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WordPress: Stay updated!

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:48:18 +0000

Upthink are pleased to offer their skills in customising WordPress websites. WordPress is a free, open-source Content Management System (otherwise known as CMS), that allows a website user to update pages without extensive knowledge of website development.

Upthink believe that CMS systems are the way forward to ensuring businesses update their websites regularly. “The value of updating your website regularly cannot be under-estimated.”, says Oliver Coey of Upthink. “Your website is a valuable marketing tool; it’s the gateway to your business. Nobody wants to read the same thing twice. It can harm your rankings in the search engines if you don’t make regular changes”.

WordPress is a step closer to making regular updates easier and fun, and Upthink are ready to make it a reality for your business. Contact us today to take advantage of our cost effective hosting packages, and let us help you start using WordPress today!

Customer Management Database

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:48 +0000

We are currently developing a new customer management database to manage our clients and their hosting accounts. Though initially the plan is to service in-house requirements, we have plans to make this information available to our customers through a dedicated login page. This will allow our customers to manage their domains and hosting plans, and also to view their payments and invoices.

Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:41:31 +0000

Mozilla, the masters behind the Firefox web browser have released the latest version of their popular Thunderbird e-mail client. Version 3 is better, more useable, and more stable than ever before. As a e-mail only application, it stands out as the best alternative to Microsoft Outlook for POP3 / IMAP e-mail management. Upthink particularly recommend using Thunderbird 3 with IMAP e-mail accounts, since the integration is top-notch and far better than any alternative e-mail clients tested by Upthink.

Mozilla Thunderbird 3 is available now to download from the Thunderbird website – click here.

Postcode data to be free in 2010

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:20:51 +0000

According to the BBC, the government is planning to give free access to the UK’s postcode data from April 2010. This is a welcome development for any business that currently pays for this data. The postcode plan is part of a much wider government strategy to make Ordnance Survey mapping and postcode datasets available for free reuse.

Upthink work extensively with mapping technologies and expect to be able to pass significant savings on to clients using postcode data from next April. Read the full article on BBC news – click here.

Egypt and China: First for Internationalised Domains

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:03:00 +0000

Egypt and China have stated they will be the f irst to apply for internationalised domain names as part of ICANN’s fast track process. ICANN begins accepting requests for the new TLDs on 16th November 2009.

Egypt is planning to launch “the world’s first Arabic language internet domain”. Egypt’s communications minister, Tarek Kamel, has said that the TLD (top level domain) would be “.masr”, written in the Arabic alphabet, which translates as “.Egypt”, say the BBC.

China’s application is reported by the China Daily who says that the China Network Information Centre (CNNIC) will also apply for a Chinese TLD. The report says CNNIC will apply for the TLD “Zhongguo”(written in pinyin). There are over 388 million net users in China according to Qilin, assistant director of CNNIC in China Daily.

ICANN President Rod Beckstrom described the importance of this change to the global Internet community, by saying “over half the Internet users around the world don’t use a Latin-based script as their native language. IDNs are about making the Internet more global and accessible for everyone.” Once approved, the new internationalised TLDs are expected to come online during 2010.

Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs)

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:16:26 +0000

This week, the internet regulator ICANN approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses. It is a move that is set to transform the online world.

The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. More than half of the 1.6 billion people who use the internet speak languages with non-Latin scripts. It is being described as the biggest change to the way the internet works since its creation 40 years ago. The first Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) could be in use as early as next year.

Don’t lose the opportunity to register your desired IDN – Click Here to register interest, and we will contact you as soon as the domain is available for registration. You will also be first in line to take advantage of our special IDN launch offers!

Welcome to Upthink

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:53:32 +0000

Upthink specialise in flexible web hosting services and custom database integration for websites.

From domain registration to dedicated servers, we have the solution for you. We specialise in custom hosting solutions. Call us on 0845 009 4994 to discuss your requirements or use our online contact form.

Hosting Special Offer

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:20:25 +0000

For the month of November we are offering a full year of Windows web hosting with a free .co.uk domain for only £35 (ex VAT). Choose the domain you wish to register and e-mail us at sales@upthink.co.uk. We will contact you to arrange registration and configuration of your web space. We aim to have your webspace ready within 15 minutes – so what are you waiting for? Send us an e-mail or call now on 0845 009 4994 to get your website started!

Welcome to the new website!

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:58:05 +0000

You are viewing the new Upthink website. It’s in its early stages, but we hope to add more info and functionality as the site grows. Have a look around, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the services we provide.