Here is a summary of our price changes

Domain Registration:

.ie down from €29.99 pa to €27.99 pa –  over 6% reduction

.com/.net/.org/.eu down from €14.99 pa to €12.99 pa –  over 13% reduction

Hosting:

Lite down from €69 pa to €65 pa –  over 5% reduction and features extended

Lite Business down from €99 pa to €95 pa –  over 4% reduction and features extended

Startlive down from €129 pa to €125 pa –  over 3% reduction and features extended

NEW : Basic Hosting package at only €55 pa. So if you have a domain name registered elsewhere, you can avail of our great value hosting.

Spam & Virus Scanning

Our level one scanning package has reduced from €150 pa to €130 – over 13% reduction

Scanning Complete down from €180 pa to €170 pa – over 5% reduction

SSL Certs:

Rapid SSL down from €39.99 pa to €34.99 pa –  over 12% reduction

Dedicated Servers:

Over €20 per month off most of our Dedicated Servers!

This is just the start of things in 2013, we have plans to introduce more great value products and services during the year and bring you some great special offers this summer.

And remember, when our logo changes at the top of our site, make sure you click it to get great special offer codes or to win some fantastic prizes!!

We are aware of an issue with service to server ELH11, affecting some customers.

We are investigating this at the moment and will have services restored as soon as possible.

13:15 UPDATE : The server is back online now. We are continuing to investigate the issue, and it may necessitate taking the server offline briefly later in the day. If you have any issues, please email support@elive.net

Apologies for the inconvenience

It would appear that automated scripts on infected computers are checking sites randomly to see if they have a wp-login.php file (the access file to the backend of WordPress). If this file is found, then the site is attacked from many multiple sources at once, in an attempt to brute force guess the login details.

This extra load will very quickly mean your site is running very slowly and affects the overall performance of our servers.

The major risk is that your login details will be guessed if you have a weak password. We recommend ensuring your password if very strong and also updating WordPress to the latest version.

We are actively blocking access to this file on any site we see being attacked. If you need urgent access to your wordpress backend, please contact us so we can whitelist your IP address.

Your site will continue to work as normal, so dont worry about that.

We will issue another update once we have more information

*** UPDATE Monday 15th April *****

We have put firewall rules in place now to block network packets containing certain information, which would match the hack attempt. This appears to be working for the moment and we are re-enabling access to users wp-admin areas. We will continue to monitor the situation.

If you have any problems getting access to your WordPress admin, please contact us

Elive Support

The fund provides €150,000 to support 20 Irish companies Online.

SME and micro-business owners can apply for one of 20 places, which will provide professional consultation, training and development support services for those looking to improve and develop their existing online presence in terms of e-commerce capability and functionality.

David Curtin, Chief Executive of IE Domain Registry, said: “IEDR’s OPTIMISE Fund is about helping companies make the transition to e-commerce enabled websites in a very practical way. Our experience shows that with the right training, tools and technologies, such as real-time payments and booking facilities, it is possible for small companies to access new customers and markets at home and abroad and to grow their business using the online marketplace. Unfortunately, Irish companies remain slow to do this and without e-commerce enabled websites, they are continuing to lose out online. I would therefore encourage any small business owner with a .ie website looking to take the next step to apply online today at www.why.ie/optimise.”

Further details about the Fund and the online application form are available at www.why.ie/optimise. The closing date for receipt of entries is 25 April 2013.

Elive Ltd are an IEDR Accredited Registrar offering great value in .ie Domain Name Registrations and website/email hosting.

We have “hidden” page on our website with an Easter promotion and the chance to win an iPod Shuffle.

Hint: Its easter, hunt for eggs

Why not drop by and see us, we’d love to meet you.

See the attached invite.

Update 18:14: Server is back online now.

Even if you do not host your site with Elive, we can offer you support on it and maintain the site and backups for you. So there is no need to switch your hosting.

We have hundreds of clients using WordPress for simple blogging sites or full Content Managed Systems. The biggest problem we see if the daunting task to non-technical users of keeping the system up-to-date. Having your WordPress installation get out of date can leave it open to being hacked, causing downtime and embarrassment.

With our new service, we will do all the updates for you and keep backups of your site too.

Check out what you get here, from only €22 per month

When you spend €25, the voucher will give you an extra €75 FREE for your Google Adwords account.

Simply email info@elive.net with the word ADWORDS in the subject or body and the first 5 emails we get will get the voucher code by return email.

No Strings, you dont need to be an Elive customer, its open to anyone.

Happy Friday!

It is recommended that all our hosting clients that are using WordPress update to this version immediately.

Elive’s BP-AUS plugin for BuddyPress has been tested working with this version.