Spiral Hosting

Spiral Hosting are advising webhosting clients and our resellers to ensure that their website software is up-to-date and secure. We have noticed a recent increase in malware bots scanning websites on our servers looking for vulnerabilities in website software.

Websites that use out-of-date software could have major security flaws and may be vulnerable to hacking exploits, viruses, mal-ware and data theft. One piece of out-of-date software could give a hacker access to your entire website, databases and email accounts; the hacker could change your account passwords or delete your data so it’s very important to always use the latest software releases. Don’t have a “it won’t happen to me” mentality!

There may also be compatibility issues between our web servers and out-of-date software which will result in a lot of PHP error messages appearing suddenly on your website. Preventing these problems is easy; simply ensure your website software is up-to-date and if you don’t know how to do this you should ask us for help!

Here are the latest versions of some popular software:

• WordPress 3.0.1
• Joomla 1.5.20
• phpBB 3.0.7-PL1
• Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.11
• Zen Cart 1.3.9e
• osCommerce 2.2 RC-2a
• Moodle 1.9.9
• Gallery 2 2.3.1
• Magento 1.4.1.1
• PHP-Nuke 8.0(p3.4)

Don’t use any software on your website except the latest version!

Software that has been installed through Installatron (one-click installer) can be upgraded really easily through your cPanel control panel. Clients with Reseller Hosting accounts can also over-see all software installations through the Installatron Script Installer option in their Web Host Manager.

If you have any questions about upgrading your software please ask us for help.

Spiral Hosting are delighted to announce we now accept credit card payments in UK Pounds (GBP).

Customers in the UK will already be familiar with seeing the pricing on our website in Pounds and many customers have been paying in Pounds via PayPal or by cheque since our website went multi-currency last summer, but we can now process payments in Pounds directly through our bank which is a big advantage. It’s fully supported through our website ordering system and our Client Area.

If you are a UK-based customer who is currently billed in Euros and you would like to change to pay in Pounds please email our Billing Department or speak with your Account Manager so that we can make the necessary changes to your account.

Spiral Hosting Ltd (www.spiralhosting.com), a European web hosting solutions provider headquartered in Ireland today annouced it has acquired the web hosting division of Eideashop Inc., Oregon, USA (www.eideashop.com).

Peter Armstrong, director of the Irish HSP explained: “Spiral Hosting are delighted to announce the acquisition of Eideashop web hosting and we can’t wait to welcome our new clients and start assisting their web hosting needs.  This acquisition allows us to invest heavily in brand new super-fast web servers housed in a newly renovated private datacentre space in downtown Chicago. Chicago serves as one of North America’s largest Internet hubs with fibre optic connectivity to the East and West coasts of the United States and this yields low latency to both coasts as well as to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.”

“Continuing of our efforts to offer superior web hosting solutions, this acquisition will provide the opportunity to offer a fault-tolerant network across two continents, with impressive network speeds and around-the-clock support for our clients in Europe and the United States.”

“We will be migrating all Eideashop customers to the new servers in Chicago over the coming weeks and months. They will have access to feature-rich hosting and innovative technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Installatron script installer and LiteSpeed web serving framework.”

Spiral Hosting are offering 10% off new hosting packages and domain names in our Spring Sale!

It’s spring! There’s some sunshine and it’s sale time!

Domain names on promotion include the following TLD’s: .com .net.at .be .ch .dk .es .eu .fr .ie .me .tv .us and .ws! Hosting packages on promotion include all new Shared Hosting and Reseller Hosting packages.

To take advantage of this promotion, simply place your order normally through our hosting or domains pages and enter promo code “spring” at checkout!

If you’ve any questions, please contact us!

Subject to our usual T&C’s. Offer ends 31st March 2010.

Spiral Hosting have today relaunched our free domains promotion. Buy any new yearly web hosting package and enjoy free domain registration for life!*

It’s really simple. Spiral Hosting will give one free domain name for every web hosting package you purchase, and we will renew it for free for the life of your web hosting package.

Our checkout system will automatically mark your domain name as free when you purchase it along with your web hosting.

If you already have a domain name elsewhere, you can choose to transfer it to us and it can be your free domain name.

Your free domain name is completely yours. You own it, control the whois information, the nameservers and everything else. We simply register it for you, for free, for life!

Here are the steps to follow:

1) Choose any web hosting package

Sizes XS – XL on Shared Hosting packages

Host 10 – Host 200 on Reseller Hosting packages

2) Choose a domain name from up to 27 extensions (TLD’s)

General extensions: .com .net .org .info .mobi .name or .biz
Country extensions: .asia .at .be .cc .ch .de .dk .es .eu .fr .ie .in .it .me .nl .tv .uk .us or .ws

The full list of domain extensions available with each package can be found on our Promotions page.

3) We’ll register your domain name for free. It can be a brand new domain registration or you can choose to transfer a domain to us if you have one registered elsewhere.

4) Every time you pay for your web hosting renewal, we will renew your domain name!

Small Print: To be eligible for your free domain, please purchase it at the same time as your webhosting. Our order system will automatically mark eligible domains as free. If you have a domain registered elsewhere please contact our support team who can help you transfer the domain to us and it can be your free domain. Other legal stuff applies.

