The new server will act as a shared Linux cPanel server. Once our PSU arrives, we will be installing the operating system then shipping the box up to the datacentre. The new server will provide plenty of storage space for new services – with 2x 1TB Samsung HDD’s.

Watch this space for updates.

Reseller Hosting for web designers

With our reseller hosting you have complete control bundled with great AGL Host support. You can instantly setup and run as many web hosting accounts as you like. Each hosting account comes with the easy to use cPanel control panel, webmail and unlimited amount of MYSQL databases.

We will also provide the Web Host Manager control panel for you which will enable you to view and manage all your web hosting accounts – track HDD usage, monitor bandwidth. In addition to this you can create your own custom hosting plans for your clients to suite their needs – for exmple, if one client required more storage space than another. With the AGL Host reseller hosting you will have complete control over your clients and accounts.

All Reseller Hosting comes with Unlimited AGL Host Tech support

You may be a great web designer but don’t have experience at running your own web hosting platform. Not a problem, all of our reseller plans include unlimited UK office based tech support. Either pickup the phone and give us a call or use our fast online help.

Web hosting for web designers – whats the cost?

Our reseller web hosting starts from only £19 per month with storage space of upto 100GB of data. We will not sting for you any hidden costs, each plan includes unlimited bandwidth, unlimited hosting accounts, unlimited MYSQL databases, unlimited email accounts.

For more information please visit our web hosting for web designers page  - or give us a call!

Web Disk Features

• Create a secure area to store and backup your valuable data.
• Connect your Web Disk to your computer and drag and drop files to it as if it was simply a folder on your pc
• Web Disk is a great alternative to using a USB flash drive. If you loose your flash drive, all your data is gone. With Web Disk your data is available to  any computer connected to the internet
• Supports Mac, Windows and Linux computers
• Use Web Disk to replace your FTP program when adding files to your server. Use the familiar windows explorer  interface rather than learning how to use a FTP program

How much does Web Disk Cost?

Nothing, we include this service free inside your cPanel account!

How to setup Web Disk

On your AGL Host cPanel account your Web Disk is already setup and ready to use, all you need to do is connect to it! To connect and start using your Web Disk, please complete the following:

1. Login to your cPanel at www.yoursite.co.uk/cpanel
2. Click on Web Disk
3. A form will now appear at the top of the page, complete this to create a new Web Disk account. The directory field will require you to name a folder where you would like to store your data
4. Once you have created your Web Disk account, a list of your accounts will appear at the bottom on the page, navigate to your desired Web Disk account and click on “Access Web Disk”
5. You will then be asked to select the operating system on your computer
6. Once you have selected your operating system, you will be automatically generated a secure connection file. This file will allow you to connect to your Web Disk. When prompted download the connection file.
7. Open the connection file on your computer. Your computer will now automatically connect to your Web Disk, you may be asked to enter the your login information which you created in Step 3

Done. You can now access your Web Disk on your AGL Host cPanel server. A great secure place to store and backup your valuable data. If you plan to store a lot of data on your Web Disk, please contact us if you require more storage space.

Backing up your website could not be easier with cPanel. The server automates the process, the only real action is for you to effetely press the ‘go’ button.

Backup your webiste in cPanel

How to backup your website using cPanel:

1. Login to your cPanel control panel. Please go to www.yoursite.co.uk/cpanel
2. Click on “Backups”
3. Select “Download or generate a full website backup”
   Selecting this option will backup everything associated with  your web hosting account; all files, emails, databases, email filters, cron jobs. If you only want to backup a certain database for example, simply click on the database name which you wish to backup. We have found that using the cPanel database dump feature produces a smaller database dump file compared to PHPMYADMIN.
4. You will now be presented with a form asking for the destination of your website backup. You have two options here:

   a. Store the backup on your web server itself. If you choose this option, your backup file will be zipped and placed in your FTP account ready for you to download. So simply login to your FTP server and you will see your backup file inside your FTP root. When you select this option, enter your email address and your web server will automatically email you when your download is ready for you to download.
   b. Send the backup to a remote FTP server. If you have a FTP server in your office, you can tell your web server to automatically send the backup to your remote FTP server. Simply select “remote FTP server” and plug in your FTP server information.

5. Select “Generate Backup” when sit back and watch your server do all the hard work and backup your data.

Our Thoughts

cPanel is by the the easiest to use and most advanced control panel. Making backups are so easy. We strongly suggest that you backup your website on a regular basis – if you accidentally delete an important file, it is very handy knowing that you have a backup sitting safe. We also backup your data to our external storage repository’s, but its always a good idea to have multiple backups. After all, you may have paid thousands for your website, keep ti safe!

