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With top-of-the line cloud hosting infrastructure, leveraging high end processors, high performance storage & memory along with clearly defined resource isolation, our new cloud hosting services give you the performance your site is looking for.Our fully integrated caching solution ensures that your site is optimized to deliver content fast while freeing up important compute resources to work on more dynamic requests.

6DegreesHosting.com gets a facelift! New responsive site coming soon for easy website management from your phone or tablet!! ETA 9/01/2015

 6DegreesHosting.com gets a facelift! New responsive site coming soon for easy website management from your phone or tablet!! ETA 9/01/2015 We have partnered with weebly.com and so many new offerings will be launched as part of this upgrade as well as Dedicated,Virtual Private, Shared Servers andl Comodo SSL certificates, Site-lock protection, Site Backup and every kind of TLD domain names imaginable now available check here for all NOW! https://www.6degreeshosting.com/secure/domainchecker.php.. So many years choosing just the right partners to bring you the best of everything in one place, As always our commitment has always been NO CONTRACTS, NO 2 year commitments!! Cancel anything anytime!! QUALITY UNMATCHED BY THE HOSTING GIANTS and we use the same servers, same data centers as all those... in Houston and now expanded world wide.

New cPanel Hosting Account User Interface within your Client Area!!

New cPanel Hosting Account User Interface

Introducing the New cPanel Hosting Account User Interface.

Version 6.0 has a brand new look for cPanel hosting customers, bringing 6 Degrees Client Area and cPanel closer together than ever before.

Taking full advantage of the all new Single Sign-On integration between our two products, this new end-user interface is designed to provide your clients with an easier and more convenient way to access many of the most commonly used functionalities of the cPanel control panel, all directly from within your Client Area.

It makes transitioning from the billing panel to the website control panel quick, seamless, and without any need to re-authenticate.

In addition, the interface makes it really easy to promote and purchase addons and extras, provides a graphical representation of disk and bandwidth usage, and, if upgrade products are configured, will recommend upgrading when a user reaches 75% or more of their allocated resources.

To complete the changes, the new interface also features a Quick Email Create option, allowing users to create new email accounts without ever leaving the billing portal.

These New features will be added to Client Control Panel in the comeing weeks as well asy many other changes to make Website and Domain management easier for you!!!

DNS Server Attack

 All sites online. DNS issues resolved.

We are currently facing an attack on the OrderBox DNS servers, on account of which the DNS records (A, MX, PTR, etc...) could not be fetched. Working to resolve ASAP!

Affected Services:

MySQL service hosted on some servers. You will face issues while accessing the database driven websites hosted on some servers.

Please feel free to contact our support help desk in case you have any queries. We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to this. We are working to resolve.

Regards,
support@6degreeshosting.com

Change in Privacy Protect services please read:

Change in Privacy Protect services please read:

Due to the forthcoming change in ICANN’s policy, the overhead costs of providing the Privacy Protect service will increase substantially. Starting soon, we will be charging an annual fee of $3 per domain name for our Privacy Protect service. With most Providers in the market charging as high as $6 per year, you could offer this as a chargeable service and still earn a profit on it!

Please Note:

For domain names that are already registered and use Privacy Protect service, no charge shall be levied till the domain name expires, or until the next renewal, whichever is earlier. At the time of renewal of the domain name, you will have the flexibility of not renewing Privacy Protect along with the domain name.
For domains names that are already registered and do not use Privacy Protect service, upon activation of this service, charges shall be applied on a pro-rata basis till the domain expires.
For any new domain registrations opting for Privacy Protection service, above mentioned annual charges will be applicable.
The duration of this service will be the same as the duration of the domain name it is associated with.

We are Upgrading our Hosting Infrastructure!

We are Upgrading our Hosting Infrastructure!

6 Degrees Hosting has always worked to ensure that the infrastructure that powers your business remains at the cutting edge. Keeping in mind the phenomenal growth in the hosting industry and taking on board your valuable feedback, we are moving to a new DataCenter-Datafoundry's Texas 1.

Benefits of the move:

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Greater Scope for Expansion: Texas 1 is 10x the size of our previous datacenter, making us future proof. If you can ramp up your hosting sales by 10x, we are ready for it!

