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Designed in-house by our own development team and unique to Heart Internet, the eXtend Control Panel is one of the most advanced and fully featured web hosting control panels available. Today we are pleased to announce that we have made a number of updates to eXtend to make it even more powerful and easier to use.

As well as an updated look and feel you may be interested to know that every new feature we have added to eXtend was a suggestion from one of our customers. Sending Heart Internet a suggestion or feedback is easy, simply fill in the feedback forms located in the Heart Internet Customer Control Panel.

Backup and Restore Update
We know that one of the most popular features in eXtend is the backup and restore facility, we have updated this so that you can now drill down and backup specific folders or your whole website in one go The restore feature has been moved so it is on the same page as the backup feature.

Autoresponders
Autoresponders are another popular feature and we know that a lot of people use these when they go on holiday. You can now disable and enable autoreponders rather than having to delete your existing one and adding a new one.

Email Forwarding
You can now forward one email address to up to 10 other addresses using the email forwarding feature.

MySQL Databases
We have made two major updates to our MySQL Database feature, the first is that you can now backup and restore any of your MySQL Databases from the database management page.

The second update is aimed at advanced MySQL Database users. As standard when a database is created we also create a user who has permission to access that database. We are continuing to do this, however you can now add additional users as well and grant these users specific permissions.

Reseller Brands
The eXtend Reseller themes have been updated to give them a more consistent and professional look. With the launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 we have also taken the opportunity to fix some small browser based issues.

Faster Access to eXtend
Accessing eXtend is now even easier! We have added a “quick access” feature from the front page of the Heart Internet Customer Control Panel. To Login to eXtend simply click here and select the eXtend Control Panel you would like to login to from the drop down list.

When accessing the Heart Internet Customer Control Panel you can now also select “Remember Me”, so that you don’t have to login each time you return to our Control Panel.

Name:Ben Scott

About:As Senior Web Designer, Ben oversees all of Heart Internet's design, usability, SEO and conversion optimisation. Since joining the team in 2009, Ben has redesigned the Heart Internet website as well as the newsletters, HostPay templates, control panel and much more.

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Heart Internet, has been recognised once again as one of the UK’s leading web Hosting Companies as it received the coveted position of the number 1 UK Unix Web Hosting Provider by Web Host Directory.

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Name:Ben Scott

About:As Senior Web Designer, Ben oversees all of Heart Internet's design, usability, SEO and conversion optimisation. Since joining the team in 2009, Ben has redesigned the Heart Internet website as well as the newsletters, HostPay templates, control panel and much more.

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Although mobile devices and the networks that support them are improving, it seems like the mobile Web is almost a secret these days because sites can be hard to locate and have little content when you find them.

And yet, with four mobile phones purchased for every one personal computer, there’s a world of people whose main access point to the Internet is a mobile device.

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How should I use a dotMobi Domain Name?

Anyone can register a .mobi domain name and we encourage businesses and individuals to reserve their .mobi domain name now while it is available.

The idea of the .mobi domain is that websites published on a .mobi site must comply with mobile phone standards, this is to ensure that the end-user experience lives up to the promise of the dotMobi brand. An online compliance checker is provided on the .mobi site to ensure that your site is compliant.

To register a dotMobi domain name today, for just £25 per year, click here.

Name:Ben Scott

About:As Senior Web Designer, Ben oversees all of Heart Internet's design, usability, SEO and conversion optimisation. Since joining the team in 2009, Ben has redesigned the Heart Internet website as well as the newsletters, HostPay templates, control panel and much more.

Posts by Ben (69)