Keep yourself up to date with the latest news and developments.

4th April 2007 - NEW WEBMAIL SERVICE

A big thank you to all our customers who have requested new features and upgrades to our Webmail service, we know that our Webmail system is critical to many of you and we have been working on a major upgrade for some time. Thanks to you, our Webmail service is better than ever!

Our new Webmail is even easier to use, is faster to display messages and works in a wide range of web browsers with many advanced features.

New Folder Support:

Our updated Webmail system allows you to create as many folders as you need to easily store and organise your mail. You can store up to 100 MB of mail in your folders.

Enhanced Calendar:

This handy feature allows you to manage appointments (tasks) on a quarterly, annual, or daily basis.

Outlook-to-Webmail Sync:

Microsoft Outlook can be synchronized with your Webmail account so that contacts and scheduler data can be shared between a desktop and Webmail client. If a user adds a new appointment (task) or contact while using Outlook or Webmail, the data will be automatically synchronised between the applications.

Email Filters:

Create rules to move specific messages or block unwanted senders altogether.

Along with the new features we have also implemented a new hardware platform for the Webmail system to operate on. This uses state-of-the-art hardware load balancers to distribute traffic to our cluster of Webmail servers. Your messages are centrally stored on giant disk arrays and backed up each day, first to another disk array and then to tape which is stored offsite.

To access Webmail simply login to your eXtend control panel or if you know your username and password simply visit www.outitgoes.com.

19th December 2006 - #1 UK RESELLER WEB HOSTING

Heart Internet the UK's fastest growing Reseller hosting company, is today pleased to announce that it has once again been selected as the UK's number 1 Reseller Web Hosting Provider by Web Host Directory.

Heart Internet is the number one choice for Web Designers, Web Integrators and Entrepreneurs.

12th December 2006 - CUBECART

We are pleased to announce that we have added the popular shopping cart system CubeCart, to the range of programs that can be installed via the eXtend control Panel.

CubeCart is written by a British company and offers a very flexible approach to building your online store. As well as being well supported through two community forums one of CubeCart's best features is that independent developers have created add-on modules that add extra functionality to CubeCart for a small cost. This means that you can pick and choose the features you need.

27th October 2006 - eXtend CONTROL PANEL UPDATED

Designed by Heart Internet, the eXtend Control Panel is one of the most advanced and fully featured web hosting control panels available. Today we are pleased to announce that we have made a number of updates to eXtend to make it even more powerful and easier to use.

As well as an updated look and feel you may be interested to know that every new feature we have added to eXtend was a suggestion from one of our customers. Sending us a suggestion or feedback is easy, simply fill in the online form click here.

Backup and Restore Update:

We know that one of the most popular features in eXtend is the backup and restore facility, we have updated this so that you can now drill down and backup specific folders or your whole website in one go. The restore feature has been moved so it is on the same page as the backup feature.

Autoresponders:

Autoresponders are another popular feature and we know that a lot of people use these when they go on holiday. You can now disable and enable autoreponders rather than having to delete your existing one and adding a new one.

Email Forwarding:

You can now forward one email address to up to 10 other addresses using the email forwarding feature.

MySQL Databases:

We have made two major updates to our MySQL Database feature, the first is that you can now backup and restore any of your MySQL Databases from the database management page.

The second update is aimed at advanced MySQL Database users. As standard when a database is created we also create a user who has permission to access that database. We are continuing to do this, however you can now add additional users as well and grant these users specific permissions.

9th October 2006 - #1 UNIX WEB HOSTING PROVIDER

Heart Internet, has been recognised once again as one of the UK's leading web Hosting Companies as it received the coveted position of the number 1 UK Unix Web Hosting Provider by Web Host Directory.

For further information on our Web Hosting Packages click here.

11th September 2006 - #1 UK RESELLER WEB HOSTING PROVIDER

Heart Internet, has been awarded "#1 UK Reseller Web Hosting provider" by Web Host Directory.

Jonathan Brealey, Director of Heart Internet commented:-

"Heart Internet has proved time and time again that it is the provider of choice for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs. Our robust system allows our customers to manage web hosting for themselves and their clients in a real time environment.

We focus on listening to our customers and regularly updating our products with the latest technology, our Resellers are our partners and we are focused on them developing their business and increasing their profits."

For further information on the Heart Internet Reseller Professional click here.

2nd August 2006 - WEBSITE BUILDER PLUS

We are pleased to announce the launch of Website Builder Plus, the very latest online Website Builder allowing anyone to create a professional website in minutes.

Website Builder Plus has to be seen to be believed, it creates dynamic and vibrant websites with no technical expertise needed. Your site will have that "custom" look that is usually reserved for sites that cost a fortune to create by professional design agencies.

With more than 500 high quality templates and easy to use modules including a blog, photo album, online shop, website statistics and more. Website Builder Plus really does allow you to have a great website for a very low price. What's more we do not limit the number of web pages you can create, allowing your website to grow when it needs to.

