hosting

WebFaction is known to be the most popular Django hosting company. They were one of the first providers to officially support Django. Applications can be installed using their custom control panel, instead of the popular cPanel like on other cheap hosting companies. Nevertheless, Django sites can be setup in less than 2 minutes.
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