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Message From JerusaHost Founder
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost BlogShana Tova - to a year of health, happiness, and prosperity!
On September 15th, 2011, OMC Computers & Communications, Ltd. acquired JerusaHost.
OMC, headed by Yohay and Asaf Azulay, has been at the forefront of Israeli computer sales since 1995 with 3 branches in northern Israel and a staff of more than 40. The main office is located on Derech Akko 58 in Kiryat Bialik. In addition to retail computer sales, OMC also has a business division as well as an internet services division. Of the number of potential candidates we interviewed, we felt OMC was the best match to take over operations based on their excellent track record, their success in web hosting, their broad server infrastructure and multi-lingual personalized customer service. As a JerusaHost customer, you can expect the same level of reliability and service with the benefit of a larger server network. Yohay has informed me that he plans to add Europe & Asia shared hosting locations, just a couple of perks that lie in store.
The JerusaHost brand will remain intact and the hosting services will continue to operate as usual. This means that any plans that have already been paid for will continue to receive service for the entire duration of the service period. As before, if you need hosting-related technical support, you can open a support ticket through the client area at https://secure.jerusahost.com/clientarea.php or send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it from your primary email address you signed up with.
On a personal note, I am going to be moving away from the internet to pursue some of my offline interests. For the last 14 years, I have been online and web hosting has been my primary focus since 2003. In fewer than two and a half years, JerusaHost went from a hobby host to a full-service international host with a clientele spanning 18 countries. It became clear that JerusaHost needed more personnel involved to continue to grow and that I would not be the one to lead it, so please welcome OMC. Yohay & Asaf are extremely capable and likable. They care about you and want to make sure you are completely satisfied. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach OMC's hosting department directly by phone at (074) 730-0010 from within Israel, +972 (74) 730-0010 from outside of Israel, or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Thank you to each and every one of our customers for helping to put JerusaHost on the map. I really appreciate that you chose us from among the many companies out there. I am JerusaHost's biggest fan and sad to leave but I sincerely hope it continues to serve you and others.
With lots of blessings for 5772,
Adam Neril
Backup, Backup, Backup! New Daily & Off-site Managed Backup Services
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost BlogJerusaHost is pleased to announce 2 new additions to our existing premium backup service:
Daily Backup and Off-site Backup
These services are available on all shared hosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting, and dedicated server hosting plans at 50% off for a limited time. The following is a list of prices including the discount:
- Off-site Weekly Managed Backup up to 5GB: $4/month (instead of $8/month)
- On-site Daily Managed Backup up to 5GB: $7.50/month (instead of $15/month)
- Off-site Daily Managed Backup up to 5GB: $8.50/month (instead of $17/month)
- Additional Backup: $1/GB/month (instead of $2/month)
Please email info (at) jerusahost.com to sign up.
Fortunately our team is obsessed with keeping data not only safe but also backed up and, combined with top-of-the-line hardware, we have been blessed with smooth sailing. Nevertheless, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of backing up your online assets. We all know the feeling of working on a document for hours and then losing all your hard work in the blink of an eye because you forgot to save it. Today that is less of a problem because of automatic saving features in word processing programs (Google Docs for example).
In the realm of web hosting, backing up is also an important consideration. Website owners may have their site stored on a local pc or with their webmaster but that is not always the case and how accessible and reliable are those backups when put to the test? Professionals who use dedicated hosting solutions to centralize their electronic workspace have a lot more at stake. They have tax records, health care records, and critical data going back several years on which they must have the utmost assurance that a backup routine is in functioning.
The benefits of having a website, a network of websites, or remote server are great and that is why so many people stomach the potential risk of losing whatever is stored there. However, nobody has to get an ulcer worrying about the fateful data-loss scenario. Thanks to server backups, you can breathe freely knowing S.S.S.S.S. - that your Sites or Sensitive documents are Safely Stored Somewhere elSe and can be restored in the unlikely event that there is a a problem with your server. That somewhere else is not under your bed but on a healthy storage device in a secure data center.
Until now, clients had two choices for backups: 1) back it up yourself using the control panel Backup Wizard, ftp, etc. or 2) opt-in to our weekly managed backup service guaranteeing a copy of your account from the last week. The new daily managed backup service guarantees a copy from the previous day and as far back as one week. Backups are made either on-site to an external drive or off-site via secure transfer to a remote data center. Off-site backup is available for both daily and weekly services. Or choose both on-site and off-site backups for extra peace of mind!
If you are a newcomer, welcome to our website. JerusaHost offers reliable shared hosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting, and dedicated servers on 4 continents. We have top-tier hosting solutions for most outfits: from the professional blogger to the corporate network and almost everyone in between. Gives us a try and be pleasantly surprised! Experience the difference in performance and service; and with our flexible "no commitment" billing there is nothing to lose. We are here ready to assist you.
Register Domain Names In Hebrew!
