We compiled our uptime and latency statistics for the month of January and the results are great! Once again we had 100% uptime and the average latency was a lower 342ms from sites all over the world.
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New Prices on Domain Names
Unfortunately domain name registration prices were increased by ICAAN. Our new pricing is as follows:
| TLD | Min. Years | Register | Transfer | Renew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .net | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .org | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .info | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .biz | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .us | 1 | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD | $10.51 USD |
| .eu | 1 | $14.40 USD | $14.40 USD | $14.40 USD |
| .mobi | 1 | $11.11 USD | $23.30 USD | $23.30 USD |
| .me | 1 | $25.52 USD | $25.52 USD | $25.52 USD |
| .co | 1 | $19.96 USD | $31.08 USD | $31.08 USD |
Order yours today: https://hostjunkies.com/billing/domainchecker.php
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WordPress Update 3.3.1
WordPress has released an update and we encourage everyone to upgrade. The new released version is 3.3.1. If you installed using Softaculous, upgrading is easy, just enter Softaculous from your cPanel and follow the upgrade instructions. If you installed WordPress yourself, upgrading is also very easy. Just enter the admin area and follow the upgrade prompt.
As always, we encourage everyone to upgrade as soon as possible. Security exploits are often patched and updates help keep your website secure.
2 Things I Dislike about OSX Lion
I got a new iMac recently and I’ve had about a month using it. I’m a long time Linux Desktop user and I finally decided to try something new. So far so good, but there are 2 things i’ve found thus far that I just don’t like.
- Finder – Finder is horrible. It’s too simplified and unstable. It lacks dual pane capability and it’s just plain broken when trying to use samba, nfs or afs network shares. It locks up completely when trying to administer files on these shares. The problem reports are well documented and abundant but Apple has yet to officially acknowledge or fix the problem. I finally had to switch to mucommander, it works perfectly.
- Time machine – Time machine is too simple. It seems to work ok, but there are no options to make it better. No way to easily change when and how often the backups occur and no real way to add network share folders to the list of updates. Good thing Cron is available as I was able to set up a cronjob for rsync to make backups work like I want.
Thus far, those are my only real complaints. I will provide updates later if I find anything else or if these 2 items eventually change or get fixed.
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Uptime Stats for December
According to Pigdom, we have achieved 100% uptime for the Month of December. This is the 3rd month in a row with 100%. Pingdom also reports our average response time as 368 msec from locations all over the world.
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Hostjunkies Now Offering Reseller Plans
Hostjunkies has added reseller web hosting plans. We offer 3 flexible plans that should cater to most clients’ needs. Our pricing is also extremely competitive! We pass along gracious disk space and bandwidth with each account. We also pass along the great Softaculous 1-click installer so you and your clients can quickly get the most popular scripts up and running. Whether your a casual user, a developer or starting your own web hosting business, our reseller plans are perfect for you!
Sign up today and start selling web hosting accounts!
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Hostjunkies Now Offering 2 Types of SSL Certificates
Hostjunkies is now offering 2 types of SSL certificates to secure your website. We offer a single domain certificate (RapidSSL) that can be used for securing a single sub-domain (www.example.com or example.com or blog.example.com). We also offer a wildcard certificate (Comodo Essential Wildcard) that can be used on multiple sub domains (www.example.com and example.com and store.example.com). Here is our complete offering:
Order yours today and secure your website!
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Reduced Prices on Domain Name Registration
We reduced the prices on many of our domain names. A complete list of what we offer along with prices:
| TLD | Min. Years | Register | Transfer | Renew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .net | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .org | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .info | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .biz | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .us | 1 | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD | $9.95 USD |
| .eu | 1 | $14.40 USD | $14.40 USD | $14.40 USD |
| .mobi | 1 | $12.31 USD | $27.01 USD | $27.01 USD |
| .me | 1 | $25.52 USD | $25.52 USD | $25.52 USD |
| .co | 1 | $19.96 USD | $31.08 USD | $31.08 USD |
Order yours today!
https://hostjunkies.com/billing/domainchecker.php
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Recommended WordPress Plugins
Here are some of the WordPress plugins that we recommend and use on our blogs:
Google+ plugin – Great plugin that adds +1 buttons and Google+ page links to your blog/site. Great configurability and simple to use.
Slick Social Share Buttons – Slick social share buttons adds facebook, twitter, google +1, google buzz, linkedin, digg, stumbleupon and pinterest pin it social media buttons in a floating or slide out tab. Includes a social statistics page in the plugin admin panel showing summaries of all share totals
Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.
Advertisement Management – Great plugin that allows your to add advertisements throughout your pages. Very slick and very useful!
There are many others, so get out there and find some cool plugins. Be sure to tell us about them!
