http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:54 +0000 MyBB http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=176 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:07:03 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=176
PHP 5.2.10 to PHP 5.2.12

Subosin has also been added to the PHP for extra protection.]]>
PHP 5.2.10 to PHP 5.2.12

Subosin has also been added to the PHP for extra protection.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=175 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:16:57 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=175
We would like to inform all of our customers as of the 14/12/2009 Mil-Tech Computer Systems Ltd, has now been sold with it's all related internet businesses and all it’s associated trading names to Webnetics UK Ltd. Who will be taking over on the 1/01/2010. All websites associated with Mil-Tech Computer Systems Ltd. have now been updated to show Webnetics UK Ltd as the new owner.

There will be no change in your terms & conditions.]]>
We would like to inform all of our customers as of the 14/12/2009 Mil-Tech Computer Systems Ltd, has now been sold with it's all related internet businesses and all it’s associated trading names to Webnetics UK Ltd. Who will be taking over on the 1/01/2010. All websites associated with Mil-Tech Computer Systems Ltd. have now been updated to show Webnetics UK Ltd as the new owner.

There will be no change in your terms & conditions.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=174 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:24:19 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=174
Scope of work: Functional test of the new equipment installed during the maintenance on the 4th Dec 2009.

The commercial supply will be disconnected in a controlled manner by power engineers. This work will ensure the correct operation of the breakers in the Low Voltage equipment in switching the power source on to the Generators. A full risk assessment has been carried out and as an additional precaution; manufacturers will be onsite along with our data-centre engineers.

Outage: We do not anticipate any downtime during this testing.]]>
Scope of work: Functional test of the new equipment installed during the maintenance on the 4th Dec 2009.

The commercial supply will be disconnected in a controlled manner by power engineers. This work will ensure the correct operation of the breakers in the Low Voltage equipment in switching the power source on to the Generators. A full risk assessment has been carried out and as an additional precaution; manufacturers will be onsite along with our data-centre engineers.

Outage: We do not anticipate any downtime during this testing.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=173 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:26:58 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=173
At approximately 16:48 GMT the Stratford, London facility lost mains power from the power grid.

The time-line of events is as follows:

16:48 - Power to site lost - running on UPS.
17:15 - UPS systems depleted, generators failed to start
17:30 - Generators failovers failed to function despite multiple attempts - The power engineers were dispatched.18:32 - The power engineers arrived on site.
18:54 - The power engineer estimates 30-45 minutes to return power to site.
19:16 - The power was returned to site and the process of booting up each rack commenced.
19:35 - All racks powered up and brought on-line.

The last twenty-four hours have seen numerous power grid blips but the system as designed have taken the load with the UPS battery backup and generators keeping the facility live, ensuring an un-interrupted service.

Yesterday however, at 16:48 a failure in the control boards prevented the generators from powering the facility once the power from the grid failed, a manual bypass was installed to get the facility on-line.]]>
At approximately 16:48 GMT the Stratford, London facility lost mains power from the power grid.

The time-line of events is as follows:

16:48 - Power to site lost - running on UPS.
17:15 - UPS systems depleted, generators failed to start
17:30 - Generators failovers failed to function despite multiple attempts - The power engineers were dispatched.18:32 - The power engineers arrived on site.
18:54 - The power engineer estimates 30-45 minutes to return power to site.
19:16 - The power was returned to site and the process of booting up each rack commenced.
19:35 - All racks powered up and brought on-line.

The last twenty-four hours have seen numerous power grid blips but the system as designed have taken the load with the UPS battery backup and generators keeping the facility live, ensuring an un-interrupted service.

Yesterday however, at 16:48 a failure in the control boards prevented the generators from powering the facility once the power from the grid failed, a manual bypass was installed to get the facility on-line.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=172 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:57:32 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=172
Under VAT regulations, we will have to charge VAT, but cannot show this on our invoices until we have received our VAT certificate. Once we have received our VAT number, we will then re-issue a new VAT invoice, to those customers who are VAT registered and will be able to claim back their VAT.]]>
Under VAT regulations, we will have to charge VAT, but cannot show this on our invoices until we have received our VAT certificate. Once we have received our VAT number, we will then re-issue a new VAT invoice, to those customers who are VAT registered and will be able to claim back their VAT.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=171 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:01:02 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=171
VrSourceControl was developed from CVS and SubVersion to help us track our own projects, documents, source-code and images because we found that these existing systems were difficult to install or overly complicated. We specifically didn't want concurrent editing of files, and wanted a web-based system written in PHP and uses MySQL as the database, which was easy to manage. So we developed VrSourceControl.

