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2007 - Retrospective Overview
22.01.2008

For 50Webs, 2007 was an intensive year, fulfilled with new introductions, interesting ideas and fruitful collaboration between you and us. Throughout these 12 months of industrious work we were entirely swept away in our efforts to keep higher and competitive the level of our web hosting system, and to provide better and more attractive opportunities for you - our clients. Eyeing back on the year, we are happy to conclude that all our efforts had been worth making, in terms of numerous implementations, as well as upgrades carried out. Big part of those were inspired by the valuable feedback you were sending us, together with your highly valued recommendations. Let's preserve this rate of supportive work and collaboration also throughout the new year and cast an eye back now at some of our most significant 2007 events.

Entirely renewed is the Domain Manager. It now enables full control of your hosted domains through centralized management of all features (multi-year registration and renewal, transfer, hosting, DNS, parking, Lock/Unlock, WHOIS, ID Protection, EPP).

The recently updated Custom DNS Records section also supports extended functionality now. You are able to set CNAME, AAAA and TXT records, as well as additional NS, MX and A records.

Reforms were made also in the Upgrade section of the WHCP (Web Hosting Control Panel). The Add Services range of features was enhanced. The interface of the Upgrade Plan and Renew Plan functionality fields is now much better.

A new section was incorporated in your WHCP - Set up New Account, providing you with an opportunity, upon need, to directly purchase from there a new web hosting account.

Special attention was paid to our Elefante (Free Scripts) Installer. It was updated to a new version, containing better features and far user-friendlier interface.

An Administration Tools section was differentiated, with its latest addition: the .htaccess generator - an advanced tool for generating .htaccess files.

Two new languages - Dutch and Romanian - were included in the language family of the WHCP. A new link - Visit Store, was added, as well, providing fast connection to our dynamic up-to-date service offerings.

The Round Cube webmail software was introduced in the Web Mail tools currently in use for web-based e-mail management.

A great number of TLD extensions (top-level domain names) were supplemented to the list of domains available for registration/transfer in your WHCP, together with WHOIS / ID Protect Service activated and multiple domain registrations/renewals for multiple years.

Throughout the past year our network administrators invested a great deal of efforts in improving the performance of our servers - the "backbone" of our web hosting system. Together with the adding of new servers, a few hardware and software upgrades (php 5 and MySQLv5 library) were carried out.

Special attention was focused on the rejuvenation of our billing system, which resulted in substantial tightening of its efficiency in terms of payment verifications and order processing. The multi-currency billing and the PayPal Pro payment solutions now guarantee you increased stability and higher level of security in the processing of your incoming payments through our Web Store or through your Web Hosting Control Panel.

For us, 2007 was a fruitful year, providing benefits for all. And having in mind the rich array of projects and ideas already scheduled to be performed, we dare say that, even from this early time-point of view, 2008 already looks as an incredibly interesting year as well, packed with events. Let us slightly "uplift the curtains" for those of you who are eager to find out more:


UPCOMING:

• New Improved Web Hosting Platform - we have firmly headed upon the track of a Cluster System - to be entirely implemented by the end of the year. The stable architecture and design of the new Cluster System will enable us to successfully step on the next level - Load-Balancing System, hopefully shortly after.
• Intelligent Website Builder - a new WYSIWUG software is being developed by our professionals. It will suit your utmost requirements of an intelligent and intuitive tool for creating websites.
• Recurring Billing - the new facilitative option will be implemented soon in your Web Hosting Control Panel, to enable automatic renewals of your active account services - time-savingly and effortlessly for you.
• Essential update of the Email Manager is to be performed - the new Email Manager will be supplied with cleverer interconnections, auto webmail logins, visual display of all settings of an email account, intelligent tooltips and much friendlier interface.
• Essential update of the File Manager - a bright new File Manager will be integrated in our system. The new File Manager is developed by our professionals to suit the utmost requirements for ease, convenience and user-friendly interface. Key basis for its creation was the need for better navigation, facilitation, time-saving and visualization tools. Enormous accent was put on some significantly important aspects regarding its upload functionality and editing system tools.
• Completely new version of the Web Hosting Control Panel - you will have at your disposal several interfaces to choose from (graphic, text and mixed). Full customizability will be enabled, together with improved interconnections, smart tooltips and much user-friendlier functional approach.