Eclipse 2000 Hosting

Migrations complete

Paul — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:47:59 +0000

Dear all,

Im pleased to let you all know that all migrations are now complete, All DNS records should have now been updated and be looking at the new servers, All data on the old running servers is now in the process of being removed. If you are having any issues with your website and its operation please do log a support ticket with us.

Regards

Paul Cotton

February 2012 News

Paul — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:59:37 +0000

Over the past 3 weeks we have migrated all data from an array of servers located in Derby to our new data centre in Sheffield and everything has completed successfully. If you are having any issues with your website since the migration please do open a support ticket with us and we will be happy to investigate it further.

New Software Installed:

Following the completion of the migration we have decided to add a few extra bits of software to all servers, These include Softaculous which is basically the same as Fantastico but comes with many more scripts and constant updates, Plus Trendy website builder which is a simple to use Flash website creator.

Both of these addons are now available in your cpanel control panel. Enjoy!!

Features Include:

Stunning Websites

Create Stunning Flash website of upto 100 pages, nicely divided into ten sections. You can also add images and videos to each of the pages.

Image gallery

Now you can showcase your images in stunning 3d style image galleries. You can also write notes for each of the images and display them in 10 easy to navigate categories.

Online Store Builder

Selling your products and making money online is going to be easy and fun with our Paypal enabled stores. Everything is automated and intuitive. Your website will be ready to accept online customers in minutes!

Media Player

For those of you who are the artist kind, there is a super cool media player where you can show case your music and display your videos. The music and videos play right inside your website and your site visitors are going to love it!

Mobile Site Builder

People are accessing internet from their mobile phones like never before! Having a website that renders well on mobile devices is now an absolute necessity. With the new Mobile website builder your website is going to look absolutely sweet on iPhone, iPad and Android devices!

Contact Page

Your website visitors would like to get in touch with you and there is an in built ready-to-use contact form that lets them do just that!

Greeting Cards

You do care about your site visitors and would like to wish them on christmas, New year and other holidays. Do it in style with beautiful greeting cards that you can add to your website with a single click!

Social Bookmarking App.

Go viral with the social bookmarking tool built into your site. Let people talk about your site on Twitter, Facebook, Stumpleupon, Google Buzz, LinkedIn etc.

Facebook & Twitter Integrator!

If you are a serious business then you would already have a facebook and twitter page. If not, start your facebook and twitter pages today and link them directly from your website.

Pre-built Designs

Every business is unique and so should your website be! With 100+ pre built designs that come with unlimited customization, you will find it a joy to give your site a unique and attractive look.

Facebook Fan Pages

Facebook Fan Pages are Free, but they all look the same! With the new Facebook fan page creator you can carry the look of your website to your Facebook fan page and make it standout from the competition!

Live Spokesperson

Everyone loves a smiling, welcoming face! Add one to your site with the new Live Spokesperson tool.

Youtube Integrator

Add your videos from Youtube right into your website with the easy youtube integrator.

Music Library

Great music makes an instant impact. Add some soothing background music to your site from the built in library of contemporary music.

Own background music

You can also add your own background music to the site. But before you do that make sure you have the license to do it!

Image library

There is a built in library of stunning images that you can use to beautify your website and make it appealing.

Own Images

You can also upload your own images to be used on the site. Images are auto-optimized for fast downloads.

SEO

Update your browser title, add meta keywords and meta description to help search engines understand your website and rank them higher.

Softaculous Scripts:

As you can see from the image below Softaculous is more a less the same as the old Fantastico we use to have installed, Softaculous is faster, has constant updates and comes with over 250 scripts where as Fantastico only had about 50.

Data Centre Migration Stage 2

Paul — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:05:12 +0000

Starting Tuesday 21st February (tomorrow) we will begin moving data from our current servers to our new units which are now online and up and running. During the process of transfer your website and data will not be changed in anyway.

Once your data is migrated starting tomorrow night we will begin changing the DNS records over, after these records resolve all over the internet your website and emails will load from the new units, again this will not affect your data in anyway. The only thing that may happen is if you receive an email to your account after your data has been migrated, once the DNS resolves you may not see these emails. We will try to make the transfer window as small as possible to prevent this from happening.

The DNS migration once changed can take up to 48 hours to fully resolve so by doing this in 2 stages on a Friday night by Monday morning your services will be 100% operational. Please note we have no control of the speed of this process so if you encounter any issues please try and leave it 48 hours once you have been contacted to say your data has been moved.

If you require any more information on this migration process please do contact us.