Improved Safety: The new facility boasts of private fibre connectivity, excellent network monitoring, patching and security policy auditing. It has the added advantage of being located in an area with one of the least incidence rates of natural calamities

Superior Network Quality: Our Austin DataCentre can simultaneously peer with 4 major carriers including AT&T and Verizon, thereby offering speedier page loads. We've also upgraded uplink & downlink connections to 10 Gbps with this move

24x7 In-house experts: With our own team working out of the DataCenter, who are more familiar with our Hosting infrastruture, can troubleshoot issues faster and better

Enhanced DDoS protection: With an award winning realtime network attack prevention appliance & larger data tunnels, your customers will face negligible impact with even medium-sized DDoS attacks

Dually-Fed Redundant Power: It is powered by two 400 MW substations ensuring complete redundancy which also increases reliability & efficiency

Please Note: A few existing hosting packages may face a disruption during the physical move, but you would have received notifications about the same if your package was among those impacted.

With this infrastructure upgrade, we can now guarantee scalable and reliable hosting services which can grow with your hosting business! You can also take advantage of our Amazing Hosting Promotions and boost your profits!

Datacenter Move - Behind the Scenes

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Here's a peek at what happens during a physical server move, just so you know ;)

Power Off All servers powered off - downtime starts

Deracking Unplug cables and remove boxes from secure holds

Packing & Moving Waterproof, shockproof packaging and securely stacked transportation

Unpacking & Racking Extraction and installation on the racks and plugging into network

Power On Boot the boxes and run consistency, data and network checks - downtime ends

With our expanding portfolio and state-of-the-art infrastructure, we can now offer Shared Hosting, VPS, Personal Hosting  Reseller Hosting, etc across Windows and Linux on Geo-Located servers in 3 countries. Get ready for more new products and geo-located server locations this year. 

Regards,
6 Degrees Hosting

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Introducing our new Website Builder – BaseKit: To get started creating your professional looking website, simply login to your control panel (cPanel) and on the left hand side you will see the “Website Builder” icon. From there simply click on it to get started.

What software and program versions does 6DegreesHosting.com offer?

Quick Reference

Apache	2.2.17
PHP	5.2.17 and 5.3.5 (dual environment)
Perl	5.8.8
MySQL	5.1.52
JSP	Available only on dedicated and VPS
cPanel	11.30.x - auto updated to latest version
GD / Image Magic	6.6.3

All shared and reseller accounts come with:

• Linux x86 CentOS 5.5 (a free version of RedHat) 32 bit Operating System
• Kernel - latest stable release, updated as needed
• Dual Xeon E5520 2.26 GHz Quad Core Processors
• Apache 2.2.x , (includes mod_rewrite and mod_security) in a SuExec environment
• exim Internet Mailer
• WHM 11.30.x
• cPanel 11.30.x
• PHP 5.2.x and 5.3.x , PHP is run as CGI (not Apache/DSO) in a suPHP environment
• Zend Optimizer 3.3.9 , PEAR 1.7.x , ionCube 3.3.20 , GnuPG 1.2.6 , GD2 Library (2.0.34), openSSL 0.9.8o, SOAP
• PHP Modules - full list
• phpMyAdmin 3.2.4
• MySQL Database 5.1.x
• Chilisoft 4.0.2L (no longer available)
• ROR Ruby Version : 1.8.7 , Gem Version : 1.4.2 , Rails Version : 2.3.8
• cURL 7.15.x (also libcurl and PHP/CURL)
• PERL 5.8.x , PCRE Library Version 7.8
• Python 2.4 and 2.7 (dual environment)
• ImageMagick 6.6.x
• Ghostscript 8.15.x
• Rsync
• RoundCube 0.2b, SquirrelMail 1.4.13, Horde 3.1.7p8
• Sitebuilder 4.5.0, Site Studio 1.6RC3 (upon request)
• Fantastico Scripts [see versions]: Blogs , CMS, Drupal Hosting and Joomla, Discussion Boards (phpBB Hosting), Shopping Carts ,Wiki Hosting

Full list of programs:

This list includes software available for installation via QuickInstall and Fantastico De Luxe, as well as site building software already installed. A couple items require being downloaded from the creator's website, like WHMCS and WHMAP.

