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The scheduled server upgrades for Camaro (3/30/10) went according to schedule. Everything went exceptionally smooth, and we were able to get things switched over to the new hardware with relatively little effort. This allowed us to keep downtime to a minimum during the transition, and things were back up and running quickly, and running much faster overall. All of the accounts located on the Camaro server should see a nice increase in speed from the hardware upgrades, and this is the first step in this week’s network upgrades and maintenance.

To remind those of you who did not see the last announcement, the next scheduled maintenance will be at the end of this week starting at roughly 10pm-12pm Friday night.

Towards the end of March, and beginning of April, we will be performing two large server upgrades. Most of the current servers will be receiving brand new hardware, and we are adding several new machines to scale with the demand for our services, and to help us continue delivering some of the best quality web hosting you’ll find anywhere on the net.

Below is a schedule of the upgrades. Keep in mind, there may be minor downtime during these maintenance periods.

• 3/30/2010 – First Night of Network Upgrades will be Monday 3/30/2010 and start at roughly 8pm-10pm PST
• 4/2/2010 – The Second Night of Network Upgrades will be Friday 4/2/2010 and start at roughly 8pm-10pm PST

We’ve been working nonstop behind the scenes to continue increase the power of our company over the course of this year. With large network upgrades planned each quarter, lots of new powerful machines on the network, and a quickly growing customer base, things are looking good this far into the new year. We hope this trend continues so we can begin offering new and exciting services to our amazing customers.

As some of you might have already noticed, there have been several recent additions in the ChaseHosting Client Area (http://secure.chasehosting.com/). Among these, a newly revised Client Dashboard boasting integrated “Control Panel” links to the Site Control Panel for hosting plans, project management for design and marketing services, and an overall more concise view of your account.

We offer Web Hosting plans for your Joomla-based website. Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS). The Joomla software enables you to build functional web sites and powerful online applications quickly and easily. Many aspects of it’s design, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular website publishing software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. That’s right, you can start using it right now at NO COST. The joys of Open Source!

Get all the tools you need to run your Joomla site more effectively, saving you time and money. Our qualified staff is made up of Joomla experts, and we’ve been using Joomla for several years to develop websites. You can rest assured that your Joomla site is running safely and securely on your web servers. We use only undersold, top-of-the-line servers to help reduce the amount of time it takes for your site to load, making it a more enjoyable experience for your users. We care about your website like its our own!

Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:

• Corporate Web sites or portals
• Corporate intranets and extranets
• Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
• E-commerce and online reservations
• Government applications
• Small business Web sites
• Non-profit and organizational Web sites
• Community-based portals
• School and church Web sites
• Personal or family homepages

The core Joomla framework enables developers to quickly and easily build:

• Inventory control systems
• Data reporting tools
• Application bridges
• Custom product catalogs
• Integrated e-commerce systems
• Complex business directories
• Reservation systems
• Communication tools

Joomla Hosting Specific Features:

• Safe Mode OFF – (Easy Joomla installations)
• mod_rewrite Enabled – (Needed for Joomla SEF URLS)
• .htaccess support – (Needed for Joomla SEF URLS)
• XML Support – (Easy Joomla Installations)
• GD support – (Needed for many Joomla components)
• Zend and Ioncube support – (Needed for some Joomla components)
• Fully managed files/folders permissions – (No Joomla permissions errors)
• PHP has been compiled with support for MySQL and Zlib – (Needed for Joomla)
• Secure servers for a worry free environment for your Joomla site
• Simple Scripts Installer – (Install Joomla in just a few clicks)

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There are so many WordPress themes out there nowadays, it can be overwhelming sifting through the hundreds of themes for the real gems. To save some time, we’ve done some of the looking for you and have made a short list of some of the best WordPress themes we could find.  To help your blogging career, here are 10 of our favorite free premium like WordPress themes.

So, without further ado.. onto the themes!

• Freemium – Theme Info | Demo
• Magazeen – Theme Info | Demo
• Premium News – Theme Info | Demo
• Digital Statement – Theme Info | Demo
• Jello Wala Mello – Theme Info
• Openbook  – Theme Info | Demo
• Agregado – Theme Info | Demo
• Glassical – Theme Info | Demo
• Rockstar – Theme Info | Demo
• Jungleland – Theme Info | Demo

It’s always a smart idea to read reviews before making a final decision on a good or service. In business, sometimes employees will be tasked with creating a report showing the pros and cons of several models or manufacturers before the business manager makes the ultimate decision. While you may not have any employees, or have a use for a stupid report.. it’s still smart for you to read around a bit and inform yourself regarding the decision you’ll be making on a web host.

Most new webmasters go for the cheapest web hosting plan they can kind. Unlimited bandwidth! Unlimited Disk Space! Only a dollar! You’ll see in the real world web hosting reviews, more often than not, the super cheap “value” hosts are considered something you should stay away from at any cost.

We pride ourselves on offering excellent quality of service. Check out some web hosting review sites for information about our company, other web hosting companies, and what real customers have to say!

If you’re ready to sign-up, check out hosting plans and get started today!

When first starting a website, and using little to no resources, it may not always be necessary to dish out the cash for premium web hosting. Sometimes it’s better to start small and keep costs to a minimum while you build up traffic. Do you need a bare-necessities free web hosting account for that new project you’ve been thinking of starting?

ChaseHosting has offered free web hosting off and on for several years. Our latest free web hosting website offering is NoCostWebHost.com. Which does exactly what it’s name implies, hosts websites for no cost.

If you’re looking for free web hosting,sign up today at NoCostWebHost and get your website up and running within minutes. Register a free yourdomain.nocostwebhost.com subdomain, register a new domain, transfer your existing domain, or simply use an existing domain name and just point your nameservers at the NoCostWebHost network.

For those of you who don’t already know, we support FFmpeg hosting on our servers. That’s right! Within minutes, you can be up and running with your own video sharing website. For an example, check out this skydiving movies website that is hosted with us.

FFmpeg hosting allows anyone to create their very own video sharing website like YouTube and Metacafe.

We specialize in FFmpeg hosting and help make the process easy by packaging and pre-installing the FFmpeg tools you need. These may include:

FFmpeg software for uploading, converting and encoding video files.
Fast web servers which are optimized for video streaming.
Easy installation of video sharing scripts such as Clipshare, PHPMotion, Vshare, Rayzz and OsTube.

We will be posting tutorials on how to install all of the popular video sharing websites over time, if you have any specific requests don’t hesitate to let us know!

Simple Machines Forum, SMF for short, is a free, professional-grade open source software package that allows you to set up your own online message board or forum community within minutes.

Its powerful template engine puts you in complete control of the look of your message board and with it’s SSI, or Server Side Includes, function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other with ease.

SMF is coded in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database for forum information. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while being secure and easy to use. SMF is the next generation of forum software – and best of all it is and will always remain completely free! Open source FTW!

Need web hosting for your SMF forum? Check out basic shared web hosting plans to get started today!

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When you sign up for any of our shared web hosting plans with an annual or biannual billing term, you will receive FREE domain name registration with your web hosting services. This is an annual savings of $12.95 a year on domain costs!

A domain name is a crucial part in any website, and helps set you apart from your competitors. It assists in creating a better image for your company, with a more professional and polished looking online presence.