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YourChurchWeb.net is pleased to announce that for a limited time only, you can register a .org for your church or Christian ministry for just $6.99.
Register your .org today!

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Upgrade - All Shared Hosting Plans

We're pleased to announce that all of our shared hosting plans have been upgraded with more space and bandwidth. This change is effective immediately for all new plans, and we'll be upgrading current plans over the next few weeks.

Economy Hosting
Space: was 5 GB - NOW 10 GB
Transfer: was 250 GB - NOW 300 GB

Deluxe Hosting
Space: was 100 GB - NOW 150 GB
Transfer: was 1,000 GB - NOW 1,500 GB

Premium Hosting
Space: was 200 GB - NOW 300 GB
Transfer: was 2,000 GB - NOW 3,000 GB

You don't have to do anything at all to take advantage of this upgrade. If you're a current customer, you may already be benefitting from this added space, if not, then you'll see the upgrade in your hosting space during the next few weeks.

If you find that your needs would now be met by a smaller hosting plan, you can always downgrade your plan. While you won't be able to receive a refund for this year's hosting fee, you'll be able to save money in future years by using a smaller plan.

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Upgrade: Complete Email Account

This may be one of our most-requested upgrades! The Complete Email account that comes free with every domain (or can be purchased for $9.99/yr) has been upgraded from 25mb of storage space to 100mb of storage space. Upgrades (for current customers) will take place over the next several weeks. New customers will see the extra space immediately.

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Account Maintenance

Ensure that your domain and hosting services continue uninterrupted by logging into the "My Account" area, and performing the following maintenance tasks:

Verify your security information - be sure that someone else in your organization knows your account username & password, as well as your "Call in PIN." This information will be vital for the continuation of your website if you ever move to another ministry.

Verify your contact information - incorrect contact information means that we can't contact you, and may be grounds for the termination of your domain name.

Verify your payment information - if your credit card has expired or is no longer valid, we will email you in an effort to correct the situation. However, it's always best to keep your account information up-to-date.

Check your auto-renew settings - if your domain expires, it will be held in "redemption" for you before it is released to the public. Save the expenses of buying back your domain by ensuring that it always renews on time.

Save money by yearly renewals - many of our products cost less when purchased for a year (or more). Consider upgrading your monthly plan to a yearly plan today.

Consider synchronized billing - you might have a hosting plan that renews in the spring and a domain that renews in the fall. You can use our "Synchronize Billing" feature under the "Renewals" menu to simplify life for your treasurer--and to make sure that you don't overlook a payment.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
Save on .org, .mobi, and .eu domains

I don't know how long we'll be able to offer these special prices, so you'll want to act quickly in order to take advantage of them!

.org - $6.99 for the first year
Purchase a new .org domain name and pay only $6.99 for the first year. Additional years may be purchased for our current price of $8.99/yr. (Additional ICANN fee of $.20/yr applies.)

.mobi - $10.99 for the first year
More people are browsing websites using their mobile devices. Reserve your .mobi today, to ensure that it's available for you in the future. You'll pay only $10.99 for your first year, and can add on additional years for our current price of $14.99/yr. (Additional ICANN fee of $.20/yr applies.)

.eu - $12.99/yr
Purchase or transfer for as many years as you like at the low, low price of $12.99/yr. This is a substantial savings over our regular price of $19.99/yr.

Don't delay--register your domains today!

Labels: .eu, .mobi, .org, domains, promotion

Monday, February 11, 2008
Get more free with every domain!

YourChurchWeb.net is pleased to announce that you now get more free with every domain purchase (or renewal)! Read this article to learn how you might benefit from these changes:

For the past two years, customers have received a free, 25mb "Complete Email" with every domain. We've quadrupled the size of this account--and you can now store 100mb of email online. This is a $9.99 value.

100-pack email forwarding - Add flexibility to your email management using forwards. Church leaders can have mail forwarded to them from an "official" address, small groups can be contacted with a single email address, and more. A $21.40 value.

Domain masking and forwarding - Are you hosting your site elsewhere? If you're using a free webhost that gives you a complex URL that's hard to remember, you can forward your domain to point to your website, and mask it so that your visitors never see the underlying URL.

