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.au domains can now be registered for one year  

Tue, 22 Sep 2020

 
Due to a registry rule change, you can now register a ".au" domain for one year. Previously you were forced to register them for two years.

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Hacking update, and new WordPress security policy  

Mon, 11 Mar 2019

 
This post describes the recent spate of hacks of WordPress websites on our servers, and our new WordPress security policy.

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Mark Virtue away in London next week  

Fri, 8 Mar 2019

 
Mark Virtue will be away in London on business from this evening (Friday March 8th 2019), back in the office on the morning of Monday March 18th 2019.

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WordPress version 5.0 being released soon  

Wed, 28 Nov 2018

 
WordPress version 5.0 is coming out soon. It's a major release, including many useful improvements. But you need to be aware of one thing...

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FURTHER: WordPress Hackers on the Loose  

Thu, 23 Aug 2018

 
Many WordPress websites are currently being hacked all over the world. Check whether you've been hacked as soon as possible!

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RESOLVED: Network connectivity issues  

Fri, 5 May 2017

 
This issue is now resolved...
Our datacentre reports there is a network connectivity issue accessing websites and emails on the Virtual Creations and HarmonySite servers. Investigations continue...

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Virtual Creations has a new website  

Sun, 12 Mar 2017

 
We've finally given the Virtual Creations website a makeover

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Christmas operating hours  

Tue, 20 Dec 2016

 
The Virtual Creations and HarmonySite office will be closed for two weeks, starting on Saturday December 24th, 2016. We will still be providing full email support.

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New invoicing system  

Sun, 6 Nov 2016

 
Virtual Creations has developed a new, online invoicing system, with which we will invoice our clients for our services from now on.

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Virtual Creations office reopens after holidays  

Tue, 26 Jul 2016

 
Virtual Creations holidays are now over, and the office has reopened.

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Virtual Creations office now closed for holidays  

Thu, 2 Jun 2016

 
The Virtual Creations offices is now closed for holidays until Tuesday July 26th

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Christmas office hours  

Sat, 19 Dec 2015

 
The Virtual Creations office will be closed over the Christmas break.

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Server upgrade: PHP 5.6  

Mon, 2 Nov 2015

 
The version of PHP on all our servers will be upgraded on December 10th 2015. PHP will be upgraded from version 5.4 to 5.6. If you have developed your own website, and it uses PHP, please check that it is compatible.

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Domain price rise: .com, .net, .org  

Sat, 12 Sep 2015

 
Unfortunately, do to the exchange rate with the US Dollar, we have had to raise our prices for .com, .org and .net domain names

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Now accepting payments via credit card online  

Tue, 3 Mar 2015

 
Virtual Creations customers can now pay invoices via credit card, securely, direct from the Virtual Creations website.

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New types of domain names available  

Tue, 2 Dec 2014

 
There are many new types of domain names available to be registered immediately.

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Wordpress attacks, and new security policy  

Fri, 8 Aug 2014

 
 

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Virtual Creations can now accept credit card payments  

Mon, 4 Aug 2014

 
Virtual Creations is pleased to announce that we now have credit card payment facilities.

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Hosting Price Increases  

Mon, 7 Jul 2014

 
The time has come to increase the prices for our website hosting products. This is the first time we have ever done this, since we launched these products back in 2004.

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WordPress Security Bulletin - Follow-up  

Wed, 26 Feb 2014

 
Follow-up to our previous bulletin

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WordPress Security Bulletin  

Fri, 21 Feb 2014

 
WordPress security bulletin

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Holidays commence in 24 hours  

Thu, 21 Feb 2013

 
The Virtual Creations office will be closed from Saturday February 23rd to Sunday March 3rd. No development will be undertaken during this period. Full 24/7 email and telephone support will continue to be available.

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Alternative email addresses required  

Thu, 24 Jan 2013

 
So that we can better communicate with you in the event of a service outage, could you please email us your best contact email address that is NOT managed by Virtual Creations.

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Advance notice: Server upgrades  

Wed, 2 Jan 2013

 
On March 14th 2013, Virtual creations will be upgrading PHP and MySQL on all our servers. Please contact your website developer to ensure that your website application is compatible with these new versions.

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Softaculous Has Arrived!  

Sat, 28 Apr 2012

 
Virtual Creations has just replaced Fantastico with Softaculous on all our servers. Softaculous is a cPanel software auto-installer system, which can install any one of 264 software packages onto your hosting account/website with one click!

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End-of-Year Hosting Deal  

Fri, 2 Dec 2011

 
Until the end of January 2012, sign up for a new Virtual Gold hosting package and receive ONE YEAR FREE HOSTING.

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Business as Usual  

Mon, 7 Nov 2011

 
The Virtual Creations office is now fully staffed again. You are welcome to send through any outstanding support issues or development requests.

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Holidays starting next week  

Tue, 11 Oct 2011

 
The Virtual Creations office will be closed from Saturday October 15th to Sunday 6th November. No development will be undertaken during this period. Full 24/7 email and telephone support will continue to be available.

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Upcoming holidays  

Wed, 31 Aug 2011

 
The Virtual Creations office will be closed from Saturday October 15th to Thursday 3rd November. No development will be undertaken during this period. Full 24/7 email and telephone support will continue to be available.

