Platform updates come to Peterhead!
PHP 7.4 and Website Speed Performance Boosts - even from Peterhead! The latest version of PHP - version 7.4 - available on its release day last week. You can switch a single site to it now by Managing a hosting package and selecting 'Change PHP Version'. PHP-FPM:...
Protection for you (and your contacts) – spoofing, phishing or impersonation
DKIM records can now be added to all our standard email services. DomainKeys Identified Mail is a way to digitally-sign emails, helping to prove that a sender is genuine. It’s a way of protecting you (and your contacts) against spoofing, phishing or impersonation -...
“We can get you to page 1 on Google” and other spam emails you should ignore
Nope. They actually can't, unless it is purely your business name you are searching for. That works (but it already did). We often get unsolicited email that goes something like: Hi, I was looking at your website and realized that despite having a great design; it was...
Google Chrome is to flag websites that don’t have SSL as “insecure”
On 8 Feb 2018, Google made clear its intent to formally mark websites lacking SSL as "insecure". In other words, the site would be reflected as insecure in the browser address bar (Chrome) and also within Google generated dearch results. Google confirmed a date of...
HTTP/2 operating on our shared platform
Say hello to HTTP/2 - recently rolled out on our shared managed hosting platform. We're pleased to announce we've deployed HTTP/2 support to all load balancers, so if you're using an SSL Certificate you're already taking advantage of the new protocol. What is HTTP/2?...
We are switching to Direct Debit
The benefits of Direct Debit Whether using Direct Debit to pay your household bills or business costs the benefits are the same and worth the few minutes it takes to set up a Direct Debit. We are beginning to phase out cheque payments and would encourage you to sign...
Service Improvements
We’re moving existing websites and email to give you much faster and more reliable hosting and email. Here’s an outline of why we’ve made that decision, what improvements you’ll see, and what you need to know. Why are you moving my websites and email?...
We are sunsetting our support for Joomla 🙁
Today we made a conscious, considered decision to stop using Joomla for new projects. All new projects will be Wordpress. Firstly, we still think Joomla! has a role for the foreseeable future. It is a powerful system, in many ways superior to Wordpress. After all,...
Major Version Upgrades – when to do it?
Yesterday, WooCommerce 3.0 was released (read all the official dev notes here). We'd recommend NOT updating yet, particularly if you are not comfortable with creating staging environments. (WooCommerce is a really nice and simple shopping cart/eCommerce...
WordPress 4.7.3 is now available
WordPress 4.7.3 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.7.2 and earlier are affected by six security issues: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file...