Take advantage of more quick-install applications – Windows Shared Hosting now supports PHP5
PHP 5 is now fully supported for Power Pix’s Windows shared hosting customers running IIS 7. We’ve enabled this feature by default on all accounts set up with the IIS 7 technology. What does this mean for you? Great news! You can now take advantage of Value Applications quick-install applications and use PHP 5 scripts and code. (Note: PHP 4 is not supported.) PLUS, we’ve added support for even more Value Applications, including:

• WordPress 2.5.1
• Joomla 1.5.2
• Simple Machines Forum 1.1.5
• osCommerce 2.2
• Zen Cart 1.3.8
• Serendipity 1.3.1
• Vanilla Forum 1.1.4
• Advanced Guestbook 2.4.3

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It’s finally here….

If you have never tried the Firefox browser before, now is the time!

Today is Firefox Download Day and they are trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.

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cforms II 8.5.1 Upgrade Notes – Upgrade today!

Generally: if you’re upgrading from an older release I recommend to read the HISTORY.txt file to follow-up on all the enhancements and bug fixes, they may require re-configuration of your settings (e.g. date-picker, WP comment form feature etc.)

It is important to note, that WP’s auto update process is far from flawless, ie. it may overwrite any of your custom settings (CSS theme file, background images, font files etc). Please always make backups of files you need to preserve!

With v8.5+ cforms supports a separate custom user folder to store your tailored CSS, font and image files! Simply create the folder:

/plugins/cforms-custom

and move your CSS (including images!), font & background image files (CAPTCHA) to it.

Do you want to publish your thoughts, opinions, images, photos, animations, or videos? Then Quick BlogCast may be the perfect tool for you! With Quick BlogCast you can publish content to your blog, podcast, or both at any time, day or night.

Blogging is all rage these days and rightly so, as blogs on the internet bring us new and exciting content each and every day. If you have ever wanted to start your own blog and share personal ideas and interests, you may not know where to start. When it comes to blogging there are quite a few different choices available to you.

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Attention PowerPixServices.com hosting customers: Say good-bye to moving your information one file at a time. Transfer multiple files to your hosting account simultaneously. Think of all the time you’ll save using the File Manager to upload those files – up to 8MB per transfer. To get started, simply log in to your Account Manager, select the hosting account you want to manage and you’re on your way.

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Analyze and optimize your site for search engine submission faster than ever. We’ve improved the Site Spider in Traffic Blazer so the Site and Keyword Analysis Tools work even faster than before. Plus, to make sure you have a better understanding of how search engines are promoting your site, we’ve updated our news and article feeds to receive the latest news and developments direct from Search Engine Land, a leading site for the search engine industry.

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Quick Blogcast now easier to customize!
We’ve refined the built-in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) Editor to make changing the look and feel of your blogcast a breeze:

• As you edit, all your changes are now displayed in the right pane of the Style Sheet tab. The left pane displays the default style sheets, making it easy to check and correct the new code as you go.
• Mess up? No worries – your previous version is automatically saved. Just revert to the settings in your last published blog, rather than go all the way back to the default settings.
• For those times when you’re halfway through a blog facelift and get called away, now you can save your work. Simply uncheck the “Apply” checkbox and publish your changes. All of your changes will be saved, but not visible to readers until you check “Apply” and publish.

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Who has been visiting your website? What search engine did they come from? What country do they live in? How long did they stay on your website?

Just about every website owner wants to know the answers to these questions and more. With a better understanding of how people come and go on your website, you can implement changes to improve the user experience.

When it comes to website statistics software there can be many reports, graphs, pie charts and other data to look over. At times, it can seem a little overwhelming to someone who is new to reading this type of data.

Have no fear! We are about to reveal some of the best areas where you will want to spend your valuable time.

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Did you know that today was Earth Day? If not, then it’s time to start learning about what Earth Day is all about. Many different events take place on Earth Day to help increase awareness about our climate.

There are lots of things that we can do as individuals to help improve our climate. Things like using energy efficient appliances and light fixtures, car pooling to reduce the amount of pollution, recycling, and much more.

More fun stuff and information regarding earth day:

• Wikipedia Earth Day Page
  
• EarthDay.gov
• Google Earth Day Map
• Earth Day Network

Post a comment and tell everyone what you did to celebrate Earth Day.

WordPress is a fantastic blogging environment with an easy to use interface and incredible extensibility. One of the great things about WordPress is the ability to add plugins. Plugins let you extend the capabilities of your original WordPress installation and enable all sorts of new and exciting tools.

The WordPress community supports and develops hundreds of plugins that are made available to everyone for FREE. Read on to see our list of great WordPress plugins.

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