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost Blog
New Hebrew Domains With Israeli Extensions
Registration has officially opened for the new Hebrew domain names on Israeli extensions co.il and org.il. This is different from the Hebrew domain registration on universal TLDs .com and .net that has been available until now. An example of the latter type of Hebrew domain would be דומייןבעברית.com whereas the new type would read דומייןבערית.co.il (the difference is bolded- one ends in .com and the the other ends in co.il).
Now try this- enter a Hebrew domain in your browser. If you don't have Hebrew enabled on your keyboard, copy and paste the following אניאובהחברתהאחסוןשלי.co.il ("I love my hosting company" in Hebrew :). If your browser is IDN-aware, meaning it knows what to do with internationlized domain names, then you should have gotten the following result: xn--4dbaadarbefqdpk5b6be1a6jzan.co.il. Did you ever think your browser was so smart? Neat, huh?! This mixture of alphanumeric latin characters beginning with xn-- is how a browser translates a Hebrew domain into readable characters that the system that manages domain names across the internet can recognize. This Domain Name System (commonly referred to as DNS), among other tasks, identifies the numeric address associated with each domain name on the global map of addresses. That's right, each domain that you can pronouced has a number associated with it and that number corresponds to a geographic location. To simplify it one step further, take away the domain name and you are left with a network address. That's how some websites know where in the world you are logging in from and, in some cases, if you are out of their service area (say you are trying to listen to Pandora or access your U.S. PayPal account from outside of the U.S.) will restrict access to certain content that is subject to copyright regulations.
Domains All In Hebrew Clarified:
"What about a domain completely in Hebrew?", you might ask. Well, in addition to the half -Hebrew half-English options there is an option to have just that- a Hebrew name with a Hebrew extension. While there is as of yet no official TLD for Israel in Hebrew, it is possible to register domains in Hebrew with the following extensions: ארג, .נט, .קום. These are Hebrew transliterations of .com, .net, and .org. Rumor has it that once the Israeli Internet Association known as ISOC standardizes an extension in Hebrew, it will be given free to all current owners of the parallel Hebrew domain ending in co.il / org.il, etc.
Benefits of owning a Hebrew domain:
- Helps to increase search engine ranking
- Worthwhile investment for the future- rumor has it that all Hebrew domain owners will automatically receive the related Hebrew TLD when it becomes available.
- Another entry way for people to access your business online
- Easier to spell for native Hebrew-speakers. For instance, it would be easier for an Israeli to write אתרשמח.co.il than atarsameach.co.il- "happy site" in English :)
To register a Hebrew domain name ending in .com, .net, .co.il, or .org.il, simply:
- Type the name you would like to register in Hebrew into a modern browser and press enter
- Copy and paste the resulting internationalized spelling into the JerusaHost domain registration box
- Follow the directions on your screen to checkout and your domain will be active within 24 hours
To register a Hebrew domain name ending in ארג, .נט, .קום:
please email your domain request to info (AT) jerusahost.com or fill out the contact form here
For questions about registering domain names in Hebrew:
please contact us.
The Race To Define Real-Time Search
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost BlogHave you noticed the twitter search engine (http://search.twitter.com/)? It lets you search the latest activity in Twitter and has some advanced search features as well. Have you noticed google's new real-time search option? It let's you search the latest activity from by and large- Twitter. Wait, aren't those the same thing? Now take a look at the social media search tool "Who's Talkin'". It let's search the latest activity across an aggregate of indexes with a high percentage of results from- yes, that's right- twitter. You can be sure there are more social search engines out there and a whole lot more on the way. And you can be sure that if there is one index each one is not going to exclude it will be that of twitter.
Now what is the Twitter-Facebook duo without Facebook? Well, Facebook also lists user activity in real-time; real-time news feed from friends is at the application's foundation and it has been doing this since 2004, 2 years longer than Twitter which launched in 2006. As far as usage, Facebook users seem to interact more closely with posts than Twitter users interact with tweets. With a face next to each post, the Facebook interface lends itself naturally to more personal interaction. It might be that users feel more comfortable sharing because they are sharing with a closed network of friends rather than the whole world (assuming privacy settings are in place). The language of Twitter, on the other hand, is more stand-offish. You have to learn what replies and retweets are used for along with a less-defined etiquette. There are plenty of conversations in Twitter and although this seems to be catching on, this is not the conventional use of Twitter.
Back to the search element, once those posts clear the first page on Facebook, it seems that users do not go searching for them in the same way that users searching in google tend not to look past several pages. In Facebook's case it could be that a revised search tool would encourage recycling of older posts by making them accessible At present it, the search box is in the right spot at the top of the page but it is geared towards finding people and pages rather than individual pieces of information. In that sense, Twitter has an advantage for someone wanting to connect to certain topics.
The bottom line is that there is clear new command for internet search- that results tell what is happening at that moment, i.e. real-time resuls, and all the better if they are from real, established social media sources.
