Archive for the ‘FAQs’ Category

25% discount in our .TV domain name bonanza

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

During September we are offering 25% discount off .TV domain name registrations when ordered online at http://domains.pipeten.com using the voucher code “DOM-5PS3R-17″.

This offer expires Midnight, Thursday 30th September so don’t miss out!

Pipe Ten still the best value for MS SQL hosting

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

8 years on and Pipe Ten still offer some of the best deals for MS SQL Server hosting. Take our Windows Venture package for example, it is still just £5 per month and comes with a 100 MB MS SQL database included. When you compare this to the cheapest MS SQL inclusive packages from our competitors and chuck in Pipe Ten’s renowned premium level of support, you’ll see why so many SQL Server developers in the UK have been making Pipe Ten their host of choice for years.

Web Host Cheapest MS SQL Package Monthly Price
Pipe Ten Windows Venture £5.00
Fasthosts Personal Premium £8.99
Open Hosting Premium 1 £49.99
Catalyst 2 Power Xtra £12.99
Protec Web Solutions Web Pro £14.99
Web Fusion Fusion Business £14.95

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Advanced Linux Joomla Hosting Tutorial

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

For the perfect Joomla configuration we’ve put together this detailed tutorial so you can get the best out of your Pipe Ten shared, reseller, cloud or managed physical server hosting.

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Advanced PHP Configuration

Friday, August 13th, 2010

We are please to announce that we now not only support the choice of PHP4 and PHP5 on a per domain basis, but also choosing the PHP mode/environment on the following shared servers:

Supported Servers:

web10.pipeten.co.uk

  • PHP4 fastcgi (default) or cgi
  • PHP5 libphp5 (default), fastcgi or cgi

dweb4.pipeten.co.uk

  • PHP4 fastcgi (default) or cgi
  • PHP5 libphp5 (default), fastcgi or cgi

dweb16.pipeten.co.uk

  • PHP4 fastcgi (default) or cgi
  • PHP5 libphp5 (default), fastcgi or cgi

Customers using our Integrated Cloud or Physical Servers should contact support if this functionality is required.

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Get a Pipe Ten button for your website

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Choose the button that best fits your site from the selection below. Copy the code and add it to your website. (more…)

.CO registrations reach 400,000

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

coAfter just 18 days since the official launch of the .CO domains registrations reached over 400,000. This makes it the most successful launch of a new domain extension in recent history with domains being purchased in 182 different countries around the world.

Google has also announced that .CO domains will be “Google-National” which means they will have the same geo-targeting options available as the other generic TLDs, such as .com, .net, .biz and .org. This is great news as .CO websites can be targeted to meet your requirements anywhere around the world!

There are still plenty of good keyword rich .CO domains available, so if you’ve not yet added any to your portfolio you can check the availability and place your registrations via our domain registration facility.

.CO Domains Now Available!

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

co.CO is the new domain extension that offers you more choice in branding your online presence with a truly global, recognisable, and credible domain name.

Today is your second chance to be there from the start and be able to buy the best domains on the Internet. Whether it is extending your current website, or finally getting the perfect domain to launch your new big idea.

Visit http://domains.pipeten.com to register your .co domain for just £25 today.

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Linux File Ownership

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Every file on your Linux system, including directories, is owned by a specific user and group. Therefore, file permissions are defined separately for users, groups, and others. All hosting accounts will have a user on the server, and file ownership is determined upon file creation. This article attempts to clarify how permissions work on Linux and methods by which ownership and permissions can be modified. (more…)

Roundcube webmail now available (with SSL support)

Friday, July 9th, 2010

In addition to the popular Horde/IMP webmail and low graphic SQwebmail options the all-singing, all-dancing graphical webmail client Roundcube is now available. (more…)

New improved Live Chat

Friday, July 9th, 2010

At Pipe Ten we have been providing instant online browser based live chat to customers since 2004.

After reviewing the feedback in our last customer survey and the transcripts of the last 5 years it was clear that although an exceptionally useful tool for asking quick questions and debugging complex problems, it lacked the security sufficient to provide the same level of service that can be achieved with support tickets. (more…)