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SPF Protection ensures your Internet privacy!
Friday, November 24, 2006
The hosting Control Panel has been equipped with another tool, designed to give you more control over your domain's sender policy. SPF stands for Sender Policy Framework, and is an extension of SMTP that stops e-mail spammers from forging the "From" fields in an e-mail. As SMTP itself does not carry an authenticating mechanism, the SPF extension provides the authentication scheme by specifying which computers are authorized to send email from a specific domain. In order to use SPF, the domain sending e-mails must establish an SPF record that is published in the DNS records. When the e-mail passes through the DNS server, it is compared to the SPF record for that domain to determine if the sender is indeed authorized to transmit e-mails from that sender's address. If the e-mail comes from a domain that is not authorized, the DNS server will not forward the e-mail to the expected destination. Please note that these settings are for advanced users only! For more detailed information, you may check the Show/Hide Help in the SPF section itself.
New features in Domain Manager
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
You can now perform variuos operations with one or more of your domain names simultaneously. Depending on the current domain status, you can renew registration, edit WHOIS information, edit DNS settings, lock/unlock at the registrar, register name servers and obtain EPP authorization key. Simply use the checkboxes on the left to select domain names and then perform a desired action by clicking on the corresponding button. The registrar-lock feature is quite useful when you would like to secure your domain name and prevent it from being stolen. To check the current status of the lock, simply click on the icon beside a domain name. You can then lock or unlock it prior to a domain transfer. However, you should always keep your domain names locked. Most of the top domain registrars now require that each domain name has its own EPP key. The EPP Authorization Key represents a code, which is required when authorizing domain transfers. If you would like to obtain the EPP key for a specific domain name, simply click on the EPP icon. An EPP key is available only for domain names registered with us and with status OK.
Allowed CPU usage has been increased!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Our constant efforts continue with the improvements of the web hosting services that we offer. The allowed CPU usage of each and every hosting account has been vastly increased. The CPU usage stands for the average server load generated by your scripts during a specific time period - an hour, an entire day or a whole month, and is estimated by comparing your CPU time to the total CPU time (100%), which is assumed to be 34560 seconds. You should often check this value in order to comply with the maximum allowed CPU usage for your particular account type. The allowed CPU usage has been increased from 3% to 4.5%. We believe that the new value will give you more freedom when you host high CPU consuming applications such as blogs, forums, cms etc. However, you should always check if there are any new versions or security updates for your applications. Usually, the new versions are more optimized than the old ones in terms of resource usage.
Web Hosting Control Panel v1.2 has just been released!
Friday, September 15, 2006
We are proud to announce that today we launched the latest release of our well-known hosting Control Panel, whose new version v1.2 now boasts many new options and improvements!
Bulk domain name registrations and transfers
Thursday, August 10, 2006
We are happy to announce that the entire Domain Registration section of the hosting Control Panel has been updated to accomodate the new bulk domain registrations and transfers. From now on, you will be able to register up to 50 domain names at once. For every single domain name search query you put, you will get a result showing you whether the particular domain is available for registration or transfer. If you'd like to register or transfer the .com, .org, .net, .us, .info, .biz SLD of a domain name, simply take advantage of the multiple domain registrations and transfers we are now offering!
Corporate plan optimized - From now on, the Corporate plan will be able to host 10 domains instead of 3!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
OpenHost.us is happy to announce that we are increasing the hosting capabilities of our Corporate plan as from December 21, 2005. We would like to give our clients the advantage to host more domain names if their hosting needs expand. From now on, the Corporate plan will be able to host 10 domains instead of 3. The price will remain unchanged and we will upgrade existing accounts per a client’s request.
Plan Features Substantially Increased
Thursday, November 17, 2005
OpenHost.us would like to announce that as of today November 17, 2005 the disk space and traffic provided with our web hosting plans are substantially increased. The disk space included in the Business plan is increased from 2,500MB to 15GB and the traffic provided with the plan is increased from 40GB to 300GB. The disk space included in the Corporate plan is increased from 4000MB to 25GB and the traffic provided with the plan is increased from 60GB to 400GB. All other plan features remain unchanged.
Important: The increased disk space and traffic values are valid only for new customers who sign for an account after November 9, 2005. The web hosting plans of current customers cannot be upgraded to the new disk space and traffic values, because the servers on which they are hosted were not planned to provide such high amounts of disk space and traffic.
Linux Kernel Upgrade on SS21
Thursday, July 7, 2005
OpenHost.us wishes to inform you that on Thursday, July 7, 2005 we will upgrade the Linux kernel on SS21 from version 2.4 to version 2.6. The upgrade will result in improved server performance and reliability, because Linux kernel v. 2.6 is faster and more stable than Linux kernel v. 2.4. Due to the scheduled upgrade, there can be brief interruptions in the availability of the service in the interval between 4 AM and 8 AM EST.
New Server Added to OpenHost.us Network
Monday, June 13, 2005
OpenHost.us is happy to announce the addition of a new server to our expanding network of web hosting servers. The newly launched server is intended to accommodate the constantly growing number of customers, who have chosen to use our web hosting services.
The new server features dual Intel Xeon CPUs at 2.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, and 2x160 GB HDDs.
