Latest Clook News
New managed dedicated servers
Company News/ 02nd Sep 2015/Chris James
We’ve launched a new range of managed dedicated servers this week with upgraded specifications and SSD drive options across the range. With the growth of our Cloud server offerings it has caused some confusion as to whether a Cloud or Dedicated solution is better suited. We look at all enquiries on a case by case […]
Read MoreWordPress performance challenge
Tech Talk/ 17th Jul 2015/Chris James
Every so often here at Clook HQ we see a challenge being offered up, usually related to something silly such as eating cupcakes or locating something lost in the office! The last office challenge was a little more interesting though… With discussions of making our new website as fast as possible a challenge was born to put […]
Read MoreGoogle Chrome bookmarks dealbreaker
Tech Talk/ 28th Dec 2012/Chris James
I love Chrome as it’s lightweight, stable, standards compliant and seems so much quicker in everyday use while browsing the net. However, I’m heavily reliant on my bookmarks library with hundreds of them organised into neat folders which, thanks to having the screen real estate, are a permanent fixture in my browser sidebar. For this […]
Read MoreOffice refurb
Company News/ 04th Oct 2012/Chris James
I thought I’d share a picture or two of the work going on in our office at the moment to take down a few partition walls and increase the space available for “bums on seats”. The walls are down and the new meeting room built at the back but it’s still very much work in […]
Read MoreHow to find a good web host
Webhosting Articles/ 16th Sep 2012/Chris James
We often encounter new clients who have suffered bad experiences in the past with their chosen web host from various things such as poor server performance, lengthy downtime or bad quality after sales care. While things like this are often difficult to determine before ordering a web hosting account I am writing this article to […]
Read MoreNew Website
Company News/ 12th Sep 2012/Chris James
After 2 years in the making with the involvement of 4 different designers I’m overjoyed to be writing this blog post about our new website. Much of the subject matter remains the same but we’ve modernised the look and feel of the site and also made a few things more prominent such as this blog […]
Read MoreFirst affiliate to earn £1000
Company News/ 01st Oct 2011/Chris James
A huge congratulations to one of our valued affiliates who is the first to reach a payout level in excess of £1000. This is a great achievement which continues to earn a nice chunk of cash in return for sending clients our way. For anyone not aware of our affiliate scheme it’s a great opportunity […]
Read MoreGoodbye Fantastico, Hello Softaculous!
Company News/ 08th May 2011/Chris James
For many years we have used an application called Fantastico in our control panel which clients can use to install and update popular third party applications. Unfortunately in recent years the Fantastico makers have become slow at updating the third party scripts and the software has fallen behind in the market. After a testing period […]
Read MoreData protection for web hosting
Webhosting Articles/ 27th Nov 2010/Chris James
This week the Information Commissioner (the government body which regulates data protection) used his new powers to punish data breaches for the first time by imposing heavy fines on those responsible (source). While the protection of sensitive data has always been important, the new powers available to the Information Commissioner are a big reminder that […]
Read MoreHappy birthday Clook!
Company News/ 19th May 2010/Chris James
This week our company celebrates it’s 8th birthday and enters the 9th year of being a provider of web hosting. In case anyone is looking for a quick laugh feel free to look back through our history of websites and the website designs that we used to have that now look rather dated! Clook Internet […]
Read More