http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net The HostingChoice Corporate Weblog Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:50:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am pleased to let you all know that we have recently fully upgraded PHP to version 5.2, and Apache to version 2. There was a little bit of chaos after the initial upgrades (due to lack of configuration), but as of now everything is smooth sailing, and all problems that ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/10/29/new-server-updates-take-root/ I'd like to start this entry by saying that in the past few months, HostingChoice has grown from a tiny particle in a galaxy of web hosts to what appears to be a medium-sized moon. Who knows, we may even become a registered planet (LLC) in the next few months. Our growth ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/04/03/the-core%e2%84%a2-2-duo-difference-and-the-birth-of-a-better-hostingchoice/ Our billing team has been debating over the issue of pro-rating hosting plans, so every client would pay on the first of every month. Clients would essentially pay for the remainder of their current month (from whenever until the 1st of the next month, and then for a full month ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/03/20/pro-rating-yesnomaybe/ I added a nice little client login form on the index. Just a simple random addition. Hope you like it! We are planning and implementing other customizations as you read this. Stay tuned, further posts containing updates will be made in the near future. http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/02/13/do-you-like-it/ Since our billing software (ClientExec) does not directly support affiliate software, we are trying to integrate it ourselves. Right now, affilate sales are tracked IF customers pay through credit card, but not with PayPal. When our affiliate script was integrated with our PayPal plugin, users were receiving errors when they tried ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/02/11/small-issue-with-affiliate-software-integration/ Last night / this morning, I also upgraded our billing software, and began official work on FraudReview.org (description can be found below). Security upgrades were performed on other areas of the site and everything is running smooth. I took one more RSS2 feed, from our billing software, and added it to ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/02/10/another-little-one/ Tonight / this morning was a big day for HostingChoice. Much was done to various pages. We have integrated and installed our affiliation software, iDevAffiliate, and it is now accessable through any page on the HC network. In addition, we have fixed our support center and re-enabled piping. We removed our ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/02/10/major-updates-completed/ Ever since HostingChoice was founded (in January of 2006), we have taken online fraud extremely seriously and actively do all in our power to prevent it. Well, a few of us had an idea. The most effective way to combat fraud on the internet is to work with one another and ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/01/14/fraudrevieworg-project-is-now-underway/ Don't be held back. Four simple words; one powerful meaning. In the hosting industry, there are several hosts who offer more bandwidth and diskspace on a monthly basis than your average customer would use in a year. My point being, these days it is all about the features ... and at HostingChoice, we understand that. At HostingChoice, ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/01/10/new-slogan-goes-live/ Josh Warren, the HostingChoice Vice President, has left the company after approximately one year of service. Earlier this afternoon, Josh and I had a lengthy conversation which ended with his withdrawal. In the end, he realized that web hosting wasn't for him and he didn't feel as if he had ... http://samlevin.hostingchoice.net/2007/01/06/josh-warren-retires-after-one-year/