Automated Script Installer Available
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
OpenHost.us would like to announce that an automated script installer called Elefante installer is already available in the web hosting control panel. The installer has been available for a few days and we received several bug reports and fixed a few major bugs, so we changed the version of the installer from beta 0.9 to beta 1.0 (release candidate). We intend to release the final version of Elefante in a couple of weeks. Reports regarding any remaining bugs are welcome. Elefante installer provides automated installation of over 30 popular PHP scripts grouped in the following categories: Ad Management, Blog, Calendars, Classified Ads, Content Management, Customer Support, Discussion Boards, E-commerce, File Manipulation, Groupware Tools, Image Galleries, Portal Systems, Server Management and Web Hosting Tools. The script installer is available in the Tools section of the web hosting control panel.
New server in action
Thursday, February 17, 2005
The family of users' servers has been enlarged with the recent addition of supremeserver21. The newly-launched server comes to provide more space and bandwidth for the ever-increasing number of users of our web hosting packages.
The new family member's functionality bases on:
Dual Xeon 2.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 2x160 GB HDDs
New Improvements Added to Web Hosting Control Panel
Friday, January 28, 2005
OpenHost.us is happy to announce the substantial new improvements added to the Web Hosting Control Panel. The Web Hosting Control Panel is now available in French in addition to English, German, Spanish and Bulgarian. A completely new theme has also been added to the Control Panel as well. The new theme is available in the following colors: green, blue, sky blue, red and orange. You can change the theme and its color from the “Change Theme” button at the top right of the Control Panel, through the “Account Profile” drop-down many at the top of the page and through the “Change Control Panel Theme” link in the lower part of the Control Panel home page.
An even more significant addition to the Web hosting Control Panel is the introduction of Flash video tutorials for each section of the Control Panel. The Flash video tutorials are accessible from the “Support” drop-down menu at the top of the Control Panel and through the “Video Tutorials” link at the bottom right of the Control Panel homepage. When you access the video tutorials you will be taken to a list containing all available tutorial video and you can watch any tutorial of your choice. You can also choose a section of the Control Panel from the drop-down menus at the top of the page and you will be taken to the respective section of the Control Panel, where next to the “Help” link icon (a question mark) you will see a “Video Tutorials” link and icon (a film strip). If there is a single tutorial video associated with this section of the Control Panel, it will start when you click on the “Video Tutorials” link or icon. In case that there is more than one video tutorial associated with the respective section of the Control Panel, you will see the list of all available tutorials for this section. You can watch the video tutorial that you choose by clicking on the link with its title.
OpenHost.us hopes that the addition of video tutorials will greatly enhance the usability of the Control Panel, while the new theme will raise number of aesthetic choices and the French version will increase the market reach and presence of our services.
New design for the web hosting control panel of OpenHost.us
Thursday, May 6, 2004
We have completed the changes to the new web hosting control panel of OpenHost.us (see an example). All services included in each web hosting plan offered by OpenHost.us website hosting are arranged into six main groups: Site Manager, E-mail Manger, Web Design, Statistics, Account Profile and 24/7 Customer Support.
As a result from the changes in the arrangement of the services and their groping, the present web hosting control panel is much more functional and intuitive compared to the previous version of the control panel. The usage of the separate sections of the control panel and the control over the specific settings remains the same with the exception of a few minor changes to the functionality of some services.
The new functional grouping of the services has the following arrangement:
Site Manager
Domain Manager, SubDomain Manager, Filemanager, Manage FTP, FrontPage Extensions, Manage SQL DataBases, PHP MyAdmin, Crontab, Generate CSR, Custom DNS records, IP Manager, Password Protected Areas
E-mail Manager
E-Mail Manager, WebMail, E-mail Forwarders, Mailing List
Web Design
Site Studio, Web Templates
Statistics
Traffic Stats, Bandwidth Stats, Access & Error Logs, Server Information
Account Profile
Change Personal Details, Change Password, Change Theme
24/7 Customer Support
Help Center, View Open Tickets, View Closed Tickets
Three new colors have been added (in addition to the standard green color of the control panel) as themes: dark red, sky blue and dark blue.
All icons that signify a specific service from the web hosting control panel of OpenHost.us website hosting were thematically chosen, to describe graphically the function of the specific section from the web hosting control panel in the best way. The icons have an XP style.
As a result from the grouping of the services, the access to customer support through our Help center is even easier. Help Center can be found in the Support section in the upper left corner of OpenHost.us website hosting control panel, where the six main sections are located. A drop-down menu provides easy access to every other section or service, regardless of where the customer is currently.
The drop-down menu is the old menu that was located on the left side of the page of the previous “green” version of the control panel. It stretched down too much and due to the large number of services, it was much harder to navigate for OpenHost.us website hosting customers than the current version.
New, sufficiently explanatory error messages were added to the web hosting control panel as well.
We are currently preparing the introduction of new languages (French, Spanish and German) to the OpenHost.us website hosting control panel. We have already translated the aforementioned error messages into French, but the web hosting control panel itself together with the help topics is not translated into French or any other language yet.
We would very much like to hear your opinion on our latest developments of the current version of the control panel. To share your opinion with us, please use the “Contact us” form of OpenHost.us.
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