New .au direct names will launch on 24 March 2022. We are encouraging our clients to protect their brand and website by registering for the .au direct equivalent of their current domains when registrations open. The new .au direct domains will allow you to have a shortened domain such as creativechaos.au From 24 March 2022,Read more
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Be careful of letters or emails being sent to you unsolicited asking you to pay for a domain name. We are aware of a number of companies who send bogus domain renewal “invoices” to existing domain owners. In most cases the invoice is for a domain that you don’t currently have but is a closeRead more
Clients on our Windows server are currently experiencing unexpected downtime. Our server technicians are currently investigating and we will provide updates when they come to hand. Update 2: Tuesday 13 June 5:15pm AEST Status: Downtime was caused by a stalled backup process on the server. This has now been rectified and all services should be backRead more
We have received an update from our server technicians indicating that the Windows server requires the installation of necessary Windows updates and the latest backup agent. This maintenance schedule will involve no more than 90 minutes of downtime. This maintenance will affect your site if you host a VPASP store with us. Maintenance Date / Time:Read more
This morning, one of the servers at our datacenter became inaccessible either completely or sporadically. During this outage, access to some of our client’s websites, email, files, databases, was impacted. Technicians reported that the server froze, became inaccessible and they were forced to reboot. Once the server was back online, the public and private networkRead more
Be careful of letters being sent directly to you by a company called Domain Name Group Pty Ltd. This company sends bogus domain renewal “invoices” to existing domain owners. In most cases the invoice is for a domain that you don’t currently have but is a close match (eg they try selling the .net.au ifRead more
The following rule allows us to enable maintenance mode on a site. Step 1 – Create an app_offline.htm file for the page you want users to see while the website is undergoing maintenance. Step 2 – Use the following web.config file making sure to change the REMOTE_ADDR pattern to your IP address, and the RedirectRead more
A number of clients have had issues sending mail through their website mail server if they have Bigpond as their ISP. Bigpond block the standard ports used for outgoing mail, and as such you need to check that you have your Outgoing Port set to 587, and SSL enabled for outgoing mail only. If promptedRead more
If you haven’t already starting thinking about your Christmas marketing plan, you need to get a move on! Your customers are already starting to form ideas about their Christmas presents and starting to shop around for bargain deals. The Christmas Shopper’s Mindset This year with the increased value in the Australian Dollar, even moreRead more
