Archive for June, 2009
WordPress Blogs – Latest Upgrade
By Bitwik on June 25th, 2009 | No Comments
When searching for the right blog platform to power your kids, hobby, or personal blog, you should look at WordPress. With their latest release of WordPress 2.8, things just got even better for the serious blogger. Many fun and simple-to-use features have been added to make WordPress the ultimate platform of choice for your blog.
Getting Started with Blogs
By Bitwik on June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
We know that there are some out there that are taking their own sweet time to get started with their very own blog. So, it is for these individuals that we must ask, what are you waiting for? You don’t have to know a ton of information to get started, nor do you need to be a programmer or some computer nerd to do it either. You should start out by getting acquainted with some of the common blog platforms that power the world’s greatest blogs, as well as find a reliable blog hosting company to take your blog to bigger and better places.
Kid’s Need to Blog Too!
By Bitwik on June 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Well, it is about time! That’s seems to be the common response of those that hear the good news. What news is that? We have just launched a new line of blog hosting products geared for the younger ones. Now there’s plenty of opportunities available for kids to explore the wonderful world of blogging without the constant worry of danger lurking around every corner. We have implemented several key security measures to keep the identity of the young ones safe as well as giving the parents/guardians full access to the posts and comments sections of the blog. This works out great since each and every post must be “okayed” by an adult before it is published for the whole world to see. The kids enjoy a fully functional dashboard that is customized for simplicity sake. Although it is extremely easy to navigate and use, the dashboard is still full of wonderful features that can be unlocked at any time, especially after the young one gets the hang of things. These blogs are safe for kids to use and we take the necessary steps to make sure that the child’s identity is completely blocked from the outside world in order to protect the kid blogger as well as the parents. Shouldn’t safety be as important to us as it is for parents? Yeah, we think so too!
VPS Hardware Upgrade
By Bitwik on June 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Dear Valued Bitwik Customer,
This is a notice to inform you that the parent VPS hardware node that provides service to your Very Important Blogger account(s) will be upgraded on Tuesday June 16, 2009 between the hours of 12AM and 6AM CST (06:00 – 12:00GMT). This upgrade will provide continuing performance and reliability to your Bitwik Blog Hosting service. In order to complete the upgrade the server will need to be taken down. The upgrade should take no longer than 15 to 30 minutes to complete.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
WordPress 2.8 and Movable Type 4.26
By Bitwik on June 11th, 2009 | No Comments
Today, both blog products have been released just hours from each other. In order to stay on the cutting edge of the blogosphere, and keep our clients up-to-date, we went ahead and preloaded our blog servers with the latest software files. Bitwik customers running older versions of the software are welcome to submit a support ticket for a free upgrade!
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