VrSourceControl General Features

· Store Text & Binary Files.
· Multi-User
· Check-In / Check-Out - File locking by user.
· Text Files Stored in Full or as Different versions
· Compress Binaries with gzip.
· PHP Code Highlighting.
· PHP code is given coloured highlighting when viewing the file.
· Full History Versioning. - Go back to any previous version - of any file or project.
· HTTP Up/Download: Get/Put Zips. Upload or Get whole projects, sets of files, or individual files as Zip files from your browser.
· Project Tree View.
· Search. Find files with matching names, content and more...
· Online File Editing. Edit files online (in your working directory) with a text editor.
· Output Macros. Include meta info in output source files (File name, path, version, project version). Macros are automatically reverted when checking code in.
· File Branching. Store multiple versions of the same file.
· File-Level User Access. Define which users can access which files or directories individually.
· Project Build Options Include different sets of files in different builds

Features to be incorporated

· Full Bug Tracking System
· Re-design user interface for public use
· Full System Backup
· Full Reporting System]]>
VrSourceControl was developed from CVS and SubVersion to help us track our own projects, documents, source-code and images because we found that these existing systems were difficult to install or overly complicated. We specifically didn't want concurrent editing of files, and wanted a web-based system written in PHP and uses MySQL as the database, which was easy to manage. So we developed VrSourceControl.

VrSourceControl General Features

· Store Text & Binary Files.
· Multi-User
· Check-In / Check-Out - File locking by user.
· Text Files Stored in Full or as Different versions
· Compress Binaries with gzip.
· PHP Code Highlighting.
· PHP code is given coloured highlighting when viewing the file.
· Full History Versioning. - Go back to any previous version - of any file or project.
· HTTP Up/Download: Get/Put Zips. Upload or Get whole projects, sets of files, or individual files as Zip files from your browser.
· Project Tree View.
· Search. Find files with matching names, content and more...
· Online File Editing. Edit files online (in your working directory) with a text editor.
· Output Macros. Include meta info in output source files (File name, path, version, project version). Macros are automatically reverted when checking code in.
· File Branching. Store multiple versions of the same file.
· File-Level User Access. Define which users can access which files or directories individually.
· Project Build Options Include different sets of files in different builds

Features to be incorporated

· Full Bug Tracking System
· Re-design user interface for public use
· Full System Backup
· Full Reporting System]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=170 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:07:13 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=170
Protx Now SagePay

On the 22nd April Protx was re-branded as SagePay. This modular has now been updated to reflect Protx new re-branding to Sage Pay and to use the new Sage Pay URLs (for a period of 6 months, Sage Pay will be accepting the old Protx URLs as well).

WorldPay

WorldPay re-branding has been delayed until May 2009. We will be releasing this modular in May.]]>
Protx Now SagePay

On the 22nd April Protx was re-branded as SagePay. This modular has now been updated to reflect Protx new re-branding to Sage Pay and to use the new Sage Pay URLs (for a period of 6 months, Sage Pay will be accepting the old Protx URLs as well).

WorldPay

WorldPay re-branding has been delayed until May 2009. We will be releasing this modular in May.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=168 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:30:21 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=168
These are available on all Support levels which means that you can now pick up Support Level 3 support for 3 months for a low price of 30 GBP, or get faster Support Level 1 support for 3 months for just 100 GBP.

Full support prices can be found on the 'prices' page on our website. You can also order a support package from the CMS area.

Level 1 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 1 business day.

1 Year: 250 GBP
6 Months: 150 GBP
3 Months: 100 GBP

Level 2 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 2 business days.

1 Year: 150 GBP
6 Months: 100 GBP
3 Months: 60 GBP

Level 3 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 3 - 4 business days.

1 Year: 100 GBP
6 Months: 60 GBP
3 Months: 30 GBP]]>
These are available on all Support levels which means that you can now pick up Support Level 3 support for 3 months for a low price of 30 GBP, or get faster Support Level 1 support for 3 months for just 100 GBP.

Full support prices can be found on the 'prices' page on our website. You can also order a support package from the CMS area.

Level 1 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 1 business day.

1 Year: 250 GBP
6 Months: 150 GBP
3 Months: 100 GBP

Level 2 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 2 business days.

1 Year: 150 GBP
6 Months: 100 GBP
3 Months: 60 GBP

Level 3 Support - Website Management – 3,6,12 months Unlimited updates, additional pages, etc. priority e-mail support. Updates done in 3 - 4 business days.

