Server News

Posted February 7, 2012 in Announcements

For the past month I’ve been working on setting up a new server for sites hosted through ANA Designs. It’s been a bit of a tough road but I’m thrilled with the result.

The first two companies I tried didn’t live up to my standards of customer service. One showed no concern when something they did left all cPanel accounts inaccessible for 18 hours. Seriously. At that point, I had only loaded personal sites to the server for testing, so it was not an inconvenience to my clients. But still. That’s not the type of company I wish to do business with.

Fortunately I found a company that takes customer service as seriously as I do. That’s exactly the type of company I wish to do business with.

Our new private Linux server is located in Chicago, Il. The hardware is in a temperature-controlled, secure data center that is monitored 24/7.

There are tons of security measures in place for the new server. For the sake of discretion I can not publicly disclose specifics. Any current ANA Designs client can request details by contacting me.

While the security systems in place serve everyone’s best interest, security this tight can cause some snags. If you run into any problems installing software, please contact me and I will assist in resolving the matter for you ASAP.

Now on to the new features:

  • Softaculous – This is a one-step software installer with over 250 scripts available, including the ever-popular WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. There are several categories including multiple software choices for photo gallery, mailing list, calendar, CMS, blog, e-commerce, customer support, and more.
  • RV Site Builder – This popular site bulder makes it easy to create your own website in minutes. Make gallery pages, FAQ pages, a contact form, and more. On-screen tutorials when you need help and preview everything before you publish or update your site.
  • Virus Scanner – Think your site has a bug? Quickly scan any part of your account including your entire home directory and your mail.

Is that not enough for you? Do you need more? How about increased bandwidth without a price increase?

  • Basic Hosting was 3GB is now 5GB
  • Standard Hosting was 5GB is now 10GB
  • Premium Hosting was 10GB is now 15GB
  • Ultra Hosting was 15GB is now 20GB

As usual, when you pre-pay a year in advance, you get free domain registration and two months free. For more specific hosting account information, please go to http://www.anadesigns.net/web-hosting.

What all this means to current clients:
All clients who registered their domains through ANA Designs don’t have to do a thing in order to smoothly transition to the new server. I am personally changing DNS records, transferring sites, and ensuring that everything is functioning as it should. During the propagation period, your account will remain in place on both servers to eliminate the possibility of downtime.

For clients who have their domain registered elsewhere, you will receive an email containing instructions for changing nameservers to point to our new server. Your account will also be transferred personally. However, you will be responsible for checking over your site to make sure all is as it should be. This is a necessary inconvenience to ensure your privacy.

If you have any questions whatsoever regarding the new server and what it means to you, get in touch with me anytime. And enjoy!

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ANA Themes Version 4.0

Posted December 30, 2011 in Announcements

It seems like every time I release a new version of my WP Themes, I think of some new functionality that could be useful. Or a client suggests an improvement. Usually it happens right after I release a new version. So here we go again! Version 4.0 of all flexible height themes is now available. Fully compatible with WP 3.3!

Themes upgraded:

  • ANA Allure
  • ANA Clarity
  • ANA Fantasy
  • ANA Flora

Major changes:
- Additional sidebar widget area enabled that can work in conjunction with Sidebar site options sidebar. Now you can use widgets and sidebar site options at the same time!
- Full page calendar. Update your schedule quickly and painlessly whenever you need to!
- Custom post type created specifically for model pages. Easily enter stats, schedule, and more.
- Models page template to list latest models. Each model is listed along with links to the corresponding individual model pages.
- Sidebar widget to list individual model pages.
- Mailing list template so you can display the included mailing list form on a page instead of in the site sidebar.
- Clarity Theme: All of the features listed above plus a choice of five background patterns that run down the left side of the text area. Choose one of these subtle patterns or select a plain white page background.

Along with these additions, some other minor changes were made. As usual, details of changes can be found in each Theme’s Read Me file.

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More Theme Downloads

Posted December 12, 2011 in Announcements

In response to high demand, all former ANA non-blog Themes are now capable of handling blog functions and are available for download!

These are fixed-height Themes with custom scrollbars. When using a fixed-height layout, you exchange a little functionality for style. Since these Themes are assigned a certain dimension in the browser, the space for menu items is limited. There’s no room in these designs for widgets, so there are no widget areas enabled in these Themes. If you’re not big on blogging that’s no big deal. If you are, another post will follow this one detailing how to display blog posts on your site.

A new addition to all fixed-heght Themes is a mailing list page template. This functional form allows you to collect email addresses for a mailing list or newsletter. In order to make a mailing list page, first create a new page. Enter a name for the page in the space provided and in the large text area, enter any text you want to display at the top of your form. Then in the Page Attributes box on the right side of the screen, under Template, select Mailing List from the drop down menu. Click on Save and you’re done. Now all you have to do is add your Mailing List page to your menu. Mailing list form submissions are sent to the primary site administrator’s email address as defined on the WP Admin General Settings page.

One of the great features of all ANA fixed-height Themes is the choice between a header image and text. Each Theme includes .psd format images that you can edit so that your site header will look similar to those in the Theme demos. As an alternative, you can enter a site title and tag line to display as text in your site header. No messing with images if you don’t want to!

As with all ANA Themes, your Site Options Sidebar page enables you to upload several different photos to display on selected pages of your site. When using these fixed-height Themes it’s important to make sure the photos you use for your sidebar are the proper dimensions (each Theme demo lists the dimensions required for that particular design). Improperly sized photos will either be cut off or throw the site design out of whack. Most image editing software enables you to re-size and/or crop photos to get them to the right dimensions. Make sure you take care of image sizing before uploading them to your site.

All fixed-height Themes are available for instant download upon completed payment for $29. ANA WP Theme sales include lifetime support and upgrades of your Theme. Check out Theme choices here!

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Free WordPress Theme

Posted November 29, 2011 in Announcements

ANA Clarity Free is now available! As with all ANA Themes, ANA Clarity Free contains no malware, spyware or any other evil code. It’s free for you to use under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

ANA Clarity Free includes:

  • Four interchangeable color schemes: Red, Purple, Blue, and Green
  • Site Options Pages:
  • Basic Design – Choose your color scheme and main text font size
  • Intro Page – Choose your enter/exit text and links, upload a photo, add intro page coded banners
  • FAQ Page – Enter up to ten questions and answers to your FAQ page
  • Links Page – Upload up to ten banners for your links page plus one of your own
  • Sidebar – Choose to display latest blog posts, blog archives, blog categories, special text area, search form, a default photo for most pages plus a different photo for your FAQ, Links, and two other pages of your choice
  • Misc Settings – Enter your site title and description meta tags (for search engines) and enter any javascript footer code you may have

While the premium version of ANA Clarity is loaded with six more color schemes, photo gallery Site Options page, contact page/form, mailing list form, additional FAQ and links fields, this free version still has plenty to offer!

Limited support is available for this and any other free ANA Themes that may be released. Always check the Theme Help section before asking for assistance. You may find your question has already been answered.

This post may serve as a support thread for anyone needing help with ANA Clarity Free. Feel free to leave a comment with any questions you may have!

To download your free theme click the download link below.

free escort wordpress theme

ANA Clarity Free
Free WordPress Theme ANA Clarity Free
Filesize: 652 kB

Visit live demo of ANA Clarity (premium version)

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