Free email marketing for AGL Host Customers

Great looking website – Check
Fast reliable hosting – Check
Boost your traffic – ‘to-do’

There is no such thing as too many customers on your website. Email Marketing is a proven technique to help send targeted traffic to your website.

This month we have signed up with Email Blaster UK to provide FREE email marketing services to all AGL Host customers.

Email Blaster UK is a complete online email marketing system with full statistics suite. You can effortlessly create and send professional looking email newsletter templates to your subscribers. Either select one from the library of emarketing templates, add your logo and text – or design one from scratch.

Each AGL Host Email Blaster account can send up-to 50 emails per month and includes all the features of paid customers.

To have your free Email Blaster account setup, please contact us. Please provide the following information:

> Your AGL-Host domain name
> Desired username & password
> Your real name and contact email address

Going on Holiday? – Setup a out of office notification

Going on holiday? With cPanel it is easy to setup a ‘out of office’ notification and only takes a few moments. The cPanel ‘out of office’ notification is called an ‘Auto Responder’.

To setup your auto responder, please complete the following:

1. In your internet browser navigate to: www.yoursite.co.uk/webmail

2. Login with your full email address (i.e. bob@bobsmith.co.uk) and password

3. Click on “Auto Responders”. This is located near the bottom of the page.
4. You will now be presented with a page showing your current ‘Auto responders’. Also on this page will be a button named ‘Add Auto Responder’ – click on that.

5. The ‘Add Auto Responder’ page will now be shown, simply complete the form entering your ‘out of office’ reply and click on ‘Create/Modify’ Done. Your ‘Out of Office’ notification will now be live. Have a good holiday! (remember to turn it off when you get home!)

Hosting plans name change

Last month we decided it was time to update the name of our web hosting plans. All prices and features have stayed the same but with a name change. Your web hosting service will not be affected but will now fall under our new hosting plan naming convention.

New AGL Host website

Over the last few weeks our web design team have been busy developing our new website. The new website was reciently made live – we think it looks great, hope you like it!

Check out our net website at: www.agl-host.co.uk

Thank you for reading the August AGL Host newsletter, we hope you have a good month and see you again in four weeks!

Setting up Microsoft Outlook to access your POP or IMAP email account only takes a few moments. Please follow our step by step guide below:

Microsoft Outlook Email Account Setup Guide

1. In your internet browser navigate to: www.yoursite.co.uk/webmail

2. Login with your full email address (i.e. bob@bobsmith.co.uk) and password

3. Click on “Auto Responders”. This is located near the bottom of the page, see screen below:

4. You will now be presented with a page showing your current ‘Auto responders’. Also on this page will be a button named ‘Add Auto Responder’ – click on that.

5. The ‘Add Auto Responder’ page will now be shown, simply complete the form entering your ‘out of office’ reply and click on ‘Create/Modify’

Done. Your ‘Out of Office’ notification will now be live. Have a good holiday! (remember to turn it off when you get home!)

• Fast reliable web servers
• Servers located in Telehouse London
• UK IP address for search engine optimisation
• Daily offsite data backups.
• Easy to use web based control panel

Our UK windows based web hosting is perfect if your website or application runs on ASP, ASP.NET. For those who run a PHP based website, our windows servers are also PHP ready – or alternatively  checkout our great range of Linux cPanel based hosting plans.

Windows Hosting Plans

We have designed three windows based IIS web hosting plans. Prices start from only £3.99 per month and include upto 10GB of storage space. All plans include unlimited monthly bandwidth and the ability to setup an unlimited amount of Microsoft Access databases or Microsoft SQL 2008 based databases.

Check out our latest UK windows web hosting plans now, or give us a call!

Also … be sure to checkout our latest offers page to see if you can save even more @ AGL Host

We hope that you like using the new website, your thoughts and feedback are very welcome. Along with our new website a few moments ago we just released our new web hosting blog. Our previous WordPress blog has been successfully integrated into the new AGL Host website layout.

If you would like a new website like outs, please check out our sister company web design northampton @ JC Peters

A Few of the new features …

Along with the new design, we have revised several of our web hosting plans. Many of the plans have now been re-named, however the specs and costs have stayed the same.

In addition to this, we have also introduced a wide range of windows IIS web hosting plans. When you place an order with AGL Host you will now be asked if you would like a Windows web server or Linux cPanel server – the choice is yours.

We have hidden a few goodies!

On the new AGL Host website, we have also hidden a few goodies, scattered throughout the site are several coupon codes for money off your next web hosting order with us  - can you find them?