- separate dedicated server for kosher plan sites
- all sites submitted to kosher plan will undergo review for content before acceptance onto kosher server
- "Shomer Shabbat" option without compromising search engine indexing (optional). This means that the site will appear offline, closed, or with a custom message someone visiting the site on Shabbat or a Jewish holiday.
JerusaHost Winter Newsletter Sent Out
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost Blog
We emailed out our latest newsletter, which contains highlights of the happenings at JerusaHost. Here is a summary of what's included:
- JerusaHost Design-To-HTML Markup Service
- JerusaHost Ice Cream Sundae Contest Winner
- New Domain Name Extensions Available!
- VPS - A Brilliantly Simple Solution To Staying Organized!
- Wordpress Hosting
- Bagels For Bloggers Promotion
- Softaculous
- Data Center Of Your Choice
You can view the web version here. We hope you enjoy it!
Transform Your Graphic Design To HTML, Wordpress or A CMS
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost BlogYou have a stunning design that you want to make into a website. You need it translated professionally into pixel-perfect code for use on your website. You need it done today. Well, you are in luck. Introducing design-to-html markup service from JerusaHost!
Just send us your graphic design as a PSD, PNG, AI or other common file format and our expert coders will will convert it into optimized, W3C compliant, and cross-browser compatible HTML/CSS code in as few as 8 hours! We can even turn your design into a Wordpress theme or CMS template. From header to footer and everything in between, with precision down to the last detail, JerusaHost will transform your design into a dynamic work of art exactly as you imagined.
PSD design to HTML In 3 easy steps:
Premium Package
1.0 Strict Coding
Standard Package
1.0 Transitional Coding
Step 1 - Place your order
Step 2 - Send Your Design
Step 3 - Download converted code or template
The process explained:
Click the order link above to choose your delivery options. We offer 2 packages, listed to the right with the differences bolded:
After selecting the package that meets your base slicing requirements, you can further customize the delivery of your w3 markup. Here are some of the configurable options.
- design to html
- design to wordpress
- psd to html
- png to html
- convert psd
- psd to css
- psd to xhtml
- psd to wordpress
- wordpress integration
- psd to joomla
- joomla integration
- psd to html converter
- psd to html convert
- converting psd to html
- convert psd to html
- psd to magento
- psd to wordpress theme
- psd to drupal
- convert psd to css
- psd to css conversion
- psd to html template
- psd to wordpress template
- psd slice
- png to wordpress
- convert psd to jpg
- psd to html and css
- slicing psd to html
- psd to myspace
- xhtml markup
- convert psd to wordpress
JerusaHost Ice Cream Sundae Contest Winner
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost Blog
We are pleased to announce the winner of the JerusaHost Chocolate Fudge Ice Cream Sundae Contest:
"CD" from Jerusalem
CD did not want chocolate on her sundae so she put on a lot of caramel and sprinkles instead. Although she won the sudae contest on the merits of her answer, JerusaHost is nevertheless proud to have a local Jerusalemite as the winner. Her winning answer is posted below:
Q. How can an Israeli server location, dedicated ip address, and/or Israeli domain name extension benefit a business in Israel?
A. People who are doing business in a specific place want other people to know that they can be located and found. Even though they are putting themselves out there on the internet, they want people to see them as the local specialists of their town. Their reputation is built mostly on word of mouth and even though most of their customers are close to home, their having a website is a good thing. It is a way to communicate with the customers and it also can help expand business beyond the local area. Israel is like a small town. It is smaller than New Jersey so if you show co.il on your domain it means you are reachable in Israel. I guess the Israel server location and dedicated ip address would also help if someone is looking up your site's details or probably if a search engine is trying to figure out if your business really is where you say it is. That would give you a better ranking.
Bagels For Bloggers Promotion
Written by Happenings- The Official JerusaHost BlogAs people come to know about JerusaHost they often say "I am so glad I found you guys!" and "I wish I had known about you sooner!". In some cases their former host was unreliable and lacked quality customer service. In other cases they had no complaint
s about their old host, they were simply recommended to JerusaHost and we looked honest & reliable. The fact that they want to support Israel and we are an Israeli web hosting business run with an American sensibility gave them all the more reason to choose us over another Israeli web hosting company.
How we are getting the word out:
Here is how the promotion works:
- Mention JerusaHost in a blog post or internet article, linking to "web hosting" with http://www.jerusahost.com as the destination address
- Send your blog entry or article to promo (at) jerusahost.com
- We send you back a coupon code for 50% off a bagel sandwich (or purchase of equal or lesser value)
Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef רמב"ש
E-mail: info (at) cafebagels.com
Safed (aka Tsfat, Zefat, Tzefat) Israel
Phone: 04-6821441
E-mail: info (at) mbagelcafe.com
Know of good bagel cafe in another city? Please let us know so we can add it to the list. Stay tuned to the JerusaHost blog for updates to the bagels for bloggers promotion.