1 Year: 100 GBP
6 Months: 60 GBP
3 Months: 30 GBP]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=167 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:47:50 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=167
We find most online retailers try to serve all customers, all brands and all geographies with a single shop because it has been too difficult and expensive to manage multiple shops.

With eShop PRO XL5 MultiShops, this is no longer the case. You can now manage multiple shops - as many as your business requires - easily and inexpensively. Each eShop can have its own:

· Graphics, look and feel
· Navigation
· Product catalog & pricing
· Promotions
· Shipping options
· Checkout process

Common features such as categories, and products can be shared between shops to reduce setup and duplication.

Regardless of how you design your shops, administrators can manage all there shops for which they are authorised from. A single admin area and where you can work with customers and orders from any shop. You authorised individual users to access all shops or individual shops. So your staff can operate efficiently no matter how many shops you operate.

eShop PRO XL5 MultiShops was designed from the start with several specific architectural and security features to improve performance, simplify administration and optimise resource utilisation:

Features

· All the features of eShop PRO XL5
· Product pricing group
· Product discounting group
· Create additional shops directly from the admin area with minimal involvement
· All shops can run on a single server
· All shops access a single database
· Sharing of catalog information between shops as you wish - each shop can have a
· Unique catalog or offer identical products at different prices etc.
· User permissions down to specific shops or catalogs
· Control all aspects of a shop's configuration including supported currencies, languages, accepted payment methods, taxes, shipping, search and navigation behaviour and more.]]>
We find most online retailers try to serve all customers, all brands and all geographies with a single shop because it has been too difficult and expensive to manage multiple shops.

With eShop PRO XL5 MultiShops, this is no longer the case. You can now manage multiple shops - as many as your business requires - easily and inexpensively. Each eShop can have its own:

· Graphics, look and feel
· Navigation
· Product catalog & pricing
· Promotions
· Shipping options
· Checkout process

Common features such as categories, and products can be shared between shops to reduce setup and duplication.

Regardless of how you design your shops, administrators can manage all there shops for which they are authorised from. A single admin area and where you can work with customers and orders from any shop. You authorised individual users to access all shops or individual shops. So your staff can operate efficiently no matter how many shops you operate.

eShop PRO XL5 MultiShops was designed from the start with several specific architectural and security features to improve performance, simplify administration and optimise resource utilisation:

Features

· All the features of eShop PRO XL5
· Product pricing group
· Product discounting group
· Create additional shops directly from the admin area with minimal involvement
· All shops can run on a single server
· All shops access a single database
· Sharing of catalog information between shops as you wish - each shop can have a
· Unique catalog or offer identical products at different prices etc.
· User permissions down to specific shops or catalogs
· Control all aspects of a shop's configuration including supported currencies, languages, accepted payment methods, taxes, shipping, search and navigation behaviour and more.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=166 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:50:08 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=166
See our .tel domain name http://www.vwdesigns.tel]]>
See our .tel domain name http://www.vwdesigns.tel]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=165 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:23:15 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=165 Customer Hosting Accounts

Saturday 7th March we will be upgrading our servers to the latest PHP 5.2.9. This was released on the 26th February 2009 and is a critical security upgrade and fixes. Sites will be affected by a minimal amount of downtime when Apache restarts after the installation.

Spam Software

ASSP upgrade to 1.5.1

Roundcube

This has been upgraded to 0.2-stable]]> Customer Hosting Accounts

Saturday 7th March we will be upgrading our servers to the latest PHP 5.2.9. This was released on the 26th February 2009 and is a critical security upgrade and fixes. Sites will be affected by a minimal amount of downtime when Apache restarts after the installation.

Spam Software

ASSP upgrade to 1.5.1

Roundcube

This has been upgraded to 0.2-stable]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=164 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:14:08 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=164 Set to become the industry standard for online communication

Businesses and individuals can now secure their own .Tel domain name at a premium fee of £88 for a 1 year subscription during what is known as the landrush period. With orders being treated on a first come first served basis, those who are serious about protecting their brand are urged to secure their .tel domain as early as possible.

The premium fee charged for the registration of a .tel in the landrush period (3 February - 23 March 2009) is due to the high costs the official .tel registry is charging in an attempt to discourage domain squatters from snapping up hundreds of .Tel domain names for resale purposes.

However, from March 23rd, the next stage of the .tel launch calendar (general availability) will commence and our price will drop to a round £14.95 to £24.00 for a one year registration! So, if you are willing to wait till the general availability period, you will find it tough to find an official .tel registrar offering .tel domain names cheaper.

