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System Update: Added Security Through ModSecurity

On Tuesday March 20th 2012, we finalized the implementation of a module called mod_security on all our Panelbox shared hosting servers. This module, known for its efficiency, allows the filtering of requests made on our web servers based on preestablished security rules.

These filters allow in part to protect you from known security vulnerabilities in certain scripts and web applications. When an action included in one of your web pages in your hosting account corresponds to one of these blocking rules, the operations performed by [...]

Funio’s 1st month online! (Part 3/3)

Last January 16th, Funio took over the domain management systems, hosting infrastructures and customer service. Today, this transition which is not always very easy, is ongoing. We have faced many challenges in the last month, but our team has dedicated itself to the task and has been able to catch up with the accumulated lateness that was due to a high volume of requests. We see today that our efforts have borne fruit.

Here is the 3rd article out of [...]

Funio’s 1st month online! (Part 2/3)

Last January 16th, Funio took over the domain management systems, hosting infrastructures and customer service. Today, this transition which is not always very easy, is ongoing. We have faced many challenges in the last month, but our team has dedicated itself to the task and has been able to catch up with the accumulated lateness that was due to a high volume of requests. We see today that our efforts have borne fruit.

Here is article 2 out of 3 [...]

Funio’s 1st month online! (part 1/3)

Last January 16th, Funio took over the domain management systems, hosting infrastructures and customer service. Today, this transition which is not always very easy, is ongoing. We have faced many challenges in the last month, but our team has dedicated itself to the task and has been able to catch up with the accumulated lateness that was due to a high volume of requests. We see today that our efforts have borne fruit

Here is a series of 3 articles [...]

Welcome to the New Funio Blog!

Welcome to our new blog!

Most of you have received our email communication explaining that Funio, an iWeb.com division, is now your only point of contact for your shared hosting needs. If you have not received this communication, you should receive it in the next few hours. In the last few months, we have went through a transitional period to create this new division.

Funio’s principal mandate is to evolve the shared hosting solutions by offering you a greater control [...]

Funio Applying Changes: Communications and Support

 Funio support is ready to assist you!

It is real and it is now. The Funio team is in place to assist its customers starting today! In order to optimize support and better assist our customers, we have applied certain modifications and we want to make these as clear as possible.

Support Hours

*** Please note that the hours have changed starting Tuesday  February 21st 2012 ***

New hours for telephone and LiveChat support are Weekdays from 8am to 7pm. [...]

Funio Knowledge Base

Bringing you new tools!

We want our customers to better control their hosting, and the best way to do so is to empower them through self-serve and efficient tools! Knowledge is indeed power: when you can find a solution to a problem and fix it yourself, you do not only gain time, but personal satisfaction over your achievement as well. Our Knowledge Base attempts to guide you, step by step, through Video tutorials and text/image walkthroughs.

We will [...]

Funio Launches a New Domain Management Interface!

Because you deserve better

We made a promise one day, and that was to make a new, improved and more efficient way of managing domain names. Funio just fulfilled this promise: http://funio.com/domains/guidedtour

What is so great about this management interface? Well first, it is finally trilingual. Secondly, it has the long desired feature to provide whois privacy. Third and most importantly: it looks nice and it is easy to navigate through!

Basic Features

We thought our customers would [...]