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Choosing The Most Suitable Web Hosting - Shared Web Hosting v Dedicated Web Hosting 2008-08-05 03:03:00 With so many hosting products available on the market it’s not so easy to determine the best hosting solution for your site; it is important you get this right as your web sites presence depends on having a reliable host and package.What is Shared Web Hosting
?Imagine you have booked a room in a hotel; you don’t own the building but you have sole use of your room for the duration of your stay. Read more:Dedicated
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How to Create an Awesome and Reliable Website 2008-07-28 06:17:00 Have you been toying with the idea of getting your own web site but found it a daunting subject? Have you been putting it off because you just didn’t know where to start? Rest assured you’re not alone. With the Internet reaching a humongous audience having a website is now considered an essential requirement for a business. So…don’t put it off any longer let us help you by taking a moment Read more:Reliable
How To Move Your Domain To CWCS 2008-07-23 03:46:00 In todays guide we look at how to move your domain to CWCS. There are several different kinds of domain name (from the global domains like .com and .net to the localised country domains like .co.uk and .ie).Now you may wish to move your domain completely to CWCS so we can manage the domain and web hosting for you or you may wish to just point the domain name to our servers whils retaining the doma
CWCS WebSite Relaunch 2008-07-11 08:51:00 Yesterday, we launched a fresh design for the CWCS Managed Hosting website. The redesign follows extensive research with both our current and potential customers as to how they would ideally purchase hosting services. As result some of the key changes include;- Easy navigation enabling you to find hosting services to meet your needs quickly- Updated information for each of our services reflecting Read more:Relaunch
First CWCS Blog 2008-04-16 09:16:00 Welcome to the first blog from CWCS Web Hosting.We will be discussing the latest news and events in the hosting world, and whatever else takes our fancy really.Keep your eyes peeled for updates. Read more:First
Hackers beware....you are not accessing my information! 2008-08-20 04:09:00 Passwords...well, we have all had them now in one way or another for some time, whether it’s for our online banking, our emails or even logging into our own computers.Did you know that losing passwords makes up about 40% of helpdesk tickets? Passwords protect us from those people who want to get at our money and personal information
.So, what can we do to protect ourselves from those types of pe Read more:Hackers
Setting up a PHP Contact Form 2008-08-14 05:56:00 Contact forms are a great way for visitors of your site to contact you.They can be customized to fit in with the theme of your site, providing continuity and a richer user experience. Another advantage is that your email address is never visible as all the processing is done behind the scenes. This article will explain how to create a simple PHP contact form.The contact form will span two pages. T Read more:Setting
VDS, Virtual Private Servers, Virtual Dedicated, Root server…. 2008-08-11 07:54:00 What is this Virtual hosting all about?Welcome to a new era in hosting technology, the VDS is a halfway house between shared and dedicated hosting solutions… but what’s so special about it?Tell me more…The VDS (Virtual Dedicated
Server) is, as the name suggests virtually a dedicated server
; introduced to offer all the advantages of a dedicated solution at a fraction of the cost…not bad eh? Read more:Private
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New Internet browser – Google Chrome 2008-09-04 05:03:00 With Google
being a top leading brand within the IT industry offering a wide range of services ranging from email to online maps. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise to find their latest instalment of a new Internetbrowser
.Google with its massive online reputation is known for leading in every market. However as far as Internet browsers are concerned, Internet explorer has been the browser of Read more:Chrome
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Setting up a ASP Contact Form 2008-09-02 03:06:00 One feature that has increasingly become a must have on a SME business website is a form that visitors to your site can use to contact you via email. Thankfully this is quite easy to set up with a little knowledge of HTML, ASP and an email component like Persits ASP Email.In the example below we create a simple form with fields for the visitor to enter their name, email address and message, with a Read more:Setting
News update: Tucows have officially re-branded to OpenSRS 2008-08-29 05:46:00 What’s happening today in the world of the IT industry?The brand “Tucows” have decided to rebrand, now calling themselves “OpenSRS”.For many of us within the web hosting industry this may not come as much of a surprise, Tucows were using the alias “OpenSRS” for many years, although this time its official.The change in branding only applies to the reseller sector, with the launch a fr
Confused by domain names? 2008-08-28 03:30:00 In this week’s Blog, I will touch upon the different types of domain
s and how each different part of a domain, is grouped by a domain level.I will also introduce the whois search, and look into the reasons how this powerful tool is used to gather useful information.Confused already? Read on to find out more…Domain levelFirstly, it’s important to understand the reasons why we use domain names
Internet Browsing 2008-09-26 05:11:00 Internet browsing can actually now be considered as a technique or even a skill, choosing unique keywords and narrowing a search term to only include specific results is the key to gathering information quickly.Like driving a car, many people seem to adopt their own technique that works for them. Good techniques will help you to avoid ending up places you don’t want to be and will direct you to Read more:Internet
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Why CWCS "Managed Hosting" is better... 2008-09-18 13:46:00 What we do in Managed Hosting
?So what exactly does Managed Hosting cover?A common concern across many Managed Hosting companies, is how does“Managed Hosting” differs from the ordinary Hosting solutions that are widely available.The term “managed” is sometimes considered a very generic term, which doesn’t really give potential customers an insight towards the management included.Not all M Read more:better