What is a .tel domain name?

The .tel is a service that allows individuals and businesses alike to store and manage all their contact information and keywords directly in the DNS without the need to build, host or manage a website.

A .tel enables you to store, update and publish all your contact information, web links and keywords directly on the internet under your own unique domain name.

How is a .tel different than a normal domain name?

Before the .tel came around when a person wished to create a web presence they would register a domain name (such as a .com or .co.uk), and attach this domain name to web hosting. Once the content of the website had been created using a particular code such as HTML, the domain name owner would be able to publish their website information live.

With a .tel there is no need for hosting. You simply log-into a control panel and fill in your company or personal details into pre-defined forms. Once you press publish, your company details will be live and accessible on the web.

The .tel is a great way for business owners to create a web presence for their company online in a professional preformatted way. The process doesn’t require a large time commitment or any experience with web design. If you have ever filled out a form online, then you can get a .tel up and running in minutes.]]> Set to become the industry standard for online communication

Businesses and individuals can now secure their own .Tel domain name at a premium fee of £88 for a 1 year subscription during what is known as the landrush period. With orders being treated on a first come first served basis, those who are serious about protecting their brand are urged to secure their .tel domain as early as possible.

The premium fee charged for the registration of a .tel in the landrush period (3 February - 23 March 2009) is due to the high costs the official .tel registry is charging in an attempt to discourage domain squatters from snapping up hundreds of .Tel domain names for resale purposes.

However, from March 23rd, the next stage of the .tel launch calendar (general availability) will commence and our price will drop to a round £14.95 to £24.00 for a one year registration! So, if you are willing to wait till the general availability period, you will find it tough to find an official .tel registrar offering .tel domain names cheaper.

What is a .tel domain name?

The .tel is a service that allows individuals and businesses alike to store and manage all their contact information and keywords directly in the DNS without the need to build, host or manage a website.

A .tel enables you to store, update and publish all your contact information, web links and keywords directly on the internet under your own unique domain name.

How is a .tel different than a normal domain name?

Before the .tel came around when a person wished to create a web presence they would register a domain name (such as a .com or .co.uk), and attach this domain name to web hosting. Once the content of the website had been created using a particular code such as HTML, the domain name owner would be able to publish their website information live.

With a .tel there is no need for hosting. You simply log-into a control panel and fill in your company or personal details into pre-defined forms. Once you press publish, your company details will be live and accessible on the web.

The .tel is a great way for business owners to create a web presence for their company online in a professional preformatted way. The process doesn’t require a large time commitment or any experience with web design. If you have ever filled out a form online, then you can get a .tel up and running in minutes.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=163 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:47:17 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=163
We have also introduced some new services, from Hosting resellers accounts to our new service called ‘Flash Video Presenter’, this will allow you to have your own personal presenter on your website explaining your products.

We will also be offering our existing eShop PRO owners, the chance to upgrade to our latest eCommerce software called ‘eShop PRO XL5’. For more details please email us.]]>
We have also introduced some new services, from Hosting resellers accounts to our new service called ‘Flash Video Presenter’, this will allow you to have your own personal presenter on your website explaining your products.

We will also be offering our existing eShop PRO owners, the chance to upgrade to our latest eCommerce software called ‘eShop PRO XL5’. For more details please email us.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=162 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:51:54 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=162
Providing the flexibility and great features you would expect with Virtual Web Designs, such as unlimited bandwidth and 100gb web space.

All resellers account will have access to cPanel and WHM control panels, also have full access to our Spam filtering system ASSP (We do not use SpamAssassin).

Fully supporting PHP 5, MySQL 5, Perl & Ruby, Resellers will also be able to support their customer's websites with MySQL databases coupled with a wide range of ready built php scripts including Form to email, blogs, CMS, website search and image galleries.

Virtual Web Designs Reseller Package is just £19.99 per month and includes unlimited Linux websites. Linux hosting accounts including log files, graphical web statistics, php5, perl, MySQL 5 database support, secure server (SSL), full email, FTP, sub domains and more.

We will also include discounts for domain names, personal SSL and more.]]>
Providing the flexibility and great features you would expect with Virtual Web Designs, such as unlimited bandwidth and 100gb web space.

All resellers account will have access to cPanel and WHM control panels, also have full access to our Spam filtering system ASSP (We do not use SpamAssassin).

Fully supporting PHP 5, MySQL 5, Perl & Ruby, Resellers will also be able to support their customer's websites with MySQL databases coupled with a wide range of ready built php scripts including Form to email, blogs, CMS, website search and image galleries.

