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Server Status Page – Reminder to Clients

Following a short ‘server down’ incident earlier today on one of our servers, we thought we would take the opportunity to remind clients of the AKIS System Status Page which serves to provide live information/updates at those times (as advised to clients on sign-up and linked at the foot of all our emails).  Please remember that in normal circumstances all support requests should go via our main helpdesk but in the event of a “server down” incident then the System Status Page should be consulted – this gives  a live and updated report on any issues and their progress/resolution.

Getting websites to look identical in all browsers?

It is not going to happen, so don’t waste your time!  We noticed a Twitter tweet today that is worth remembering – whether you are a client or a designer – “Web sites cannot, need not and should not look the same in all browsers.“ Good advice, but remember while they don’t need to look the same, you still need to make sure they are operational and work without bugs or layout faults in all browsers.

Firefox 3.6 web browser released

A new version of the excellent and popular Firefox has been released by Mozilla – Firefox 3.6.  This new edition of Firefox has many new features, best of which is an increase in speed – apparently 20% faster than Firefox 3.5 with improved load times, startup speed and stability.

RoundCube Webmail Bug – Known Issue

It has come to our attention that sometimes the email list/inbox doesn’t refresh (i.e. doesn’t show the new emails) when using the RoundCube webmail interface.  Even if clicking “Check for new email” nothing new appears and only when the user clicks on a different folder and then moves back, does the new email become visible.  This is a bug known by the RoundCube developers and not something we at AKIS have any control over (it’s a 3rd party product supplied with your hosting cPanel).  Until such time as the RoundCube developers release a fix, anyone using RoundCube as their only means of email should follow the above process to check their mail (or use Horde).

Google May Pull Out of China

Google issued a shock announcement yesterday that it may end censoring the results of its Google.cn search engine after a series of hacking attacks that it says was aimed at human rights activists.

“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.“

Read their full blog post here

WordPress New Release – 2.9.1 Out Now

WordPress 2.9.1 is now available – see info page here – but is only a minor release dealing with minor bug fixes.  Upgrading is only required if any of these issues affect you.  No AKIS package installations are affected so we won’t be upgrading sites for this minor upgrade at this time. Get in touch if you have any questions about this new release – or see the WordPress 2.9 info page.