Please Note: This list is subject to change.

• Blog Software
  • LifeType¹
  • b2evolution²
• Customer Relationship / Chat Software
  • Crafty Syntax Live Help
  • Help Center Live
  • phpFreeChat¹
  • osTicket²
  • PerlDesk²
  • PHP Support Tickets²
  • Support Logic Helpdesk²
  • Support Services Manager²
    
• CMS (Content Management Software)
  • Concrete
  • Drupal 6.22¹
  • Drupal 7
  • e107¹
  • Geeklog¹
    
  • Hotaru¹
    
  • Joomla 1.5
  • Joomla 1.7¹
  • LiveSite¹
  • Mambo²
    
  • Nucleus
  • PHP-Nuke²
  • phpWCMS
    
  • phpWebSite²
    
  • Pligg¹
  • Textpattern¹
  • typo3
  • Xoops
  • Zikula
• Development Software
  • MantisBT¹
• eCommerce Software
  • Magento¹
  • CubeCart²
  • OS Commerce²
    
  • PrestaShop¹
  • Zen Cart
• eLearning Software
  • Claroline
  • Moodle²
    
• F.A.Q.
• FAQMasterFlex¹
  
• Forum Software / Discussion Boards
  • Advanced Electron Forum¹
  • bbPress¹
  • phpBB
  • punBB¹
  • Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
    
• Gallery Software
  • 4images
  • Coppermine
  • Gallery²
    
  • Piwigo¹
• Hosting Billing
  
• AccountLab Plus²
• phpCOIN
  
• Mailing Lists
• PHPList²
  
• Polls and Surveys
• Advanced Poll²
• LimeSurvey²
• phpESP²
  
• Project Management Software
  • dotProject
  • PHProjekt²
    
• Site Building Software
• BaseKit (Coming Soon!)†
• Parallels SiteBuilder†
• Site Studio†
  
• Trendy Site Builder¹
• Soholaunch Pro Edition²
• Templates Express²
• Social Networking Software
  • Jcow¹
  • Oxwall¹
• Wiki Software
  • MediaWiki¹
  • PhpWiki²
    
  • PmWiki¹
  • TikiWiki CMS/Groupware (Tiki)
    
  • Wikka¹
• Other Scripts
• Dew-NewPHPLinks²
• Open-Realty²
• OpenX²
• PHPauction²
• phpFormGenerator²
• WebCalendar²
  

¹ You can find this program in QuickInstall.
² You can find this program in Fantastico De Luxe.
† No software to install, simply request access. Click link for more details.
‡ Includes a license only. Download is available from creator of software.

All other programs (scripts) listed in the "full list of programs" section are available in both QuickIntall and Fantastico De Luxe.  Because QuickInstall and Fantastico organize the lists of software differently, the program you may be looking for might be under a different heading than listed here.

We do our best to keep software and program versions as up to date as possible. Our technical team regularly evaluates software updates and pushes updates across 6DegreesHosting servers as they are deemed secure and appropriate for 6DegreesHosting shared hosting environment.

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our webmail is optimized for your mobile device. Clients go to:

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How to switch hosts without having any down time.

Switching to a new host can be a complicated process. Follow our steps to ensure that your move is smooth and painless.

1. The first step is to join your new host. Make sure to NOT cancel with your old hosting provider, and do not tell them you will be canceling. Keep this a secret from your old host, or they could prematurely terminate your site and cause downtime.

2. At this point, you should have hosting accounts with two hosting providers (the old and the new one). You will now migrate your entire site from the old host to the new one. This can be done by connecting to the old host's FTP and downloading all your files, and then by connecting to the new host's FTP and uploading all your files (maintain the same file and folder structure). If you choose to make 6DegreesHosting your new host, we may transfer your entire site over free of charge!

3. You must also backup any databases on the old host (contact the old host for instructions) and upload the backup files to the new host via FTP. You must then restore your databases from those backup files; this can be done via SSH or cPanel's phpMyAdmin. Emails do not normally transfer, but you can archive your emails from the old host. You can accomplish this by making a POP3 connection to each email address; this way all the old emails are downloaded to your local computer. The new host will not have those old emails, but the new host will be able to get new emails.

