Another progress report

My apologies on the lack of blog posts, but production of the new 9R site has been at a standstill. Simply put, there aren’t enough hours in the day! There are a number of projects that have taken precedence over the remodeled 9R release, but the plan to launch something in the near future is well within reach! Also, we are looking to create some resource material, in the way of online screencasts used to help guide you through the wonderful world of Wordpress!

We thank you for continuing to check out our site, and we apologize that we aren’t fully functional at the moment. But we promise to have something worth all the wait online real soon.

-9R

Server switch, client portal and new site all making progress

We are happy to announce that the start of 2010 is proving to be very productive. Recent server difficulties are nearing their end, as we move closer to a server upgrade to a VPS client that will improve the level of control we have over usage and the overall capabilities of our server. The wheels are in motion and we are hopeful that the switch will take place in the next two months.

The client portal is progressing, but it won’t be fully operational until we move into the version of the 9R site and upgrade to PHP5.

As for this site, you can expect the new version any day now! If you need any assistance or information in the mean time, feel free to email us!

-9R

Website rebuild in progress

We are in the process of redesigning the site, so we have disabled all of our pages except the blog. This is a new approach for us, but we plan on blogging the entire time and keeping you up-to-date on the progress — so keeping this portion of the site up just makes sense. At this point there is no launch date set, but sometime in February is highly probable.

As always, check this space for updates and all that…

Best,

-9R

Database connections fixed

Over the last 24 hours clients may have experienced an unexpected database connection refusal, that has now been corrected. A recent security exploit had been discovered and required immediate changes in some of the database credentials. Unfortunately, it also created a connection error that may have affected your site. The problem has been fixed and we are looking into how to avoid this issue going forward.

Our sincerest of apologies to any who were affected by this.

Best,

-9R

9R rebuild

We will be relaunching our site in the next two days in order to address some speed and accessibility issues we have discovered. The new site will likely be a model for quickness and its application of web standards.

Hopefully this launch is as successful as the last!

-9R

Server issues resolved

Any outages that may have occurred over the last 24-48 hours have been resolved. The 9R team are now tasked with the consideration of a server switch to avoid any future outages that may come as the result of an administrative error.

We offer our apologies to any client who was affected by these outages, and we are working to ensure that this never happens again going-forward.

Best,

-9R

Wordpress for Blackberry

In their ongoing effort to simplify web publishing, the good folks at Automattic have taken their award winning blogging/cms platform, WordPress into the hands of blackberry users.

Although WordPress for blackberry comes as no surprise to many, it does however, demonstrate the simplicity of the platform. Within five minutes of installing and configuring the 9R site, I was ready to blog. In fact, this entire post was made using my blackberry!

As always, there are limitations and drawbacks, but for quick posts, comment moderation and the ability to manage your blog while being away from your computer, it’s well worth download.

-9R

Client Portal Update

We have officially reached the 50% completion mark of the new client portal! It is still up for beta testing and will continue to be until the final changes are complete. There are a number of new features built into the new system that should make our clients very happy!

Completed:

• Improved file sharing
• Access to web mail accounts via Squirrel Mail Client
• Account profile updater
• Improved “forgotten password” feature

In progress:

• Analytics data
• Email user creation
• Client ‘back-end’ access port

Removed:

• General account settings
• Client site login(pending)
• File repository

To proceed to testing area click here.

-9R