Archive for February, 2006

Fully re-brandable Toolkit

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

We now offer the facility to fully rebrand the Ilisys Toolkit with your own header and footer. Rather than accessing https://toolkit.ilisys.com.au, your customers will visit https://toolkit.your-domain.com.au.

Since the Toolkit uses SSL to encrypt sensitive customer data, you must purchase a secure certificate in order to take advantage of this facility. GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium certificates are available for $299, including IP address and installation.

Login change for reseller customers

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Users accessing re-branded Toolkits will no longer see the option to login as Account Managers.

Now, users will simply be asked to login with their domain name and password. This update has been made to prevent user confusion. Note that you may still login as Account Manager by entering your Account Manager email address and password.

Custom default pages

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

You may now configure your own default page that will display when you have not yet uploaded data to a newly activated hosting package.

This feature is available within your Toolkit, when you login as an Account Manager.

Updates to osCommerce

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Are you thinking about setting up an online shop? Or are you an existing osCommerce users looking for more? At Ilisys Web Hosting we are making changes to improve osCommerce.

Firstly the PayPal payment module has been updated to allow Australian currencies as well as the standard US, Japanese, Candian, Europian and Great Britian currencies.

Secondly the AusPOST contribution that allows the automatic calculating of shipping costs, has updated to also include a debugging option. When enabled the debug option allows users to generate a more specific error message. To use the option go into the admin section of your osCommerce shopping cart, browse to the following section, Modules > Shipping then select the specific shipping module, click the edit button and change the Enabled Debugging option to True. Now when you go to the shipping step in the checkout, it will display the error message from the shipping calculator.

Due to the current volume of osCommerce run sites on our network, we are unable to upgrade of the sites by default. However if you would like access to these additions, simply email support@ilisys.com.au or call our friendly staff on 1800 999 645.

PHP Upgrade

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

On the 7 of February all of the server in the Ilisys network that run PHP were updated from version 4.3.11 to 4.4.2

The upgrade is part of a regular and on going effort to keep your domain stable and secure from hackers, XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks and general security issues. We have endeavored to make the upgrade as seamless as possible by anticipating problems and fixing them before the upgrade.

For our customers using osCommerce and Zen Cart this meant a change to the handling of session data with the session_save_path() function within the catalog and administration area. You use this function on your website please test your site and if you are experiencing problems contact us.

However if your site is one of the small number of sites affected by the upgrade please contact us at support@ilisys.com.au or talk directly to us by calling 1800 999 645 and we will help iron out any problems you may be experiencing.