4. If you choose to make 6DegreesHosting your new host, we may transfer your entire site (files and databases) over free of charge! If your old host used cPanel, we may be able to transfer emails as well.

5. After you have a copy of your site on both hosting accounts, it is time to change your domain name's DNS....

6. After you have all your files on both hosting accounts, it is time to change your domain name's DNS. Your new host will provide you with the correct name servers (DNS). You may need to contact the new host to find out what DNS settings you will use for your domain name.

DNS name servers usually looks like this (replace "yourhostname.com" with your host's actual domain name):
ns1.yourhostname.com
ns2.yourhostname.com

Once you have the correct DNS, go to the company where you purchased your domain name to make the change. If you purchased your domain name from your host, you usually need to ask them to make the DNS changes for you. You can tell them something similar to, "Hello. My domain with you is _____.___ ; please, change my domain name's name servers to ns1._______.____ and ns2._______.____ ."

If you bought your domain name from 6DegreesHosting, we are more than happy to help you or even make the DNS changes for you.

7. Once your DNS changes have been made, you will need to wait 48 hours (two days) before your site will load from the new host. During this 48 hour period, your DNS is propagating world wide and your site will be randomly loading from either the old host or the new host. Once the two days is complete, your site will only be loading from the new host.

8. After the 48 hours have passed, your updated DNS will be fully functional. You will now contact your old host and cancel your hosting account with them. If you originally bought your domain name from the old host, do not cancel your domain registration.

If you completed all the above steps, you have successfully switched hosts with no downtime at all!

Windows Web Hosting packages will come with a Plesk Control Panel

All new Windows Web Hosting packages will come with a Plesk Control Panel from the 14th of September, 2010.

Server upgrades!

We are upgrading some of our older Conroe processor servers to Dual CPU Nehalem chassis on Tuesday Aug 3rd starting at around 8PM Pacific.

The actual downtime, barring unforseen circumstances should only be a couple of seconds. However, you may incur up to an hour of data loss in your home directory as we make the swap between old and new servers.

This should greatly increase the speed and performance on these servers and provide a better level of service. Your scripts shouldn't have any issues either, since the actual configurations are literally the exact same

Thank you,

6 Degrees Hosting Support

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Top 10 simplest and most lightweight scripts on the Web

Added on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010. Written by Ahmad Permessur.

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Ask anyone what their favorite CMS is, and you will probably hear mentions of Wordpress. Sure, it is a great CMS that is flexible and customizable with its plethora of plugins that allow you to push Wordpress to its limits — but is Wordpress a simple script? Well, not really. Several scripts have been introduced that take simplicity an unprecedented level. A script can be termed as lightweight and simple if it contains a smaller code base, making it less prone to vulnerabilities. It is such a script that has a better performance in terms of server resources consumption — a script that ultimately takes seconds to install, understand and use.
In this post, take a look at the Top 10 most simple and lightweight scripts on the Web ranging from image gallery script, content management system and file manager.

1. simpleCart(js) – A Lightweight JavaScript Shopping Cart

SimpleCart(js) is an easy to use and lightweight JavaScript shopping cart that allows you to setup an e-commerce store in a few minutes. It requires no database or programming knowledge – all you need to know is some basic HTML. simpleCart(js) currently works with PayPal and Google Checkout. It has support for multiple currencies and tax rate. Its flexible cookie based cart feature allows buyers to add, remove and adjust quantity of items to be ordered.

2. GetSimple CMS -The Simplest Content Management System EVER

GetSimple CMS is an open source CMS that utilizes the speed and convenience of XML, a best-in-class UI and the easiest learning curve of any simple Content Management System out there. It has been loaded with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn’t. It supports a plugin system that allows you to add modules to further expand the CMS.

3. FluxBB – A fast, light, user-friendly forum application

FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications. It is easy to use and has a proven track record of stability and security making it an ideal choice of forum for your website. It supports PHP4 and PHP5 and works with MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLLite. All pages generated by this forum application are XHTML 1.0 compliant.