Irish Hosting Solutions Provider Spiral Hosting today announced that it has doubled the disk space and bandwidth allocations on all it’s reseller web hosting packages.

Company director Peter Armstrong said:

“Spiral’s super-fast reseller hosting packages include all the features required to run a successful web hosting business. We looked closely at what web designers and developers expected from their hosting solutions provider then we created packages to fit their needs and pass their expectations.

“Spiral Hosting are delivering solutions that resellers can sell to their clients and be proud to call their own. Resellers can choose their own branding and use our white-label name servers so your clients don’t know that Spiral exists.”

“Resellers can start with our 10 sites package and increase their package as their business grows. Packages costing as little as €19.95 per month are now available, with no setup fees and with unlimited databases, domains and email accounts.”

Package details can be found at:
http://www.spiralhosting.com/hosting/resellers

Existing customers will be upgraded automatically, and will receive an email soon once their account has been upgraded. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Irish Hosting Solutions Provider Spiral Hosting today announced that it has doubled the disk space and bandwidth allocations on all it’s website hosting packages.

Company director Peter Armstrong said:
“Spiral Hosting pride ourselves on our generous packages, super-fast servers and outstanding customer support. We re-launched our web hosting into five simple size’s last December and got an excellent response. We are once again doubling disk space and bandwidth on all shared hosting packages for both new and existing customers.

“The new packages represent some of the best value for money in Ireland. Our entry-level package designed for self-employed people and start-up businesses now comes with 2,000Mb diskspace, 20Gb bandwidth and free domain registration for only €2.50/month. This represents substantial savings for many of our new customers who have been paying too much elsewhere.”

Spiral Hosting’s new web hosting packages are crammed with innovative and powerful features such as PHP 5, Ruby on Rails, unlimited parked domains, unlimited sub domains and unlimited email aliases.

Existing customers will be upgraded automatically, and will receive an email soon once their account has been upgraded. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Package details can be found at:
http://www.spiralhosting.com/hosting

Spiral Hosting has ranked No. 1 Web Host for Business.

For March 2009, WebMentor.ie listed our hosting package 1st when compared to another 26 Irish webhosts.

Spiral Hosting were the most competitive of them all, and with more disk space, bandwidth and email accounts than most.

Also, all our hosting packages include free domain registration and free professional website migration (when you are moving host), saving you money and hassle!

For details of our packages, please visit our Hosting page, or if you are a webdesigner/developer then take a look at our Reseller Hosting page too!

For your convenience, this is a quick guide of the many ways to make payments to Spiral Hosting.

1. Credit Cards (recommended)
   • We accept all major credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, Laser cards and also 3V top-up cards.
   • Credit Cards are processed by Realex Payments. They are Europe’s leading payment processor with clients such as Aer Lingus and Vodafone Ireland.
   • Advantage: If you wish you can keep your credit card encrypted and securely stored on our client area, we will automatically bill your renewals to save you the hassle or worry of your services expiring.
2. PayPal.com
   • PayPal allows you to pay money from your credit card, bank account or PayPal account balance.
   • Advantage: No need to register (depending on your country). Accepts American Express.
3. 2Checkout.com
   1. 2Checkout is our secondary credit card processor. For many years we used them for all credit card processing, and many customers still choose 2Checkout.
4. Bank Transfer
   1. Some clients prefer to send us BAC/IBAN transfers. If you’d like to do this, please open a support ticket so we can give you our bank account details.
   2. Also, please tell our Billing Dept when you have initiated a bank transfer, so we know to look out for your payment.
5. Mail In Payment
   1. We accept cheques in the post. Please cross cheques and make payable to Spiral Hosting Ltd. Also, include details of the account holder or invoice number! Our postal address is at the top of all invoices.
   2. If you are paying to renew hosting, please ensure payment reaches us in time. To avoid any downtime please allow plenty of time for the payment to clear. We cannot credit your account until the funds have cleared with our bank.
   3. Lastly, it sounds obvious – but our business operates in Euro!
      If you are paying in another currency please send too much money instead of too little! Any change left over will be added to your account balance for future purchases.
      Costs incurred on cashing/converting foreign currency cheques will be deducted from the final amount added to your balance.

Need to contact our Billing Dept?
We’re here to help. Please open a support ticket or email/phone us.

Web Hosting Company SpiralHosting.com today announced that it has launched new hosting packages, which include twice the disk space and twice the bandwidth allocations, when compared to the previous packages at the same price.

Company director Peter Armstrong said:
“Spiral Hosting have created outstanding packages that can cater for individuals and businesses of any size. Whether you are a student, a start-up business or a large enterprise, our hosting packages will adapt to suit your needs.

“The new packages represent some of the best value for money in Ireland. Our small business package comes with 1,000Mb diskspace and free domain registration for only €2.50/month. This represents substantial savings for many self-employed people and start-up businesses.”

Spiral Hosting’s new scalable hosting packages are crammed with innovative and powerful features such as PHP 5, Ruby on Rails, unlimited parked domains, unlimited sub domains and unlimited email aliases.

Existing customers can upgrade to the equivalent package at any time via their Client Area. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Package details can be found at:
http://www.spiralhosting.com/hosting