Virtual Web Designs Reseller Package is just £19.99 per month and includes unlimited Linux websites. Linux hosting accounts including log files, graphical web statistics, php5, perl, MySQL 5 database support, secure server (SSL), full email, FTP, sub domains and more.

We will also include discounts for domain names, personal SSL and more.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=161 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:50:15 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=161
EShop Pro XL5 is a major update to the eShop range of eCommerce software, and addresses a number of key issues, adds a lot of new functionality, and further increases the power of eShop.

See below for a full list of improvements and additions to eShop PRO.

Features

• Security Issues - SQL injection closed
• Register Globals = OFF
• Now 100% PHP 5, version 5.2.x and MySQL version 5.x.
• Customer Edit Page - Now includes all information fields, including the new "voucher" and "template selection" entries.
• "Free Shipping" logic enhancements
• Admin Home Page content modules
• Admin Session Length control
• Admin Menus - Redesigned
• Admin Language Editor clean-up
• Purchase without and account
• Image Upload into folders
• VVC Configuration (on/off and settings)
• Email Verification (on/off and settings)
• Product Sort enhancement
• Coupon Redemption enhancements
• SMTP mail server abstraction
• Header Brand Manager for shop logo and slogan text
• Admin URL return after login
• Catalog URL return after login
• Price Formatter update (general enhancements)
• Admin Template section and header clean-up
• CMS Manager
• SEO URLs
• One-Page Checkout
• Newsletter Filter Criteria expanded
• Recover Abandoned Baskets
• Product Info Tabs
• Return Merchandise Authorisation System
• Select Image from your server for products
• Product Listing blurbs
• Quantity Price Break enhancements
• FAQ System
• Article System
• Events System
• Multi Products Manager
• Shop by Price
• Encrypt & Decrypt System
• Google Feed System
• Google Analytics]]>
EShop Pro XL5 is a major update to the eShop range of eCommerce software, and addresses a number of key issues, adds a lot of new functionality, and further increases the power of eShop.

See below for a full list of improvements and additions to eShop PRO.

Features

• Security Issues - SQL injection closed
• Register Globals = OFF
• Now 100% PHP 5, version 5.2.x and MySQL version 5.x.
• Customer Edit Page - Now includes all information fields, including the new "voucher" and "template selection" entries.
• "Free Shipping" logic enhancements
• Admin Home Page content modules
• Admin Session Length control
• Admin Menus - Redesigned
• Admin Language Editor clean-up
• Purchase without and account
• Image Upload into folders
• VVC Configuration (on/off and settings)
• Email Verification (on/off and settings)
• Product Sort enhancement
• Coupon Redemption enhancements
• SMTP mail server abstraction
• Header Brand Manager for shop logo and slogan text
• Admin URL return after login
• Catalog URL return after login
• Price Formatter update (general enhancements)
• Admin Template section and header clean-up
• CMS Manager
• SEO URLs
• One-Page Checkout
• Newsletter Filter Criteria expanded
• Recover Abandoned Baskets
• Product Info Tabs
• Return Merchandise Authorisation System
• Select Image from your server for products
• Product Listing blurbs
• Quantity Price Break enhancements
• FAQ System
• Article System
• Events System
• Multi Products Manager
• Shop by Price
• Encrypt & Decrypt System
• Google Feed System
• Google Analytics]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=160 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:58:27 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=160
We would like to apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused]]>
We would like to apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=159 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:50:50 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=159 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=158 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:06 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=158 January 10th 2009

We had a DNS outage last night at 2:32 am. Although all of our servers were fully operational, when the DNS service went down, browsers were no longer able to identify our servers from your domain names, and this caused many websites to appear to be off-line. Many of our clients manage their own DNS records, or use an IT company to do it, and their websites continued to be available.

The problem was resolved early on Saturday morning by replacing the DNS server with a new server. All servers were re-started at 6:15 am on Saturday morning.

Technically our network retained 100% uptime last night, but we’re not going to hide behind that. If your website was unavailable last night we are happy to refund one month’s hosting to you. Just let us know. We guarantee 99.9% uptime per month and generally achieve 100%. We believe that as a result of last night’s outage some customers will have 99% uptime this month, and that is not acceptable to us.]]> January 10th 2009

We had a DNS outage last night at 2:32 am. Although all of our servers were fully operational, when the DNS service went down, browsers were no longer able to identify our servers from your domain names, and this caused many websites to appear to be off-line. Many of our clients manage their own DNS records, or use an IT company to do it, and their websites continued to be available.

