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New File Manager

We have recently updated the Hosting Control Panel with a brand new file manager. The first thing you will notice is how much more attractive it looks compared to the previous version. On top of this, you’ll also be able to navigate around the features more quickly and intuitively. The new file manager is already [...]

Google Apps – Preparing for World IPv6 Day on June 8th, 2011

On June 8th, 2011 — World IPv6 Day (http://worldipv6day.org/) — major web companies, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, will enable IPv6 on many of their websites for 24 hours to test how IPv6 performs in the real world.  That day, we’ll be using IPv6 (http://worldipv6day.org/faq/index.html) for Google Apps, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs [...]

Securing WordPress

This post is going to be a constantly updated feature, focusing on keeping WordPress installs as secure as possible. WordPress is a third party application and is constantly being updated to imrpove and patch security issues.  It’s important to keep your install of WordPress and all Plugins, up to date. Above all, ensure sure you [...]

FREE WordPress book offer gets better.

We’ve been running our FREE WordPress book offer for a while now with great success. Order any WordPress hosting package, pay for it annually and we’ll send you the fantastic ‘Smashing WordPress’ – Beyond the Blog’. However, we’ve decided to go one (or two!) better.  Not only do you get a FREE WordPress book, you [...]

Domain Transfer Week! (25th April – 1st May)

I hope everyone is having a good week and looking forward to the Easter holidays. Just a short post to let everyone know our plans for a Domain Transfer Week! We expect many of you have domain names at other registrars, gathering dust! Well, we want to provide a new home for those domains, right [...]

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