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    Canonical problem

    My guess would be that your new nameserver doesn't actually respond to 'www' so your browser (and other people) will be using a cached copy for 'www' (cached by their ISP). Go download dig and run it against your new nameservers to be sure that a 'www' domain is actually present. If you're...
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    Best way to sell hosting clients?

    Agreed with selling them to another host as well. A lot of people do this on Web Hosting Talk but for a UK business, you might want to also consider forums like this or Web Host Chat to get some decent hosting providers.
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    Purchasing a domain name

    We just had a lot of fun with this and Nominet. Although we registered it with domain privacy turned on, when our registrar registered it, it was off so the details were made public. We had to contact Nominet directly to get them to turn it on. So, depending on your provider, you might have...
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    Basic Website

    If you're happy to keep things simple, you should be able to do most of this yourself, and I second the previous posters' recommendations for Wordpress. Look into whether your hosting providers allows for an easy, automatic install of software like Wordpress. Usually this can get up and running...
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    problems accessing opencart website

    Perhaps your server has some kind of protection against invalid password attempts (or similar) and this has simply blocked your IP address? If you can access it via other ISPs, others probably can too so it'll be something specific to you. Ask your hosting provider to see if they can see why...
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    Fast Broadband when BT Connection is poor

    If you're only getting 1M, I reckon there'd be some poor quality cabling between the house and the DSLAM so I don't think BE would improve matters here.
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    Fast Broadband when BT Connection is poor

    Do you know whether you're in a strong 3G area? If you have 3.5G (or even 4G) it might work out better than your DSL but you'll be restricted by lowish caps (and have highish latency).
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    Server transfer

    It can, but in my opinion you're more likely to be hurt by things such as a spam outbreak causing your mail server to be blacklisted. Google's algorithms are clever, and Google realises that lots of site share a same IP address. Unless one specific IP address was hosting loads of dodgy sites, I...
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    Hosting?

    My point is that a hosting provider should be able to gracefully handle whatever runs on their platform, from static HTML to something like Magento and beyond. Unless there is a real need to get stuck into Magento configuration or tailoring, you'd be hugely limiting your choice of providers if...
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    Hosting?

    Everyone seems to be saying "Go to a Magento provider" but honestly, a web application is a web application at the end of the day. Sure, a host that specialises in Magento hosting could probably offer some information on tweaking performance, but the most important things for a host are a good...
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    Server transfer

    If you like, you can email me with whatever credentials you have and I can let you know just what sort of access you seem to have (with no obligation). That way, at least you'll know how difficult it might be to set things up and you can also get further quotes. Even if you don't have root and...
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    Server transfer

    Hi, Transferring data from a server isn't that hard assuming you have root access. However, the best way to do this would be if your hosting provider (presumably this is Zeus) is able to provide a snapshot of your server. It's not essential though. Are you looking for a hosting package, help...
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    Where do i stand?

    I wonder if you could cheat a bit. Do you know specifically what site it attempts to connect to? You could possibly add the site to your /etc/hosts or hosts.txt file and make it point to another IP address (e.g. 127.0.0.1). This will fail, but it'll fail instantly which might be enough to speed...
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    Recommendations for UK hosting company

    Those are very simple requirements and I'm sure almost all hosting providers can offer them. Regarding the website design, many providers offer things like Softaculous which means you can install things like Wordpress very easily, and packages like that make it very easy to get a website up and...
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    Recommendations for UK hosting company

    Going with a name you know is rarely a good solution in the hosting marketplace. Some of the biggest players (e.g. 1&1, GoDaddy) have a less than impressive track record. There are some really good providers active on this forum (including us) that I'm sure can provide what you want without the...
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