License Display

Paul — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:31:49 +0000

Please note that for the first week or so you will see a cpanel message at the top of your control panel stating that the license running is a trial, we are aware of this and this will be resolved in a few days.

Data Centre Migration Stage 1

Paul — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:53:29 +0000

Starting Friday 17th February (tomorrow) we will begin moving data from our current servers to our new units which are now online and up and running. During the process of transfer your website and data will not be changed in anyway.

There are about 200 accounts that we need to manually change some nameserver records, if we hold your domain name on your behalf we will proceed and make this change for you, If you look after your own domain name we will contact you asking you to make the change for us. Details will be given.

If you require any more information on this migration process please do contact us.

Regards

Paul Cotton

Director

Data Centre Migration

Paul — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:24:27 +0000

Starting late February 2012 we are going to be moving data centre’s to a brand new centre which is located only 1 mile away from our offices, up until now we have always leased servers from third party companies and have relied on there service and support at keeping them running. Now the time has come for us to break away from this setup and run and maintain our own machines so in the new centre will be our own servers bought by us and they will be setup and looked after by us.

Starting late February once we have everything online we will begin transferring clients over to new machines. For most clients this will not affect you in anyway at all, we will simply move all your data from one server to another and then update the DNS name server settings accordingly so overnight your website will begin to load from the new hardware. For a selected few as while doing this move we are changing a few things round it will mean that some clients name servers will have to be changed. We will be contacting these clients on a client to client basis in order to achieve this. Please wait to hear from us if we need you to change anything.

Once all the data is moved and we are fully operational from the new centre we will be making changes to the way we operate which will include better products and services and flexibility. Keep checking this blog for more information as it comes about.

That’s it for now; keep an eye on this blog post if you would like to be kept updated about this data centre move. Hopefully we will be able to post a few pictures as the servers are installed.

Regards

Paul Cotton

Director

New updated Security features

Paul — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:59:31 +0000

As from Tuesday the 11th October we have implemented some higher levels of security to our servers to secure access to various services hosted through our network. The first change to the servers was to make passwords stronger so when you now access your cPanel control panel you will be prompted to change your password. This prompt will also appear every 90 days and I’m sorry to say but the system will not let you use the same password twice. The password strength level has also been increased from 5 to 20 so your password must now meet certain criteria in order to be accepted.
The second change is how you access the server’s resources, normally to access the cPanel system or webmail you just normally have no issues with your login but now if you haven’t already noticed you will need to access both the cPanel system and Webmail services using a secure connection. This means rather than using the standard http:// on your domain name you will need to replace this with https://

When you access the server’s software using this https link you will more than likely be prompted by your internet browser saying this is an unsafe connection and do you wish to proceed, I’m happy to say this IS a safe connection and you’re safe enough to proceed to access any software this way. Normally your browser will let you save an exception so that you will only have to do this once. The reason for this is to use an https connection you need what’s called an SSL certificate installed under your domain name. As most people don’t have this option this is why you are getting the error but again it’s nothing to worry about.

Below we have setup some secure links for you to access your panels and email if you do not wish to use your domain name.

For cPanel access use https://www.eclipse2000hosting.co.uk/cpanel

For WHM access (Resellers Only) use https://www.eclipse2000hosting.co.uk/whm

For Webmail access use https://www.eclipse2000hosting.co.uk/webmail

You must use SSL to access cPanel

Paul — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:27:31 +0000

As from Tuesday 11th October you must now use a secure connection to access the server’s cPanel system.

Please note on some windows platforms this will prompt you to accept the secure connection for the first time, If you accept this and store this in your browser you will be OK next time round.

This is part of our project X to secure our servers better.

We no longer offer Domain Name registration

Paul — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:56:30 +0000

Well times are changing so here at Eclipse 2000 Hosting we have decided to concentrate more on developing our servers and network to make your website function better on the internet, this means we have got to say goodbye to a few things that we offer. Starting with Domain Name registration we will no longer be offering this service to new and old clients. You are still able to host all your websites with us but in order to do this you will need to purchase a domain name from a third party.

Once you have registered a domain name with a third party it’s a simple change you need to make to allow this domain name to point towards our servers, simply change the name servers in your control panel to the ones listed below.

ns1.defaultnameservers.com

ns2.defaultnameservers.com

We would recommend using Heart Internet for your domain name registration services, visit http://www.heartinternet.co.uk for more information.

Double Ram

Paul — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:35:26 +0000

Now all Eclipse 2000 Dedicated Servers come with double RAM, Check out our servers information pages for more info at http://www.eclipse2000hosting.co.uk/dedicated