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Great New Top Level Domains available for Registration

The Domain Name Landscape has changed recently.

For years, we had little choice of gTLDs (Global Top Level Domains) and we kinda got used to the idea that it was all about .co.uk, .com, .net.

But times have changed.

There are now new gTLDs for all business categories and organisation types.

If your business is accountancy, no longer do you fight to register “MyFirm.com”, you can register the more appropriate “MyFirm.accountants”. How good does that look?

But, you need to hurry. These new tLDS are catching on, and as with the original domain name extensions, soon all the great names will be gone.

Extensions we have added and that are available for registration right now include:

  • .accountants
  • .agency
  • .business
  • .associates
  • .catering
  • .cleaning
  • register-a-domain-name.consulting
  • .design
  • .enterprises
  • .estate
  • .events
  • .gifts
  • .guide
  • .life
  • .limited
  • .media
  • .network
  • .photos
  • .photography
  • .plumbing
  • .properties
  • .pub
  • .restaurant
  • .solutions
  • .town
  • .vet

Register and reserve your business relevant names now – before someone else does!

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How to add Web Site Builder to your Hosting Plan

How to Upgrade Web Presence Builder

All Hosting Plans come equipped with a fully functional version of the Web Presence Builder Trial installed. This enables you to try the product before you commit.

To publish a site built using the Web Presence Builder Trial, you will need to upgrade your Hosting Plan to include a Web Presence Builder license. Login to your Client Area and follow the instructions below.

How to Order an SSL Certificate for your Website

How to add SSL Security to your Hosted Domain

Adding an SSL Certificate to your hosting service could not be easier. You don’t need to worry about the technicalities of generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) or even installing the certificate, we do all of that for you. All you need to do is order the certificate.

How to Change your Domain Name Servers

Changing your Domain Name Servers

When you register a new domain name, often one of the first things you want to do is to connect it to your web hosting service. Usually your web host will provide name servers.

Until you change the name servers on your domain name, your domain will be parked and you will be able to use any of the parking features which come with every domain name.

Locating the Nameserver tab for your domain

Changing your domain nameservers is easy. You can change them as often as you need.

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To change your domain nameservers, simply follow these steps:

  1. Login to your Client Area and go to Domains > My Domains
  2. Click Manage on the desired domain name
  3. Click Nameservers tab
  4. Select Use Custom Nameservers
  5. Enter at least two different name servers
  6. Press Change Nameservers button

Any nameserver changes can take up to 24 hours to fully propagate across the global internet so do not expect instant results in your web browser.

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How to Improve the Performance of your Website

Screen Shot 2015-05-16 at 17.27.18Improve your Website Performance with Compression

Enabling compression features on your website can vastly increase the performance of your website.

This occurs by instructing the server to compress data sent to the browser. The browser then proceeds to decompress the data it receives.

This reduces the amount of data physically sent to your client browser resulting in a shorter data transfer time. It’s actually very easy to implement. Data transfer can be reduced by more than 80% overall.

Add the following instructions to the bottom of your .htaccess file in your website document root folder.

# Start of UK Cheapest Optimisation
# Gzip Browser Compression and Cacheing Recommendation
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access 2 days"
# End of UK Cheapest Optimisation

That’s all there is to it. Data between the server and the client will now be compressed, smaller and faster.