CWCS Upgrades Dedicated Server Range 2008-09-12 09:39:00 That’s right; our Professional Dedicated
Servers (Windows and Linux) are now being sold with a significant performance increase at the previous specification price, with this in mind the Professional server is now considered a high-end redundant hosting dedicated server.The processor installed is a Xeon Quad Core 2.4GHz rather than the former Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, but what does this mean for your s Read more:Range
Pay per Click (PPC) Advertising 2008-10-16 04:50:00 Internet advertising is a way of reaching out to a massive audience targeting a specific market. Within the past 10 years the growth of the Internet has caused many large businesses to resort to spending thousands each year on internet marketing. Many businesses even rely on the Internet as their only form of advertising, and are entirely Internet based.What can the Internet bring to my business?W Read more:Click
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10 Things To Look For When Searching For A Suitable Web Hosting Provider 2008-10-09 03:04:00 1. SupportWith hosting being a specialised area within the IT industry, after sales support offered should to be second to none. Your business relies on a hosting provider to be pro-active and ready in the event of a disaster. Support is considered the number one underlying factor that digitises a good hosting provider among its competitors. Do your research before making a decision.2. GuaranteesW Read more:Hosting
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What’s new: CWCS Managed Hosting - Features are upgraded! 2008-10-02 04:49:00 We have squeezed a massive amount of features into our smaller packages giving each package a total boost.With mailboxes, web space, and Data transfer being the main focus of the upgrade, each and every customer can enjoy much more feature rich packages at the same low cost.Our Windows Business plan now offers a massive 50GB UltraFast UK Web Space, 6,500 Mail Boxes, 350GB Data Transfer, Host 3 Dom Read more:Hosting
Dedicated servers offer first class web hosting 2008-11-07 03:33:00 It’s natural to be drawn towards the most attractive price when it comes to a service that is not always thoroughly understood. Web hosting is sometimes considered a grey area within the IT industry; even skilled web designers are not always up to scratch with different web hosting options.So, why part your cash for a dedicated server when various smaller packages are available for a reduced cos Read more:Dedicated
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Joomla Hosting Upgraded 2008-11-02 09:17:00 We have upgraded Joomla
to the latest version on our advanced load balancing linux web hosting platform. Joomla is a powerful, yet simple to use, content-management-system (CMS) which can be used to create websites. It can also be used to easily manage every aspect of your website, from adding images, updating text to updating products in your catalog.Joomla is available at no charge (free) on Lin Read more:Hosting
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Colocation – What are the advantages? 2008-10-31 03:19:00 For many of us, colocation means hosting at the lowest possible cost, with total control over equipment.If you looking to cut costs and maintain/improve excellent server uptime, colocation may be the ideal solution for your business.So, what exactly is colocation?The term colocation can sometimes sound quite frightening to new businesses searching for hosting arrangements. The thought of a managed
CWCS introduces new Web Hosting Linux Cluster Platform 2008-10-27 04:12:00 When hosting a new website or even an existing website, one of the most important factors is the uptime your web hosting provider offers. If your website is offline due to a hardware failure, this will affect your business and would also have a major impact on your search engine rankings.It is important to ensure a web-hosting provider has the correct setup for the hosting server to ensure downtim Read more:Hosting
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Dedicated Servers with RAID – Do You Really Need it? 2008-11-27 03:05:00 With many businesses converting to online trading, websites are now considered one of the most important assets to a business. As you may know, dedicated servers are the backbone of the hosting setup. Different types of dedicated servers include Windows dedicated servers and Linux dedicated servers, although the server specification is what makes the dedicated server a reliable hosting platform.RA Read more:Dedicated
How to determine space and bandwidth requirements for your website 2008-11-24 05:56:00 A question we often get asked at CWCS is "how do I know how much bandwidth I will be using or how much space I will need?"To answer that question we will break it down into two parts. Firstly, the easiest one is:Web SpaceAlmost all FTP and PC programs will allow you to work out the size of a file or folder. When you want to work out how much web hosting space you need, you should simply use the to Read more:website
Backing up your website with the Plesk Control Panel 2008-11-14 05:29:00 Today, most people are aware of the importance of taking regular backups of irreplaceable files and documents, however few consider that this also applies to data on your website
s as well. We are regularly contacted by customers who have accidentally deleted or overwritten a important file, causing inconvenience, loss of revenue or worse. Whilst we take regular backups of all our production server Read more:Backing
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Dedicated Servers – Do I need more than one? 2008-11-13 04:20:00 So you have a dedicated server or plan on taking out a dedicated server for a new or existing project…The journey begins with a single dedicated server processing all of your services such as website, email and databases…. What are the limitations with a single dedicated server? What happens when your requirements reach a stage when a single dedicated server just isn’t enough?Complex Hostin Read more:Dedicated
Reseller Hosting - What is it and why you might need it 2008-11-10 03:37:00 You may be familiar with hosting a single website on a single account, but what if you want to host another website, or you plan on hosting lots of websites?Do you buy a hosting package for each account, well you could but then you would have lots of different accounts spread out across different servers making management a nightmare. What you can do is purchase what is a Reseller
hosting package, Read more:Hosting
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