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PHP 5.3 Web Hosting

Posted by Andrei on November 04, 2011 in Web Hosting

Upgrade to PHP 5.3 are complete Just to let you know that our UK Web hosting and Reseller plans have now been upgraded to PHP 5.3.8 as previously communicated, we announced that all shared and reseller servers would move to PHP 5.3 due to the fact that PHP 5.2 has become end of life. When […]

Zenphoto gallery: added to Installatron

Posted by Andrei on November 03, 2011 in Installatron

We’re pleased to announce the addition of the Zenphoto gallery to the Installatron web hosting application installer. Zenphoto is a popular open source application that enables website owners to create galleries and blogs containing all types of media. “Zenphoto features multimedia support for audio and video and is even capable of running your entire portfolio […]

PHP 5.3 upgrade across shared/reseller hosting platform

Posted by Andrei on October 20, 2011 in Web Hosting

This is a quick reminder that we will be upgrading the version PHP across all UK web hosting and reseller hosting servers on Friday 4th November 2011 to the latest stable release in the 5.3.x branch of PHP. Most improvements in PHP 5.3.x have no impact on existing code. There are a few incompatibilities and […]

Enhance your blog with a new theme

Posted by Andrei on October 18, 2011 in WordPress

If you’re reading this then it’s pretty safe to assume that you’ve installed WordPress on your web hosting account and are looking to make it look a bit more attractive. The default theme that comes with WordPress is OK however that’s exactly what it is, default and if you want your blog to stand out […]

New .BIZ domain registration promotion

Posted by Andrei on October 14, 2011 in Company News

Hi, We’re currently running a promotion on .BIZ domains, the price will be reduced to 6.50+VAT for new registrations until the 31st December 2011. Upon renewal of the domain the price will be returned to the regular price of 9.98+VAT. To get the promotional price you need to enter the promo code when ordering: BIZPROMO […]

WordPress RSS Feed button

Posted by Andrei on October 04, 2011 in WordPress

If you want to keep your blog visitors up to date with your latest posts you should consider adding a WordPress RSS feed button to your blog, it’s nice and easy to do and here’s how you go about adding it. Create your WordPress RSS button feed code Firstly get your code snippet ready that […]

Securing your WordPress Install

Posted by Andrei on September 30, 2011 in WordPress

WordPress is probably the most popular blogging application out there and is used by both personal and business users. It works great right out of the box and you can customise your WordPress install until your heart is content, by adding plugins, themes and then tweaking the themes to fit your requirements. The WordPress web […]

Facebook to Require SSL Certificate – Effective Oct 1st 2011

Posted by Andrei on September 29, 2011 in Web Hosting

Facebook SSL Certificates From October 1st 2011 Facebook will require a valid SSL Certificate for all pages and applications that are hosted on web space outside of Facebook, without an SSL Facebook embedded content will not be seen. What is an SSL Certificate? An SSL certificate is a security certificate. SSL stands for Secure […]

Joomla update 1.7.1

Posted by Andrei on September 27, 2011 in Installatron

Joomla has been updated to v1.7.1 and this is now available via your Installatron script installer, you can perform this update from your cPanel control panel with just a few clicks of the mouse, this will keep your install secure and up to date.

Web hosting support via live chat

Posted by Andrei on September 26, 2011 in Web Hosting

We’ve been trialing live chat on our website in addition to our standard web hosting support and so far the feedback from our customers has been positive. Live chat web hosting support is a great tool to allow our customers to chat to a member of staff in real time to get instant support. Live […]

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