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WordPress 3.0.3 is available and is a security update

WordPress 3.0.2 is available and is a mandatory security update

New Sites Launched: AKIS Hosting + AKIS Helpdesk

We are pleased to announce the re-launch of our stand-alone AKIS Hosting diy web hosting division website at the new address of akis.co.uk.

We are also pleased to announce the launch of a new off-network helpdesk for our AKIS Hosting diy web hosting clients at the new address of akishelpdesk.co.uk. (NB: This is only for DIY hosting clients).

CubeCart v3 Ecommerce Sites – “End Of Life” Announcement

We would like to inform all clients that the CubeCart software developer Devellon have announced “End of Life” for CubeCart v3 and v4 - the announcement can be read in full on their site and an extract is included below.  Obviously this means we can no longer fully support CubeCart v3 sites with the developers support, but will of course support you as far as we can – but we suggest you start planning a move to a newer ecommerce platform over the next 12 months (or sooner) since the lack of security patches could potentially be a problem in future.

There comes a time when all software reaches the end of life stage of its product life cycle. From the release day of CubeCart version 5 we plan for the following timescales concerning the end of life of older versions:

CubeCart Version 3 – Released July 1, 2005
* Official support, documentation, knowledgebase articles and forum pages will be discontinued.
* Downloads will no longer be available.
* Development, including security patches will cease permanently.

What if I wish to keep using v3 past the end of life timescales?!
Your software will never expire and there is no obligation to upgrade.

We will also be emailing all affected clients directly in the next week on this matter.

Announcement: Email Sending Limit – Reduced to 200 per hour

As part of our efforts on the war against spam and ensuring our servers do not get blacklisted for spam, with immediate effect the email sending limit has been reduced from 400 emails per hour to 200 emails per hour and as before, any over that limit are discarded.  If you using mailing lists or the like you should adjust the settings to throttle the batches sent to less than 200 per hour. In the unlikely event this is not satisfactory to you, due to your specific requirements then we can offer a dedicated mail server with a 600 per hour limit for an extra charge of £6.95/month (single domain and charged on the same basis as your hosting account i.e. quarterly or annually) – if you need this then please open a support ticket.

AKIS Server Move – Increased Allowances – Potential Downtime

As part of our continual upgrading and improvements to hosting services, we have a new server available and will be migrating a number of client accounts over to this  over the next few months.  The moves have already started on accounts where clients will see no downtime at all, and will shortly begin on other client accounts which might see a small amount of downtime – NB these clients will be informed in advance of the work and timescales.

Questions? If you have any questions on this process please open a support ticket via your client area or via the Online Helpdesk Form.

Bonus for Design+Host Clients: Any clients still on the old WEBinclusive packages will be upgraded at no charge to the equivalent new HOST.1/2/3/etc packages which give increased allowances – increasing your space by up to 50% (see our inclusive hosting page).

Bonus for DIY Hosting Clients: All clients packages will be upgraded at no charge to have increased diskspace and data transfer allowances, plus increases to other resources – read more below…

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