The problem was resolved early on Saturday morning by replacing the DNS server with a new server. All servers were re-started at 6:15 am on Saturday morning.

Technically our network retained 100% uptime last night, but we’re not going to hide behind that. If your website was unavailable last night we are happy to refund one month’s hosting to you. Just let us know. We guarantee 99.9% uptime per month and generally achieve 100%. We believe that as a result of last night’s outage some customers will have 99% uptime this month, and that is not acceptable to us.]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=157 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:51:44 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=157
Newsletter: January 2009

Welcome to Virtual Web Designs newsletter. You are receiving this newsletter, because you are or have been a customer of Virtual Web Designs.

To unsubscribe from our newsletter please email us at unsubscribe@vwdesigns.co.uk with the subject heading “unsubscribe”.

This newsletter is also available at http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/newsletters-f-20.html

Please note if you currently hold an account with us, this will not unsubscribe you from Important System Announcements.

Contents

1. New – Whois Listing
2. New – ID Protect
3. New - Affiliate Scheme
4. New – Leased Software
5. VrShop v1.4 Beta (r1)
6. Bespoke Software

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our customers, past and present.

NEW - Whois Listing

We are now offering a new service call WHOIS Listing this will allow you to promote your domains to 1.6 million daily searchers. Whois Listing allows you to write whatever is important about your domain name, website, blog or business that viewers don’t find in the Whois. For instance, you could let people know that a domain is for sale, post business hours or list multiple domain names that your company uses. The regular Whois only shows the contact information of the domain name managers, e.g. registrant contact, administrative contact.

Whois Listing is available for .COM, .NET and .TV

This service is available for £ 10.00 p.a

NEW - ID Protect

We are now offering a new service called ID Protect. ID Protect works in the same way as having your phone number "unlisted": it prevents people from gaining access to your address, phone number, and other private information.

ID Protect insures that your private contact information is not exposed. It is held in confidentiality and protected by the Domain Privacy Protection Service. Their contact information is displayed to provide you with the highest level of protection against spammers
and identity theft.

Without ID Protect, spammers can obtain your email address from harvesting and then use it for spamming purposes and redistribution to marketing firms. Your email address can stay on file with various spammers and marketing firms for years. Due to Webnetics dynamic email system, the visible email address is constantly changing, so while it is being harvested and redistributed, it will change and the previous address will no longer work for the spammer. The Domain Privacy Protection Service secures and maintains your real email address on file so you receive important information regarding your domain.

This service is available for £ 4.50 p.a

NEW - Affiliate Scheme

We are pleased to announce our new affiliate scheme. Enrolling in our affiliate scheme is free of charge and we supply a range of banner and button sizes to place on your Website. When a visitor to your website clicks on any of these banners they are sent to our website and a special piece of information is stored on their computer (called a cookie). Cookies are used by many companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Argos, so are widely accepted by computer users. The cookie stores your affiliate ID so that when that customer places an order for services from our website we know that the customer came from you.

Once an order is placed we automatically credit your account with 10% commission for web hosting, domain names, software, services and website designing from that sale. As long as you reach £15 by the end of the month we will automatically credit the amount you have earned to your bank account, or send a cheque. If you don't earn £15 in a given month we simply keep carrying this amount over until you reach £15. You really have nothing to lose as there are no charges to join the scheme and it takes less than 10 seconds to do so!

Our affiliate scheme includes:

• 10% commission on all domain, hosting, software, services and website designing sales
• All HTML code supplied, just paste into your site
• Real time statistics and graphs
• High conversion rate and cookies lasting for 1 year
• Low minimum payout of £15
• Quality eye-catching banners with a choice of sizes
• Payments made monthly straight to your bank account or by cheque

To join simply login to your account/sign up for a new account and click the "Affiliate Link" once you have logged in. Why not signup now and start earning money from your website today.

NEW - Leased Software

Leasing software has become the preferred method for businesses of all sizes looking for an effective method of budgeting software solutions. If the software is going to help your business save money or make more of it, Virtual Web Designs will help you.

We are currently offering VrShop PRO as leased software, for only £ 20.00 month.

We will also be offering other software shortly.

What are the Benefits of Leasing?

• Fixed monthly payments with no minimum term
• Improve cash flow and preserve working capital
• Expense the software rather than capitalising and depreciating over a longer period
• Leasing payments can be fully tax-deductible
• Flexible payments
• Better budgeting controls
• No commitment fees
• No compensating balances or additional charges

VrShop PRO 1.4 Beta (r1)

Following on from our last announcement in September 2008. We have now released our first beta version of VrShop PRO v1.4 Beta (r1). This update contains major changes and additions to the administration system login and authentication routines to provide extra security options, major changes and additional options for cart sessions, Protx VSP Direct support and several bug fixes.