Website Builder Plus is available as an optional extra for only £20, just go to our online order page or click here for more details.

7th June 2006 - JOOMLA

Today we are adding Joomla! to the expanding list of applications it's customers can install.

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

Joomla! is available as standard on the Starter, Standard and Professional web hosting packages.

17th May 2006 - LOCKED AREA LITE

In response to customer feedback we have added Locked Area Lite to the suite of scripts that can be installed from the eXtend control panel. Locked Area Lite is a sophisticated password protection and membership management system that gives your users access to a password protected members area. Locked Area Lite manages the users login details and allows the webmaster to email and manage users from a simple web interface.

Signup Features:

Automated membership registration - Inputs info into a member's database and .htpasswd with encrypted passwords for increased security - .htpasswd passwords are encrypted using DES randomised salt encryption for extra security - Emails registrant with confirmation details once they've registered - Additional form field for collecting extra information about your users.

Member Features:

Account modification facility - Account removal facility - Password changing facility - New password request facility - userdetails.cgi script that displays a users account details.

Administration Features:

List all users facility - Account removal tool - Create accounts facility - Bulk email tool with member's db data import - Powerful member's area statistics system - All failed administration panel logins are logged - All configuration is done via the administration panel.

Other Features:

Quick and free online support - Customisable headers and footers for all public parts of the script - HTML held in external text files - Separate headers and footers for administration section - All configuration is done within one simple file - Randomised DES password encryption for increased security - Passwords held in member's database are encrypted for extra security - Easy customisation of fonts and colours - Notification facility for administrator so they know when a user removed themselves from the member's area - Signup online/offline facility to allow the administrator to close the registration from and stop new signups.

Locked Area Lite is included with our Starter, Standard and Professional web hosting packages.

3rd April 2006 - NEW ACCOUNT FEATURES ADDED

We recently asked our customers if there were any new scripts that they would like to see added to the eXtend control panel. Thank you to the hundreds of people who responded. We are pleased to announce that the following new scripts have now been added to eXtend Control Panel.

Zen Cart:

Zen Cart is a popular shopping cart program that puts the merchant's and shopper's requirements first. Zen Cart has been developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants who think e-commerce could be and should be done differently.

Mambo CMS:

Mambo is a full-featured content management system that can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications.

WordPress Blog:

WordPress is arguably the most popular blogging software available today! It's easy to install and use and will allow you to have a great-looking blog in minutes.

We are working on some of the other script suggestions we received and hope to have an update on these shortly.

7th March 2006 - NUCLEUS

In response to customer demand we have added another blog to the list of installable scripts that are included with many of our web hosting packages.

Nucleus is one of the most popular blogs available and offers you the building blocks you need to create a web presence. Whether you want to create a personal blog, a family page, or an online business site, Nucleus CMS can help you achieve your goals.

Nucleus has many features, including the ability to operate multiple blogs from one installation, multiple authors as standard, built-in commenting system, drafts and future posts management and a plug-in manager so you can add community-written plug-ins that work for your blog.

This new feature is standard on the Starter, Standard and Professional packages.

28th February 2006 - PHP5

We are pleased to announce today that the new version of the popular PHP programming language is available on all the Heart Internet web servers.

PHP5 has many new features including a streamlined and faster running core.

To preserve our current PHP setup all existing scripts are unaffected, customers wishing to run PHP5 should call their PHP5 script something.php5 which will ensure that the web server runs the script as a PHP5 file.

All of our hosting packages include PHP4 and PHP5. To order web hosting click here.

12th October 2005 - NEW ACCOUNT FEATURES

We listen to our customers, as there is no better place to get ideas and suggestions to improve our products and services. As many of you know, there is a feedback form in the customer control. The feedback forms have recently been updated and we invite you to make suggestions about our products and services at your convenience.

Below are some features we have recently added as a result of your feedback.

Quick Start Guide:

Our new Quick Start Guide helps new users to understand the first steps they need to take to activate their hosting account and publish their website with Heart Internet. This is emailed automatically to new hosting users. To view a copy in our support database please click here.

Improved Navigation in eXtend:

To make navigation easier in the eXtend control panel we have introduced a new menu system that expands based on the area you are visiting in eXtend. We hope this makes eXtend easier to use.

eXtend FTP Password:

The front page of the eXtend control panel shows lots of useful information, including your FTP password. To improve security this is now hidden unless you click to view it.

Blacklist Email Addresses or Whole Domains for Email:

You can now stop specific email accounts or even whole domain names from sending you email. For example if you continually receive mail from someone@hotmail.com and you no longer want this email you can enter this address into the blacklist located within the "Junk Email" section of the eXtend Control Panel. All emails from this email address will be bounced back, saying that no email account under that name exists! This feature works for whole domains as well as individual addresses.