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Scheduled network maintenance  

Wed, 10 Aug 2011

 
Virtual Creations is performing some scheduled maintenance on our network infrastructure. Customer websites will be offline for a few moments one night next week.

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Backups  

Sat, 18 Jun 2011

 
Virtual Creations encourages all our clients to have backups of their websites. We can help you if you don't know how.

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New Server Online  

Sat, 18 Jun 2011

 
Virtual Creations has provisioned a new web-hosting server. This server is located in Sydney, Australia, and offers extreme performance for Australian residents.

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Virtual Creations email server no longer blacklisted  

Tue, 3 May 2011

 
Our email server was blacklisted a couple of weeks ago by Trend Micro, resulting in legitimate emails bouncing back. This issue has now been resolved.

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Server upgrade on schedule  

Tue, 2 Nov 2010

 
The aforementioned upgrade to a dedicated server is going ahead as planned, at 6pm Sydney time

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Server Upgrade  

Mon, 1 Nov 2010

 
Virtual Creations is upgrading our server infrastructure. We have purchased a new dedicated server to replace our collection of shared servers. Websites to be transferred shortly (small service disruption possible)

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Business as Usual  

Sun, 27 Jun 2010

 
Our winter holidays are over, and full development services are resumed

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Virtual Creations holiday availability  

Mon, 31 May 2010

 
Virtual Creations will be on holidays starting from June 3rd. Get your support requests in NOW.

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Winter Holidays Approach!  

Wed, 28 Apr 2010

 
The Virtual Creations office will be closed for most of June. Please get your development requests in soon.

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Introducing our new Platinum Hosting package  

Fri, 23 Apr 2010

 
Virtual Creations is proud to announce the launch of our new "Virtual Platinum" hosting package. Hosted in Australia, offering both Linux and Windows hosting, it provides an unprecedented 25Gig of disk space and bandwidth!

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Holiday break is over  

Mon, 11 Jan 2010

 
Virtual Creations staff have returned from Christmas break. All development and support services have resumed as normal.

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Christmas Break Begins  

Fri, 27 Nov 2009

 
Aside from regular website support, Virtual Creations is now on Christmas Break.

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Virtual Creations holiday availability  

Thu, 5 Nov 2009

 
Virtual Creations will be taking a break from development during December. Support will be business-as-usual.

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Use Google's Gmail as your mail system  

Thu, 20 Aug 2009

 
It is now possible to use Google's gorgeous Gmail mail system with regular website hosting accounts

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New Postal Address  

Mon, 30 Mar 2009

 
Virtual Creations has a new postal address

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Virtual Creations is relocating  

Sat, 28 Mar 2009

 
Virtual Creations is relocating to the Byron Bay area. We remain "business as usual"

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Summer Holidays  

Sat, 3 Jan 2009

 
Virtual Creations office will be closed from 7 Jan to 25 Jan

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Uploading video to your site  

Sun, 7 Sep 2008

 
We have written a tutorial showing you the best way to get video clips onto your own website

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Holiday is over  

Sun, 17 Aug 2008

 
Our winter break from development is over. All development work is now full steam ahead!

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New "Google Maps" facility  

Mon, 9 Jun 2008

 
Virtual Creations has developed a "Google Maps" plug-in for any website

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Data centre problems  

Sun, 1 Jun 2008

 
There has been an electrical fault in our main datacentre. No data has been lost, but connectivity problems exist.

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Virtual Creations is hiring!  

Mon, 26 May 2008

 
Virtual Creations is now hiring PHP/MySQL programmers

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New Support Area on Virtual Creations website  

Tue, 13 May 2008

 
Virtual Creations has completed work on our new Support Area. We are also accepting online orders and online payment.

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New contact details for Virtual Creations  

Fri, 9 May 2008

 
The contact details for Virtual Creations have changed, effective immediately.

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Advance notice: July break  

Tue, 15 Apr 2008

 
Virtual Creations will be taking a month-long break from development work in July this year. Get your work requests in!

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Spam issues resolved  

Thu, 27 Mar 2008

 
We have identified and resolved the recent spam issues

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Now offering Windows hosting  

Tue, 25 Mar 2008

 
Virtual Creations announces that in addition to our current Linux servers, we are now offering Windows servers

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Spam  

Thu, 13 Mar 2008

 
Here are som ways to deal with the increase in spam

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Network issues today  

Tue, 11 Mar 2008

 
Virtual Creations hosting services have been interrupted several times today

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Virtual Creations has moved offices  

Wed, 20 Feb 2008

 
Virtual Creations has moved office, from Cammeray to Harbord

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Upgrades all round  

Sun, 13 Jan 2008

 
All hosting customers of Virtual Creations have their hosting packages upgraded, and Virtual Creations announce the upgrade of their own site

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Hosting move complete  

Sun, 13 Jan 2008

 
All websites were successfully transferred to the new hosting server

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Server Move Nearly Complete  

Fri, 11 Jan 2008

 
The move of all sites to a new server is nearly complete. There are some things you now need to do (or at least be aware of).

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Hosting Move Schedule  

Tue, 1 Jan 2008

 
The date has been set for the move of Virtual Creations hosting clients: The date is 2nd January 2008.

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Hosting Server Move  

Mon, 17 Dec 2007

 
Due to problems with our existing hosting wholesaler, all of Virtual Creations' hosting clients will shortly have their hosting accounts moved to a new server.

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