One click installs updated

Breaking newsJust a note to say we have updated the following one click install products for our web hosting customers: WordPress 3.2.1, Joomla 1.7.1, Drupal 7.8, AWStats 7.0, Open Web Analytics V1.4.1, OpenCart 1.5.1.3, Concrete 5.4.2.1, Prestashop 1.4.4.1, phpBB 3.0.9. We hope you enjoy using them!…[Read on]

Universal Name Finder added

Domain searchFor true consistency it’s best if you can choose a domain name that is also available across social media sites. Ideally you want consistency – the same memorable name used in each case. But do you really want to be running multiple searches? Probably not. That’s why we have just introduced the Universal Name Finder to our hosting site. Simply enter the name you’d like to use…[Read on]

New 2.93GHz dedicated server added

ServersWhen you have a dedicated server it means you have your own entire computer with a 10Mb connection connection to the Internet, which no-one else uses. We offer three different speeds and disk sizes for dedicated servers. The latest addition is a super-fast Quad Core Xeon 2.93GHz machine boasting a massive 1Tb hard disk. On a server this size you could potentially host…[Read on]

Now running PHP 5.35

PHPFor security and stability reasons, we don’t usually run the latest versions of important software releases on our hosting platform. We do however keep a close eye on when releases are made and we have just updated the PHP version on our Linux platform to version 5.35 (this is just one version behind the latest release). In order to use run this version of PHP on your site…[Read on]

Premium mailbox capacity doubled

EnvelopeIf you are a web hosting customer of ours you’ll probably know that a standard mailbox is 400Mb in capacity. This means that your online mailbox can hold anything up to 400Mb of mail at any given time before you use a client such as Microsoft Outlook to download some, or all of, the mail. If you receive very large attachments (or just a lot of mail) you may find this is not enough…[Read on]

Pop star Taylor Swift plays our game

Taylor SwiftWe were commissioned to create a “Love Calculator” for the BBC back in 2001. The algorithm inside the game accurately mimics a children’s playground game by sorting through the letters in names. The Love Calculator still pulls in traffic to the BBC’s site a whole decade later, and here you can see none other than country/pop star Taylor Swift playing it live on air…[Read on]