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Large Scale Ecommerce Packages Discontinued

After much time spent investigating systems, multiple trials, and long thought… I’m afraid I have to report that we have now reached a final decision on the large scale ecommerce site packages and that decision is we will no longer be providing that service on new sites.  Our trials with various alternative (to CubeCart) ecommerce platforms, the high-maintenance nature of ecommerce sites generally, plus the fact that 95% of our work is non-ecommerce sites, has resulted in this business decision.  We do however have a new ecommerce solution/add-on perfectly suited to low product volume, paypal only ecommerce sites –  see our revised ecommerce page for more info.

WordPress 3.1.1 Released – Upgrade Now!

WordPress 3.1.1 upgrade is now available and we will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients in the next 48 hours. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations as soon as possible.  This upgrade is a maintenance release with also has a number of security fixes – so get upgrading!

The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown – Say Goodbye

More on the death (and good riddance!) of the 10 year old browser: Internet Explorer 6 (IE6).  Further to our important announcement back in February 2010 on dropping deliberate support for IE6 on websites we build, have a look at the latest info on the dwindling ‘hold-out’ stuck in the past users of IE6 at The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown website – interesting information.

WordPress 3.1 Released Today – Upgrade Now!

WordPress 3.1 is now available and we will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients in the next 48 hours. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations as soon as they can.

This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages, a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers (visit Screen Options in the top right to get old panels back), and a refreshed blue admin scheme available for selection under your personal options. With the 3.1 release, WordPress is more of a CMS than ever before. The only limit to what you can build is your imagination.

WordPress 3.0.5 is available and is a security update

WordPress 3.0.5 is available and is a security update for all previous WordPress versions. This is an important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible. We will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients today. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations ASAP as a priority.

Internet almost out of space – Last IP blocks allocated

The internet is full! Or, to be more precise, it has run out of new internet addresses – having used up almost 4 billion since being set up 40-odd years ago.  Delays in transition to IPv6 system mean some households and businesses will face connection problems in coming months.  Read more here and here.