By Andy
Hi again,
We’ve just completed a project that many of us have wanted to do for a long time, that is to completely re-write our order process and replace the way it works with a much more intuitive and web 2.0 (to coin a buzzword!) feel.
This process has quite a lot of javascript and utilizes AJAX techniques. We’ve tested this on all the major browser platforms but either Firefox or IE7 is recommended for best results. (more…)
By Ditlev
The domain name is an essential part of any web site and registering it can be a tricky business. The good people at Nominet have written a guide on how to pick the right domain name.
I thought I’d pass on their recommendations and paste their guide below:
Top tips for registering a domain name
The domain name is an essential part of any web site, but
choosing and registering it can be a tricky process.
By Ditlev
Hey - a while back I told you how easy it was to launch your own web hosting service using our hosting reseller setup at autica.com. Today we put a new daring design live on autica.com - I think its a fab design, but I’d like your input - take a look: www.autica.com and tell me what you think 
By the way, you can see the old design here…
Ditlev
By Andy
Hi,
As many customers have been asking for them we’ve added some US based dedicated servers to our server portfolio today, named Copper, Iron and Steel. These are located in Dallas and have the same speed capabilities as our current servers, with some mouthwatering specs (more…)
By Andy
Hi,
Just a note to say we’ve now enabled SSH access on the Business Webhosting package. We’ll be communicating this to customers by e-mail too, but it’s now live!
If you have an account on Business Webhosting (and providing it’s on our cPanel platform) you can now directly access the server from the command line to perform tasks like changing permissions, deleting files etc. (more…)
By Jamess
New Year, New Web Hosting!
UK2 are constantly trying to develop products and services that make life easier and simpler, so for the new year we’ve just launched two new hosting packages named Home and Business.
As you can probably work out the Home package is designed with families and new users in mind and the Business package is aimed at businesses or users who are looking for something extra from their hosting package. The packages include everything you need for easy web hosting!
We are very excited about these new packages as we believe they are the best we have ever offered. So why don’t you kick off 2008 by trying one out! The full list of features is shown below:
Home £ 39.99/ Year
• 1 FREE Domain Name
• 3 GB Webspace
• 100 GB Monthly Traffic
• 10 Addon domains
• 5 POP /IMAP email accounts
• cPanel 11
• £ 20 worth of Google Adwords
• CGI, PHP , Ruby on RAILS , MySQL
• Frontpage Extensions
• Easy to use Sitebuilder
• 24/7 superb Responsive support
Business £ 69.99/ Year
• 3 FREE Domain Names
• 100 GB Webspace
• 1000 GB Monthly Traffic
• Unlimited Addon domains
• 1000 POP /IMAP email accounts
• cPanel 11
• £ 30 worth of Google Adwords
• CGI, PHP , Ruby on Rails , MySQL
• Frontpage Extensions
• Easy to use Sitebuilder
• 24/7 superb Responsive support
If you would like more information or would like to purchase the Home or Business hosting package please click here.
By Jamess
We recently launched a new members club for our customers called MoreUK2! MoreUK2 is designed to give UK2 customers more features, more support and more special offers for a fraction of the cost. As a member of MoreUK2, you will benefit from the following … and more:
Call Back Service
We have dedicated and professional call centre staff set aside to deal with MoreUK2 customers. Simply submit a contact form and we’ll call you back, free of charge!
By Ditlev
Guys,
We have a new and free promotion for all of you: UK2 are the only web host in the world who offer FREE and UNLIMITED SSL certs to all dedicated server clients.
Read more below…
A short Q&A:
FREE UNLIMITED SSL CERTS FOR YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS HOSTED ON A UK2 DEDICATED SERVER!
Your visitors and potential clients, are worried that their personal information might fall into the wrong hands. By using one of our free Comodo SSL’s you will earn their trust and gain a competitive advantage. (more…)
By Ditlev
UK2 has never been big on Microsoft, in fact when I got to know the company everything we had was based on Slackware – which is pretty much as far from Microsoft as you can get. Lately Dan and his team has begun using Redhat Enterprise for most of our internal servers, but even that is nothing like anything M$ has to offer.
The guys at Microsoft invited to me to their yearly summit in Denver last week, and this post is actually written on the airplane (more…)
By Nicola
At UK2 we’re constantly looking to improve our products and services, and we want to be able to not just assist customers with getting an online presence - but making the most of it too. As a result we’ve teamed up with Google, to offer FREE Google AdWords vouchers with our Web Hosting and E-commerce packages.
This is an excellent opportunity to get more customers visiting your website – for absolutely nothing!
(more…)
