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.
Secure a UKC website
Current UKC shared hosting includes free Let’s Encrypt certificates managed through Plesk. A parked domain can use the optional Domain Parking SSL add-on to secure its parked website and protect web forwarding. External platforms issue certificates under their own process.
| Website location | Recommended route |
|---|---|
| UKC shared hosting | Issue a free Let’s Encrypt certificate in Plesk and secure the domain, www and any required service names |
| UKC parked domain | Order Domain Parking SSL from the domain service when the parked page or forwarding source needs HTTPS |
| External website platform | Follow that platform’s domain connection and certificate process |
| Special certificate requirement | Ask Support before ordering so the validation and installation route is confirmed |
The names being secured must resolve to the hosting service so certificate validation can reach it.
Sign in to Plesk, open the domain and choose the Let’s Encrypt option.
Include the bare domain, www and supported mail or webmail names only when their DNS is correct.
Confirm HTTPS loads without a warning before forcing all visitors from HTTP to HTTPS.
The add-on allows visitors to connect securely to the UKC parked website before viewing the page or receiving a redirect.
After purchase, provisioning normally completes within a few minutes. DNS must still point to the UKC parking service.
HTTPS must connect to the source domain securely before the browser can follow its forwarding response.
The final website or mail service needs its own valid certificate at the platform where that service runs.
Check the exact hostname in the browser. The certificate must include that name, such as the bare domain or www version.
Certificate installation and HTTP-to-HTTPS redirection are separate. Test HTTPS first, then enable the appropriate redirect.
Confirm DNS points to the service performing validation, remove conflicting records and temporarily review restrictive proxy or security settings.
Website SSL does not automatically cover every mail hostname. Use the server name supplied for the mailbox service.
Secure the correct service
That avoids buying the wrong product or validating against the wrong server.
Improve 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.
Upgrade UKC shared hosting
Upgrade when the account needs more websites, storage, mailboxes or databases than its current plan allows. Unlimited Web+SSL removes the listed plan limits for those items, but it remains a shared-hosting service with responsible-use and server-resource requirements.
Plesk shows account use and subscription limits. Check storage, websites, mailboxes and databases before a new project or migration.
Choose a plan whose website and database allowances fit the number of active projects you expect to maintain.
Review both the number of addresses and total storage. Old mail, large attachments and several active users can increase usage.
A plan upgrade increases listed shared-hosting capacity. A CPU-heavy application, specialist server software or private file-storage workload may need a VPS or another service instead.
This summary focuses on capacity. Prices can change, so use the live hosting comparison for the current charge and VAT information.
| Plan | Websites | Storage | Email addresses | MySQL databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Web+SSL | 1 | Up to 1 GB | 1 | 1 |
| Basic Web+SSL | Up to 3 | Up to 5 GB | 50 | 1 |
| Professional Web+SSL | Up to 15 | Up to 25 GB | 250 | 5 |
| Unlimited Web+SSL | Unlimited listed allowance | Unlimited listed allowance | Unlimited listed allowance | Unlimited listed allowance |
Every current shared-hosting plan includes Plesk Obsidian, SiteJet Website Builder, Let’s Encrypt SSL, Imunify protection, WordPress Toolkit, application installers, Plesk Backup Manager and UKC daily server-side backups.
Unlimited removes the plan’s fixed listed allowance for websites, storage, email addresses and MySQL databases. It does not turn shared hosting into an unrestricted server.
It is designed for legitimate personal and business websites that need more of the listed shared-hosting resources.
Applications must use server resources responsibly so one account does not affect other customers.
The service is for hosting websites and related email, not general backup storage, file sharing or an archive unrelated to hosted sites.
UKC can recommend a more suitable VPS or server route when an application needs dedicated capacity or specialist software.
Record the current websites, storage, mailboxes, databases and any warning shown against the subscription.
Use Plesk Backup Manager before making wider website changes. The plan change should preserve content, but a current backup is still sensible.
Sign in to the UKC Client Area, open Services and select the active hosting service.
If the control is available, select the required plan. If it is not shown, open a support ticket from the authenticated account.
Check the immediate amount, next recurring amount, billing cycle, VAT and selected product before paying.
After completion, reopen Plesk and verify the subscription now shows the expected allowances.
The service continues under the same account and Plesk subscription. The website, databases and mailboxes should remain in place.
Plesk should show the new website, storage, email and database allowances after provisioning completes.
The client account records the new product and recurring amount. Save the invoice and check the next due date.
Keep software updated, remove unused data, maintain backups and investigate unusual resource growth.
Sign out and reopen the hosting service after the order shows complete. If Plesk still reports the old allowance, send support the service name, order or invoice number and a screenshot of the subscription limit. Do not include the Plesk or account password.
A normal plan change should not require moving the website to another account. Brief provisioning delays are possible, so check the live site and email after completion.
Normally no. The upgrade changes the plan assigned to the existing service rather than creating a new control-panel account.
No. The fixed listed allowances are removed, but the service remains shared hosting and is subject to responsible use, technical limits and the service terms.
A downgrade may be possible when current use fits within the lower plan. Reduce sites, storage, mailboxes or databases first and check the billing effect before requesting it.
Choose by actual site count, storage, mailbox and database needs. Professional Web+SSL is designed for growing small-business projects, while Unlimited is useful when the listed allowances would otherwise constrain the account.
Ask support for guidance if the application needs dedicated CPU, memory, software or isolation beyond shared hosting. Include the workload and current resource symptoms.
Upgrade the existing service
Check Plesk usage first, back up important content and review the calculated order before payment.
WordPress Version 4.2.2On May 6, 2015, WordPress 4.2.2 was released to the public. This is both a security update for all previous WordPress versions, and a maintenance release for versions 4.2 and newer.
From the announcement post, WordPress 4.2.2 fixes a cross-site scripting vulnerability contained in an HTML file shipped with recent Genericons packages included in the Twenty Fifteen theme as well as a number of popular plugins by removing the file. Auto-updates and manual updates will remove this file, however manual installations and those using VCS checkout (like SVN) will not remove this file. Version 4.2.2 also improves on a fix for a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability introduced in 4.2.1.
The release also includes hardening for a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability when using the Visual editor.
In addition to the security fixes, WordPress 4.2.2 contains fixes for 13 bugs from 4.2.1, including: