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1 and 2 letter .ie domains coming 16th Nov
On the 16th November 2015 the Irish Domain Registry will be allowing the registration of 1 & 2 letter .ie domains for the first time. The process for applying for this will be restricted initially during the “Sunrise & Landrush Periods” SUNRISE During Sunrise, from 15th Nov. to 16 Dec. 2015, only applications with a Registered Trademark…
Read MoreReminder – Domain Renewal Scam Emails
Due to the increased volume of these emails again, we would like to issue a reminder to clients about scam-type emails that you might receive. They are intended to look like a reminder to Renew your Domain Name, but in reality the service is just to sell you SEO software/services. See the image below for…
Read MoreEU rules ‘Safe-Harbour’ invalid
A major ruling by the European Court of Justice today has ruled that the ‘Safe Harbour’ arrangement between the EU and US is invalid. This will have a major impact on where companies can store data. Read more here Here in Elive, you can rest assured that all your data hosted with us remains in…
Read MorePhone Lines Outage
If you are having trouble getting through to us this morning, the reason is that Eircom have reported a major outage this morning that is affecting incoming and outgoing calls across the country. They are working to resolve it. Please open ticket in our Support Section or email support@elive.net
Read MoreServer Issue ELH3
We are currently investigating an issue with server ELH3 ( 91.223.9.50) We will update this as soon as we have more information.
Read MoreWordPress Brute Force Attacks
To help safeguard our clients websites against the ongoing attacks on WordPress websites, we have take extra measures to block access to requests for the default WordPress login page , wp-login.php, on our hosting servers. Should you have trouble accessing your WordPress Administration area, please check your current IP address by going to our Support…
Read MoreServer Issue MSSQL 91.223.9.60
6:45 am : We are aware of an issue with one of our MS-SQL servers this morning. We are investigating and working to restore services. 13:30 : This issue has been resolved now. A SAS controller card had failed and needed to be replaced
Read MoreIEDR Optimise Fund open for applications until May 15th
91% of Irish SME websites cannot process sales IEDR research finds majority of Irish SMEs not ‘e-commerce enabled’ IEDR’s OPTIMISE Fund 2015 launched to help SMEs be e-commerce ready 91% of Irish SME websites cannot process sales online, according to new research published today. The initial findings of research commissioned by IEDR, the company which…
Read MoreWordPress XSS Issue
A major issue has been discovered within WordPress and how comments are processed, that can leave your site open to being hacked. For example, if a malicious comment is left and and administrator views it to approve it, it can allow a hacker remote access to your WordPress site. We recommend you disable the ability…
Read MoreNew Lower Prices !
We are delighted to announce our new pricing on all our hosting packages and also a reduction in the prices of many domain name registration and renewals. From today, you can get hosting with Elive for as little as €44.99 + vat per annum. Thats less than €4.65 per month all in !! Amazing Value.…
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