A full list of new features & bug fix’s can be found at http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/tracker

VrShop PRO are available to all users that either have a support level with us or are within there first six month of there license ownership, to qualify and gain access to the Virtual Web Designs Testing forums and our bug tracking system.

NOTE: We have only one outstanding request to finish, which is a PayPal surcharge. Before we can release the final version.

Bespoke software

Last year we have seen a lot of bespoke software requests from various clients, from simple website forms with database access, SMS Text messaging software to a Client Document portal system with CMS.

If you're ever in need of a particular bespoke software application then drop us an e-mail for a free quote, All prices quoted are fixed and firm, unless you require additional work outside the original quote]]>
Newsletter: January 2009

Welcome to Virtual Web Designs newsletter. You are receiving this newsletter, because you are or have been a customer of Virtual Web Designs.

To unsubscribe from our newsletter please email us at unsubscribe@vwdesigns.co.uk with the subject heading “unsubscribe”.

This newsletter is also available at http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/newsletters-f-20.html

Please note if you currently hold an account with us, this will not unsubscribe you from Important System Announcements.

Contents

1. New – Whois Listing
2. New – ID Protect
3. New - Affiliate Scheme
4. New – Leased Software
5. VrShop v1.4 Beta (r1)
6. Bespoke Software

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our customers, past and present.

NEW - Whois Listing

We are now offering a new service call WHOIS Listing this will allow you to promote your domains to 1.6 million daily searchers. Whois Listing allows you to write whatever is important about your domain name, website, blog or business that viewers don’t find in the Whois. For instance, you could let people know that a domain is for sale, post business hours or list multiple domain names that your company uses. The regular Whois only shows the contact information of the domain name managers, e.g. registrant contact, administrative contact.

Whois Listing is available for .COM, .NET and .TV

This service is available for £ 10.00 p.a

NEW - ID Protect

We are now offering a new service called ID Protect. ID Protect works in the same way as having your phone number "unlisted": it prevents people from gaining access to your address, phone number, and other private information.

ID Protect insures that your private contact information is not exposed. It is held in confidentiality and protected by the Domain Privacy Protection Service. Their contact information is displayed to provide you with the highest level of protection against spammers
and identity theft.

Without ID Protect, spammers can obtain your email address from harvesting and then use it for spamming purposes and redistribution to marketing firms. Your email address can stay on file with various spammers and marketing firms for years. Due to Webnetics dynamic email system, the visible email address is constantly changing, so while it is being harvested and redistributed, it will change and the previous address will no longer work for the spammer. The Domain Privacy Protection Service secures and maintains your real email address on file so you receive important information regarding your domain.

This service is available for £ 4.50 p.a

NEW - Affiliate Scheme

We are pleased to announce our new affiliate scheme. Enrolling in our affiliate scheme is free of charge and we supply a range of banner and button sizes to place on your Website. When a visitor to your website clicks on any of these banners they are sent to our website and a special piece of information is stored on their computer (called a cookie). Cookies are used by many companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Argos, so are widely accepted by computer users. The cookie stores your affiliate ID so that when that customer places an order for services from our website we know that the customer came from you.

Once an order is placed we automatically credit your account with 10% commission for web hosting, domain names, software, services and website designing from that sale. As long as you reach £15 by the end of the month we will automatically credit the amount you have earned to your bank account, or send a cheque. If you don't earn £15 in a given month we simply keep carrying this amount over until you reach £15. You really have nothing to lose as there are no charges to join the scheme and it takes less than 10 seconds to do so!

Our affiliate scheme includes:

• 10% commission on all domain, hosting, software, services and website designing sales
• All HTML code supplied, just paste into your site
• Real time statistics and graphs
• High conversion rate and cookies lasting for 1 year
• Low minimum payout of £15
• Quality eye-catching banners with a choice of sizes
• Payments made monthly straight to your bank account or by cheque

To join simply login to your account/sign up for a new account and click the "Affiliate Link" once you have logged in. Why not signup now and start earning money from your website today.

NEW - Leased Software

Leasing software has become the preferred method for businesses of all sizes looking for an effective method of budgeting software solutions. If the software is going to help your business save money or make more of it, Virtual Web Designs will help you.

