I’ve just finished paying out a bunch of affiliates and it reminded me that I haven’t mentioned it on the blog for a few months.
So I’d like to take a moment to mention our affiliate center again today – at http://colorteck.com/idevaffiliate/ you can sign up and start selling colorteck services to your website visitors and customers, for 50% of the revenue. We take care of everything- the order, the setup, the support. All you do is bring the customer to our website in the first place. We think it’s a pretty sweet deal. 50% of what they spend is the pumped back into your affiliate account, and as soon as it reaches the payout level we send you the cold hard cash via paypal.

Why not give it a try? At the very least, it might pay your hosting fees in return for just putting a banner or text link on your website! We have some affiliates earning hundreds of dollars a month.

To those of you who celebrate it, we hope you have been enjoying your 4th July celebrations!

Have you logged into your CPanel lately? Since the upgrades last week we now have new video tutorials which help you learn every aspect of your powerful and easy to use control panel. You now have more control over your website than ever before. The online web tutorial and the video tutorials make a great way to get to grips with things.

Webmail has also been upgraded as part of this and those of you who use webmail will have already noticed the faster, slicker interface and functionality. There’s now no need to log in twice each time and the GUI is in our opinion much more intuitive. You can also control multiple email functionalities right from within the webmail login!

Tip of the day: If you experience email problems using your Outlook Express or Thunderbird or similar email client, you can verify if the problem is on the server or not by using webmail! Just visit www.yourwebsitehere.com/webmail and login using the full email address as the username and the password you set for that email account. Once you log in, click on either “horde” or “squirrel mail” (we recommend squirrel mail) and you will see your emails and can send, reply, edit, delete etc just like in an email client. If you CAN send and receive email using webmail, then it means your problem is probably with your email client or computer and not with the server. Even still- we love to help you out so feel free to submit a helpdesk ticket anyway and we can advise you as best we can.

Have a great week!

The Team

Do you know Colorteck offers helpdesk support from a special website? It’s very easy to use and much more reliable than email. Why?
- The helpdesk alerts all available technicians to your problem at the same time, whereas if you send only an email then that will be read once all other emails before yours have been dealt with.

- The helpdesk lets you keep track of your problem and what is being done to solve it. You can be sure that you haven’t overlooked a reply because you can login to the website itself, rather than just wait for the email alert, and look at the ticket in “real time”.

All you need is to register for the helpdesk, which is a very simple and fast process so we can validate you are who you say you are. Why not register today?

www.colorteck.com/support/

When using the Colorteck helpdesk please note that sometimes you may not receive email notifications of a technician’s reply to your ticket. This can be thanks to your spam settings. We always advise clients to login regularly to check the status of their ticket on the web.

Simple go to http://colorteck.com/support/ and use your email as your username and whatever password you chose as your password. If you need your password reset, you can use the link. If you dont receive the password reset email, you can try using a different email address, checking your spam folder, or you can contact one of our technicians on the forums at mycolorteck.com.

It’s always difficult trying to decide whether we should make one server a PHP5 environment, or a PHP4 environment. You will always end up making life difficult for someone. Often, hosts will put PHP4 on a server and then add modules to cover for the gaps which PHP5 fills as and when a client needs them.

So, we decided to do something a little different; we now offer PHP4 and PHP5 on all our servers! How does this work?

We have both environments available to “tap into”, so that you as the webmaster can dictate what you use. By default, PHP4 will be used, since the majority of sites work in PHP4. If you need PHP5, you just add two lines of code to your .htaccess files, like this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

Et voila! You are running in PHP5. Life has become that little bit easier for all of us..!

On the internet, the old saying “if you build it, they will come” no longer applies. You can build the nicest website in the world, but it’s not doing its job if no one knows about it.

At Colorteck, we’re all about creating long-term “buzz” for your website. We employ a mix of techniques to increase the overall visibility of your site, with an emphasis on short-term actions that carry over into steady long term growth.

Standard Web Promotion

Our standard web promotion is for websites that are just starting off. It’s a way to kickstart your web presence and build a solid base of traffic. We help you acquire and maintain a base set of links from other sites.

$39.99/month Includes:

1 Press Release per 12 months
15 Relevant links to your site
1 Social Bookmarking Campaign Per Month

Contact us @ sales@colorteck.com to begin promoting your website today.

Premium Web Promotion

Our premium web promotion package is for websites that are looking for that extra edge to take them to the next level of internet visibility. Not only do we guarantee a minimum of 1000 links to your website within 12 months, but we also guarantee a Google PageRank of 5 within the same timeframe. Our premium package employs a balanced mix of link building strategies, press releases and social bookmarking campaigns to get you the buzz you are looking for.

$74.99/month Includes:

4 Press Releases Over 1 Year
1000 Links to your website within 12 months
4 Social Bookmarking Campaigns per month
A Guaranteed Google PageRank of 5 after 12 months

Contact us @ sales@colorteck.com to begin promoting your website today.

Maximum Buzz Promotion

Primarily for our high-end business customers looking to quickly and pervasively get the word out about a new product. Using a custom designed, state of the art, human-run technology, we maximize and maintain a natural internet “buzz” about your business, product or website.

$299.99/month Includes:

Use of our brand new buzz-generating technology
12 Press Releases Over 1 Year
10,000 Links to your website within 12 months
Daily Social Bookmarking Campaigns As Needed
A Guaranteed Google PageRank of 6 after 12 months

Contact us @ sales@colorteck.com to begin promoting your website today.