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Linux Hosting - New installable scripts in Control Panel

We are pleased to annouce that we have again exteneded the list of easy to install scripts on our Linux Web Hosting packages, the two new additions available now to all existing users are:

WordPress MU - Ever dream of running hundreds of thousands of blogs with a single install of WordPress?

WordPress MU, or multi-user, is designed to do exactly that. It is most famously used for WordPress.com where it serves tens of millions of hits on millions of blogs each day.

Features:

• Everything WordPress does.
• Scaling to tens of millions of pageviews per day.
• Unlimited users and blogs.
• Different permissions on different blogs

BuddyPress - BuddyPress will extend WordPress MU and bring social networking features to a new or existing installation.

BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.

All BuddyPress plugins can be themed to match your own style, in just the same way as a WordPress blog. The BuddyPress plugins are bundled with a default theme to get you going out of the box.

New Website Lauched

It has been needed for a long time, the old site looked mish mashed (we agree) and needed a lot of TLC. We are happy to say we have nearly finished - after all many websites constantly evolve and we hope ours will be one...

We have many plans and new features that are planned to be released over the next few months, amongst these will be:

New client area - we hope to make our client area and web services (Control Panel and Domain management) more interelated and usable rather than the current system

Joomla Updates - we've a few plugins and modules that have been updated and to be released shortly.

We hope you agree that our site is easier to navigate and looks better than before and we look forward to working with our existing and new customers in the times ahead.

~ The Simple By Design Team.

Plugin Update: SBD Nicer Tables

We are pleased to annouce a new version of our Nicer Tables plugin for Joomla. With this release we have updated the free edition so there is now a Joomla 1.5 native version which offers all functionality except XML import and contains a link back to our website.

The last few change logs:

Version 0.8.1: 28/10/2010

* Altered: Fixed the ShowErrors parameter, errors are now suppressed
* Split out updated free version

Version 0.8.0: 04/06/2010

* Altered: Changed javascript function to enable compatibility with JOOscroller

The free versions can be downloaded from here: http://www.simplebydesign.co.uk/joomla/mambots/sbd-nicer-tables/page-3.html

Low Cost Windows Hosting

We are happy to announce we have lowered the cost of our Windows Web Hosting packages. All packages now have NO set-up or yearly fee (was £13.49) and prices have been slashed - now all our Windows web hosting packages cost the same as our Linux web hosting packages.

New Pricing