We are currently offering VrShop PRO as leased software, for only £ 20.00 month.

We will also be offering other software shortly.

What are the Benefits of Leasing?

• Fixed monthly payments with no minimum term
• Improve cash flow and preserve working capital
• Expense the software rather than capitalising and depreciating over a longer period
• Leasing payments can be fully tax-deductible
• Flexible payments
• Better budgeting controls
• No commitment fees
• No compensating balances or additional charges

VrShop PRO 1.4 Beta (r1)

Following on from our last announcement in September 2008. We have now released our first beta version of VrShop PRO v1.4 Beta (r1). This update contains major changes and additions to the administration system login and authentication routines to provide extra security options, major changes and additional options for cart sessions, Protx VSP Direct support and several bug fixes.

A full list of new features & bug fix’s can be found at http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/tracker

VrShop PRO are available to all users that either have a support level with us or are within there first six month of there license ownership, to qualify and gain access to the Virtual Web Designs Testing forums and our bug tracking system.

NOTE: We have only one outstanding request to finish, which is a PayPal surcharge. Before we can release the final version.

Bespoke software

Last year we have seen a lot of bespoke software requests from various clients, from simple website forms with database access, SMS Text messaging software to a Client Document portal system with CMS.

If you're ever in need of a particular bespoke software application then drop us an e-mail for a free quote, All prices quoted are fixed and firm, unless you require additional work outside the original quote]]> http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=156 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:51:49 +0000 http://www.vwdesigns.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=156
Features

· Easy to install, with online installer.
· Complete PDF manual (Over 50 pages)
· Can be installed into any HTML page or PHP page, using our unique templating system.
· Secure Admin Area
· Define User options
· Define which fields are logged into the database
· Add extra users
· System Logging
· Control the whole form process from the Admin area
· Define email templates
· Define auto responder text
· View all form data from within the Admin area, no external config files.
· Export all data from the Admin area as a CVS file.
· Process any from data on a form
· Copy emails to other users
· Allow users to attach file uploads, which can be uploaded to your server or as an attachment.
· Define the file Size
· Define the file Types, pdf, jpg, doc, etc
· Upload files to the your server, which can be sent with an auto responder
· Set Required fields
· Auto responder
· Log sender's IP address
· Block IPs addresses
· Block referring web addresses
· Block bad words
· CSV output to a file or view the from data from the admin area
· Referrer checking
· Sum CAPTCHA
· Letter CAPTCHA
· Photo CAPTCHA
· Upload Photo images from the Admin area
· Define how many Photos will appear on the form
· Define the Sum & Letter character size
· Define the Sum & Letter fonts used
· Define the background of the Sum & Letter CAPTCHA
· Sum & Letter characters are very readable, no squashed characters like some forms.
· HTML email or plain format
· Ignore fields
· Sort fields
· Auto redirect to a thank you page, defined in the admin area
· Licence for 1 domain name
· Many more features …..
· Free support

System Requirements

PHP5
MySQL 5
Ioncube, Zend or NuSphere Encorder]]>
Features

· Easy to install, with online installer.
· Complete PDF manual (Over 50 pages)
· Can be installed into any HTML page or PHP page, using our unique templating system.
· Secure Admin Area
· Define User options
· Define which fields are logged into the database
· Add extra users
· System Logging
· Control the whole form process from the Admin area
· Define email templates
· Define auto responder text
· View all form data from within the Admin area, no external config files.
· Export all data from the Admin area as a CVS file.
· Process any from data on a form
· Copy emails to other users
· Allow users to attach file uploads, which can be uploaded to your server or as an attachment.
· Define the file Size
· Define the file Types, pdf, jpg, doc, etc
· Upload files to the your server, which can be sent with an auto responder
· Set Required fields
· Auto responder
· Log sender's IP address
· Block IPs addresses
· Block referring web addresses
· Block bad words
· CSV output to a file or view the from data from the admin area
· Referrer checking
· Sum CAPTCHA
· Letter CAPTCHA
· Photo CAPTCHA
· Upload Photo images from the Admin area
· Define how many Photos will appear on the form
· Define the Sum & Letter character size
· Define the Sum & Letter fonts used
· Define the background of the Sum & Letter CAPTCHA
· Sum & Letter characters are very readable, no squashed characters like some forms.
· HTML email or plain format
· Ignore fields
· Sort fields
· Auto redirect to a thank you page, defined in the admin area
· Licence for 1 domain name
· Many more features …..
· Free support

System Requirements

PHP5
MySQL 5
Ioncube, Zend or NuSphere Encorder]]>