Updated on 6th August 2019 – We have now updated our cPanel license pricing. Full details can be found in this blog post. TLDR: We are providing the licenses at a cheaper rate than if you were to buy direct from the cPanel store. On Thursday 27th June cPanel made an announcement that sent shock waves though the web hosting industry. We would urge all customers to read through this article in full to find out what, if any, impact…
Calling all WordPress Geeks, we have something for you to play with! We’ve just installed WP-CLI on all of our shared and reseller servers. This is in response to all the requests we have received from customers asking how on earth they can install and manage wordpress from the command line, rather than via the usual WordPress GUI. Okay, the above may not be 100% true. We actually installed it because we’re a set of geeks and thought it would…
Christmas is a time for many things – presents, family, friends, food and…….a new WordPress page editor? That’s right, this festive season WordPress is spreading Christmas cheer by releasing WordPress 5.0 to the masses and there’s one thing that you will notice right away. GUTENBERG! For many WordPress users, Gutenberg is about as welcome as a Vegan around a Christmas table (sorry Vegans!). When you first try and create a new post or page after upgrading to WordPress 5.0, you…
WordPress updates are a semi-regular occurrence. They come and go, and generally you find that not much has changed from an end user perspective. WordPress 5.0 is going to be different. When you upgrade to 5.0 you will almost certainly notice a massive difference the first time you go to edit a post or a page. This is because WordPress 5.0 is going to ship with a brand new page builder. This new WYSIWYG page builder goes by the name…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months you will no doubt have heard about GDPR. GDPR is new EU General Data Protection Regulation that replaces the old Data Protection Directive and comes into force on the 25th May, 2018. The new regulations apply to any business that processes the data of any individual who resides within the EU, so even if your business isn’t based within the EU, you still need to comply with the…
We are delighted to announce that we have successfully migrated all clients over to the new Virtualizor VPS control panel. The new VPS control panel gives clients much more control of their UK and US VPS servers from within their D9 client area, without the need of logging into an additional VPS control panel. The new, integrated control panel allows clients to perform the following actions on their VPS: – Start – Stop – Reboot – Change the root password…
Starting a new business is tough. According to Bloomberg 80% of startup businesses fail within 18 months. There are various reasons for this: Not in touch with your customers wants and needs A lack of unique value in the product/service you are providing Failure to clearly communicate the benefits of your product/service Running out of money! We can’t help with the first 3 points but we can help you with the “running out of money” bit! When we first started…
The month of July is fast approaching. It’s usually a month filled with sun, school holidays, BBQs (depending on your location!) and general merriment. But NOT this July! This July will see the launch of Google Chrome version 68 and one of the main new features the end user (your website visitors) will see is a “Not Secure” message displayed in the browsers address bar if your website doesn’t load over HTTPS. Google first announced that it would eventually start…
It’s arrived! The day EVERYBODY loves… …CHRISTMAS DAY! What? Wrong day? Oh well, maybe not everybody loves Black Friday but what the heck, we’ve got some deals for you anyway. This year we at D9 Hosting have gone all out and we have the following amazing deals available for both new and existing customers. These deals are available from Friday, 24th November through to Monday, 27th November so get in quick. Black Friday Deal Numero Uno – 15% OFF “Convert…
Are you a cPanel user that has received an email with the subject “The AutoSSL certificate renewal may cause a reduction of coverage…”? If you have then DO NOT WORRY, you’re not alone! In cPanel version 68 a new feature was added to send email notifications to end users when an AutoSSL certificate renewal processed: SSL and AutoSSL certificate renewal, expiry, failure, and success notifications In cPanel & WHM version 68, by default, the system automatically sends users notifications about…
