There is a surprise coming in the next few days.  We are about to roll out some new products and a new front end.  This is extremely exciting for everyone on this side of the screen.

New support system is in the works. It integrates with the email system and billing system, which means you don’t have to remember yet another login/password and you can still reach our support by emailing support@eboundhost.com. The system is trouble ticket oriented so you will be able to keep track of your issues in a much more organized way.

This is coming in the next few days an announcement will be made on our “news” section.

Very happy to debut our new pricing.  For years we have offered monthly, quarterly, 6 month, and 12 month pricing, however these were nothing more than multiples of the usual montly billing cycle.  It was meant more as a convenience to individuals who pay with checks, however, it was never very popular with the general population.  Then we discovered an earth shattering concept, incentives!  So while the base price for a monthly package did not change, we are deeply discounting the Universal and Premium hosting packages based on the length of your pre-payment.  The more months you pay for, the cheaper your hosting.

Considering that majority of customers renew their hosting account year after year, this makes all the sense in the world.

New sale for the upcoming week!
Universal package upgraded to:
15 GB storage
500 GB transfer
5 domains

Premium:
25 GB storage
500 GB transfer
12 domains

This offer is only valid for new accounts.  Promotion ends 5/12/2006.

Here is an insidious new twist from our friends in Redmond (Microsoft). Having lost a patent lawsuit to Eolas Technologies, Microsoft has “fixed” their Internet Explorer software to comply with the terms of the settlement.

As a result of this settlement, the latest Windows update contains a tweak to the Internet Explorer web browser which adds a border around EMBED, APPLET and OBJECT components such as Macromedia Flash, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Java and Adobe Acrobat. This breaks uncountable millions of pages throughout the Net.

To fix the problem, follow these steps:

1) Just below the last <object> in your HTML page, insert the following Javascript:

<script type=”text/javascript” xsrc=”ieupdate.js” mce_src=”ieupdate.js” ></script>

2) Open a new document in Notepad or your HTML editor, and copy & paste the following content into it:

theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName(“object”);
for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++) {
theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
}

3) Save this file as ieupdate.js

4) Upload both files to your web server, and the problem should be solved.

To read more about this issue and see other solutions available, please visit:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin
http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm

Even if your Flash based website appears to be unaffected at this time, we strongly suggest implementing the update immediately because your visitors will see a website that behaves in a way you never intended.

GOOGLE NEWS on Microsoft V. Eolas Technologies

Thanks to our friend and customer Ted of www.tedpadwe.com for alerting us to this news and finding the solution!

Apparently there was a security issue with WP and we just upgraded to 2.0.2 release.  As always it was a quick and painless upgrade and best of all plugins still work

Implemented our first official WordPress plugin EBH_Track, used to track visitors.  It will be released to the public after through testing.

Looks like we won’t be able to get along with just the plain vanilla theme, we’ll need additional graphics here and there to spice up the website.  If there is anyone out there who is reasonably talented and is available for small projects here and there, let me know