4. Relay – AJAX Directory Manager

Relay is a PHP and MYSQL based file management system with upload and download capabilities. The interface is AJAX based allowing easy drag-b-drop of files and folders. It supports multiple file upload with progress bar and automatic thumbnail generation for your image and PDF files. You can setup multiple users with different accounts.

5. Task Jr – Web-based task manager

Task Jr is a lightweight PHP5 web-based task manager to help you manage your personal and professional projects effectively. You can assign due dates and priorities to your tasks and use the different views to filter important stuff first. It supports iCalendar – your tasks can be shared or subscribed to as iCal calendars.

6. IMAGIN – Flash Photo Gallery

IMAGIN is a flash photo gallery that can organize photos and create slideshows from them. It has unlimited number of albums and levels of albums-in-albums. IMAGIN works by pointing it to a folder that contains photos, everything else is automatic.

7. Shoutbox – A PHP + AJAX Shoutbox

YShout is a lightweight yet full-featured package that allows you to easily add an interactive shoutbox to your website. A shoutbox is a great tool to communicate with your visitors, and YShout allows you to chat with them in real-time. The scrit is based on PHP and powered by AJAX.

8.lwrte -Lightweight Rich Text Editor

lwrte is a lightweight and unbloated Rich Text Editor based on jQuery. Its file size is only 10Kb and it doesn’t require any JavaScript wrapper. It is extremely simple and be easily changed according to your needs. It has all thaat your editor probably need. lwrte is compatible with major browsers and degrade gracefully into a textarea for others.

9. Adminer – Database Management in a single file

Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured MySQL management tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single file ready to deploy to the target server. It works with MySQL 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 through mysqli, mysql  or pdo PHP extension.

10. EZPX – Photoblog System

EZPX is a lightweight yet full featured photoblog system based on Codeigniter application framework. It was written in PHP, it’s painless to install, has an easy-to-use and clean user interface that you will love to use. And besides it provides a lot of features especially designed for photographers.

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Change in Backup policy for our Unlimited Hosting Packages

We will be limiting the Back up feature on existing Linux ULTIMATE Unlimited Hosting Packages that are using the old infrastructure (not cPanel) from the 12th of May, 2010. As per the new limit, we will only store the last three back ups made for any existing package.
Current Scenario:
Currently, a Customer can make unlimited back ups of their packages and they are all stored on our servers.
This negatively affects our servers as it leads to:

• Additional and unnecessary load
• Exposure to potential abuse

New Implementation:
Through the new implementation, Customers will still be able to make back ups as frequently as required. However, only the last three back ups will be stored on our servers. Every time a new back up is made, the oldest back up will be replaced.
This implementation will be applicable from the 12th of May, 2010.
Important: Starting today, all new Back up Policies will be limited as per the new implementation of storing only three back ups.
If you require your previous back ups:
If you require old back ups, which are older than the last three made, they will need to download the back ups to their local machines before the 12th of May, 2010.

Thank you!

Unlimited Plan Mail Server Intermittent Issue

Intermittent Issues with Our Mail Servers on our UNLIMITED HOSTING

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:41 AM PDT

Our Mail servers are currently facing intermittent issues.

Services Affected:
* Sending & Recieving Mails.
* Delayed login on the Webmail URL

We request that you wait for sometime before you trying to login or downloading the emails again.

Rest assured, all new incoming mails will queue up for delivery and shall be available in the Inbox as soon as the server is up and operational. We regret the interruption in services. For any additional information, feel free to contact our support desk.

April 21st Server maintenance Server MARS

April 21, 10:03 AM - Back Up
Posted by: tony
The system is back up.

This is the kind of issue we dislike - spontaneous reboot, no error messages that point to an obvious reason however we are seeing a large number of unusual "probes" - which is usually the sign of hackers/exploiters looking for web sites/servers to infect.

We will be hardening the network against these, just in case!

But for now, we are back and running at full steam!
April 21, 8:45 AM - Spontaneous System Reboot
Posted by: tony
The server decided to spontaneously reboot with no reason or warning. Doing a file system data check and bringing it back online asap.

Will post when it's live!