Domain services - You have total DNS control, ability to change registrant information, the flexibility to set your domain for automatic or manual renewal, and the security of being able to lock your domain from being transferred.

The following products are fully featured versions of the products you can purchase. In exchange for the free product, an advertisement for YourChurchWeb.net will appear on every page. While most churches would prefer the cleaner look with no advertisement, this is a way we can assist churches with limited resources. For less than $10/yr, a church can have a domain, email, webhosting, photo storage, and more.

Free Online Photo Filer - Store, sort, share, publish, and print your favorite photos, right from your own personalized domain. This free version provides you with 1GB of storage space and 25GB of monthly data transfer. A $9.99 value.

Free Quick Blogcast - Ideal for people interested in starting a blog or podcast, this easy publishing platform allows you to share your thoughts, devotions, or sermons with a wider audience. You receive 300MB of space, and 15GB of monthly data transfer. A $41.28 value.

Free WebSite Tonight - Get a 5-page website and online creation tool. You don't need special HTML skills, but can simply design and write your website in a matter of hours. You get 50MB of space, and 1GB of monthly data transfer. A $59.88 value.

OR

Free Shared Hosting - If you want to design your own site, you can use this free version of our Economy Hosting Plan. Get 5GB of space, and 250GB of monthly data transfer in either a Windows or Linux hosting platform. Upload content by FTP, and you're ready to go! A $71.88 value.

That's more than $100 worth of free tools and utilities that comes with every domain registration at YourChurchWeb.net. Register your domain today for just $8.99 (+ a $.20 ICANN fee)/year.

If you're already a YourChurchWeb.net customer, you will see these new products appear in your account the next time your renew your domain.

Labels: domains, email, free products, hosting, photo filer, quick blogcast, shared hosting, WebSite Tonight

Thursday, February 07, 2008
Get your website started with Value Applications

Every hosting plan comes with a selection of Value Applications, which are easily installed directly into your hosting space. Whether you want a discussion forum/message board, a photo gallery, or a chatroom, YourChurchWeb.net wants to help you get underway.

The list of Value Applications depends on your hosting plan, so you may want to choose your hosting plan accordingly.

Value Applications for a Windows Hosting Plan:

MS IE Web Controls (Pre-installed)
WSE 2.0 (Pre-installed)
ASPUpload 3.0 (Pre-installed)
ASPJPEG 1.4 (Pre-installed)
GUIDMaker (Pre-installed)
ASPCrypt (Pre-installed)
Community Server 2.0
DotNetNuke 4.0
YetAnotherForum
ASP.NET 2.0 PersonalWeb site Starter Kit (Deluxe & Premium Hosting only)
ASP.NET 2.0 Club SiteStarter Kit (Deluxe & Premium Hosting only)
ASP.NET 2.0 Time TrackerStarter Kit (Deluxe & Premium Hosting only)

Value Applications for a Linux Hosting Plan:

ImageMagick (Pre-installed)
Drupal
Moodle
Nucleus
Geeklog
Serendipity
WordPress
Gallery
Coppermine Photo Gallery
4images
Joomla!
Mambo
Xoops
PostNuke
WWW Paint Board
SMF (Simple Machines Forum)
Advanced Guestbook
Advanced Poll
phpCollab
Aardvark Topsites
paFileDB
phpMyFAQ
Noah's Classifieds
OpenDB

Depending on how you've designed your site, you may be able to change your hosting plan from one plan to another at no cost.

Labels: design, hosting, shared hosting, value applications

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Pastor Jon believes that churches must stay abreast of new technologies in their effort to reach the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through websites, podcasts, radio and television, the Church of the 21st century has the unique opportunity to be available to all people, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

YourChurchWeb.net was begun in 2001 based on the conviction that every church ought to have a website, and that the technology should be as affordable as possible.

Jonathan's brother Douglas Twitchell joins us on this blog as an occasional guest blogger. Douglas is the owner of Virtu Software, and specializes in web-based programming and database development. For an example of some of Doug's work, check out Quote Puzzler. Doug is also very involved in ministry through his local church, and his ministry and devotional website.

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