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The Web Wiz network upgrade to Failover Clustering was completed last week and all Windows Hosting, Windows Reseller Hosting and Hyper-V Virtual Server  Hosting Services have been migrated over to our new Failover Clusters.
 
Our Highly Available Servers hosted on Active Clustered Nodes are able to failover, with no interruption to service, to Passive Clustered Nodes in the event of hardware failure, maintenance, or upgrades.
 
High Availability Failover Hosting for Shared Hosting and Hyper-V Virtual Server Hosting is a similar solution to more expensive solutions used to host high traffic mission critical websites.
 
For more information on the new Web Wiz Failover Clustered Network Architecture have a look at our High Availability Failover Hosting page.

We are excited to announce the release of Web Wiz Forums version 10 Final. Web Wiz Forums version 10 is now available for download and contains numerous new tools and features.

Web Wiz Forums version 10 has been in development for over 3 years.  Here are a few features and enhancements of our award-winning Forum Web Application:

• Chat Room - Your members can chat in real time using the new AJAX Based Chat Room.
• Topic Rating - Your members can rate topics with a 1 to 5 star rating.
• Post Thanking - Your Members can 'Thank' other members for their posts.
• Points System - Replaces post count by setting how many points members can receive for New Topics, Replies, being Thanked and more.
• Social Networking - Facebook Like, Twitter Tweet, Google +1 and improved Topic Sharing.
• Mobile Optimised View - Improvements to Mobile Optimised view.
• Member Profiles - Improved member profiles with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more.
• Registration - Registration Improvements including a customisable registration form.
• Private Messaging - Improvements to Private Messaging including Outbox, Full Inbox Alert, Full Inbox Actions.
• Image Upload Resizing - Automatically resizes uploaded images over a configurable size.
• SPAM Filter - New Configurable SPAM Filter with configurable actions to take when SPAM is detected.
• User and Group Settings - New User and Group settings including disabling Signatures, Links, Images, Private Messaging.
• Forum Ads - Support for 3rd Party Ads including VigLink, AdSense and others.
• External URL's - Create External Links that are displayed on the Forum Index page in the list of Forums.
• Answer/Resolution Posts - Admins and Moderators can set sticky Posts that are the Answer, Resolution, or Official Response to a question poised in Forums.
• Ladder Groups - Support added for Multiple Member Ladder Groups.
• [HIDE] BBcode - Hides message content till the member replies in the Topic.
• Improved SEO - Lots of improvements for Search Engine Optimising and configuration.
  
• Google Analytics - Built-in support for Google Analytics.
• Forum Statistics - Improved forum statistics including most active users.
• Custom Header and Footers - These can now be configured from the Forum Admin Area for both desktop and mobile views.
• Custom Registration Rules - Create Custom Registration Rules from the Forum Admin Area.
• Security Improvements - Password complexity requirements, incorrect login settings, new error handling, and more.
• Search Improvements - The admin can now set the default search age for searches.
  
• FURL's - Improvements to Friendly URLs.
• Plus many more new features and improvements.

More information on Web Wiz Forums and to download version 10 see www.webwizforums.com

Keep an eye on @WebWizUK and facebook.com/WebWiz for more information and upcoming promotions.

We are excited to announce Web Wiz Forums version 10 which is scheduled for release in a few short weeks. Web Wiz Forums version 10 is now in public BETA testing and is available for testing purposes.

Web Wiz Forums version 10 has been in development for over 3 years.  Here are a few features and enhancements you can look forward to in the next version of our award-winning Forum Web Application:

• Chat Room
  
• Topic Rating
  
• Post Thanking
  
• Points System
• Social Networking - Facebook Like, Twitter Tweet and improved Topic Sharing.
• SPAM Filter
  
• Plus many more new features and improvements.

In the next few weeks we'll be releasing more details on these and other features included in Web Wiz Forums  10.x, so keep an eye on @WebWizUK and facebook.com/WebWiz. And be sure to participate in the Web Wiz Forums 10.x BETA.

Web Wiz is pleased to announce the immediate launch of our new range of free online DNS, Network & IP Tools to help Network Admins and Webmasters.

The range of tools includes DNSReport, Traceroute, Reverse DNS (rDNS), DNS Lookup (nsLookup), IP Location, and many more.

For more information have a look at our Domain Tools page or use the list below:-

Web Wiz has launched a new range of Windows Multi-Site Hosting Packages and Windows Reseller Hosting Packages that allow you to host multiple and unlimited websites from just £9.95 per month.

These packages are aimed at those requiring a stable hosting platform for their Websites or Clients Websites. With Isolated Applications Pools on low populated Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Servers giving the ultimate security, performance, and stability from a hosting package.

Windows Multi-Site and Windows Reseller Hosting Packages include a range of features;

• Unlimited Websites (with Professional Packages)
• Carbon Balanced Green Web Hosting
• 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
• No Minimum Contract Period (Cancel Anytime)
• ASP.NET 4/3.5,2, Classic ASP, PHP 5.3
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Databases
• mySQL 5.1 Databases
• Isolated Application Pools with 700MB of Memory per site!
• Advanced Mailboxes & WebMail with Anti Spam & Anti Virus
  
• Roaming SMTP, POP, IMAP with Secure SSL Connections
• Customer Control Panels with Billing System (with Reseller Packages)
• Full Nightly Server Backups
• Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailboxes (optional extra)
• Phone and Email Ticket System Support
• Server Monitoring with 24/7 Engineer Alerts
• And a host of other features included as standard

Further information is available through our Windows Multi-Site Hosting Packages and Windows Reseller Hosting Packages pages.