Our Help Desk / Support Center

I would like to announce to you that we have launched a new Help Desk / Support Center.

All our customers are welcome to register and submit tickets to our team members in whichever department they need help.

Website design customers must use the ticket center as a medium for transferring information.

The ticket center is always available at www.bosatechnologies.biz.

You’re welcome!

Regards.

Website Design Training Course

ATTN: The General Public,

I have launched compiled versions of HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up language) Help versions 3.2 and 4.0. The package contains Help information on CSS (Cascading Style sheet) formatting.

To obtain our book, you may attend any of the scheduled programmes. For now, I am still arranging venues. This is a three months programme for every venue.

From time to time, I would reply to this post with information on the venue for the programme where you can obtain a CD copy with registration number. If you have lost yours and you attended the programme, you may need to check out for another one or contact development@bosatechnologies.com.

For this course, in treating HTML topics, we would use both ASP and PHP (with VBScript & Java) to implement code. We would use MSSQL Database to implement database functions while working with ASP and MySQL Database to implement database functions while working with PHP.

However, we would like to mention that you must come for the training with the following.

• A good working Laptop Computer.
• Ensure that the Laptop has Wireless LAN capability and at least one (1) USB port.
• Also ensure that you come with your own USB Mass Storage Device or accept to have us use ours to deliver FREE folder content.

This book would not be delivered FREE during the seminar. It is not for sale however as it is released under General Public License but the use of the registration feature is to help us control who has access to read it from us.

If you find it somewhere, that doesn’t keep you away from paying for your copy because your payment for a CD copy of the e-book serves as your seminar fee.

Any further questions? Send your comments to this thread.

Thank you.

Regards.

Bosa Technologies resumes business with a lot of changes

For 3 months our Web Hosting service suffered great downtime. We kept our customers in the dark but that was not fair. We’re up again with a 5 years guarantee for all our customers.

Compensation

If you received an email concerning compensation then you’re in. We would like you to trust and use our service because it has been empowered for you. Actually, all affected web hosting customers have the following benefits:

• 3 months free web hosting
• 6 months half web hosting

They have the option of accepting this offer and making a choice.

Campaign

Our prices for this service have been raised due to foreign currency issues.

New Help Desk

We have launched a new helpdesk at www.bosatechnologies.biz, instead of the former www.bosatechnologies.net. This helpdesk does not have email support so it becomes difficult to see any new replies. We are working on this but for now, we can assure you prompt responses to your tickets, 24 hours max.

Directory Service

We have setup a directory service on the former Help Desk domain name, www.bosatechnologies.net. This contains information on all the websites available for Bosa Technologies viewers or those who maintain a form of relationship with us.

There’s going to be more in future but for now that’s all from me. You can contact us for more information or drop a comment.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Free DNS Management for every domain name

For every domain name you register with us, you get free access to manage the DNS records for the domain name.

If you login to your account, you would see another column apart from the usual domain manager which usually takes you to the DNS Management as a service.

Now, it’s free! So, you can get Google Services or Hosting services from as many providers as possible. Remember, don’t mix Hosting Services with mail services because you cannot install a secondary hosting service on the root of a domain name you wish to you use for email.

RULE: If your primary host offers you email, you can use it but if you have secondary hosting, i.e. sub domains, API services etc., you cannot setup email on your DNS for those services because emails must be rooted to the domain name for the service.

For instance, yourname.com – hosting + email@yourname.com; service.yourname.com – hosting + email@service.yourname.com. Do not try service.yourname.com – hosting + email@yourname.com. This will damage your email setup for the primary.

Have fun adding services to your domain name.

Changes to the Basic Web/Email Hosting Plan

We’ve taken a look at our offer for the Basic Web/Email hosting plan and made some adjustments this morning.

Storage Space and Bandwidth

On this plan, we have been offering 100MB storage space but realized that we need to span performance on our shared hosting accounts. With the new 500MB space allocated to both new and existing customers, you can run more applications and develop at least 5 scalable ones for your business or personal use. The Bandwidth change from 1000MB to 5000MB also gives more room for data transfer for each application.

More Email Accounts

From the usual 20 email accounts since 2006, we have made it 50 email accounts for this plan. So, if you were looking forward to having more emails, you can start adding now.

DSN, Registry and Directory Management

On the other hand, but without being pessimistic, we have decided to remove these features for this plan. We’re not trying to turn down your functionality but we feel that since this plan was created for web based applications, enterprise applications should use minimal resources. Access to our server registry is not necessary as you won’t need to add software or add-in to our system. DSN should be done with the control panel and Directory management should be manually handled to avoid a misbalance on the use of server memory and processing time.

Take advantage of this increase if you’re on this plan.

If you don’t have a website. Get one today!

FREE 5GB website for every 1GB subscription (Easter Bonus from the Web Presence Team)

Bosa Technologies has declared the Grand Easter Offer.

For every 1GB website hosting subscription, a 5GB reseller account is created FREE for 1 year.

Looking at our pricing terms, an Advanced Web Hosting plan would cost NGN10,000 and NGN7,500 for setup while our Basic Reseller plan would cost NGN25,000 and NGN5,000 for setup.

If we were to make estimates of the boundaries this offer breaks then we can say that:

• Ordinarily, you need to pay NGN17,500 for hosting 1GB space and NGN30,000 for hosting an extra 5GB. This totals to NGN47,500 (actual cost).
• If you were to place the orders one at a time (per domain), you would have to pay NGN17,500 x 6. This totals to NGN105,000 (actual cost).

Now, let’s look at how much you save from both possibilities above.

• From getting a 1GB account and 5GB reseller you save NGN30,000.
• From getting 6 accounts (1GB), you save NGN87,500.

Great Savings this Easter when you subscribe for a 1GB website.

Go to http://members.bosatechnologies.com and choose ‘New Website Request’ from the ‘Web/Email Hosting’ menu.

In the new email compose window, add to the subject, “(1-4-5GB)”

Offer Lasts from 5th – 19th April, 2009. So place your order now!

Regards.

Usefulness of .tel domain name in the market

I read an article written about the .tel domain and it sprung up something wonderful to my mind that what if the .tel domain was a universal contact point for a person. For instance, if you have “Stephen.tel” then:

1. If you ask for his number, he could say, check “Stephen.tel”. You may need to add “Stephen.tel” to your phone book application and synchronize numbers from his server using your PDA.
2. If you ask for his email, maybe you can provide “Stephen.tel” in your email client and have a lookup for his emails.
3. If you ask for his address, you may just provide “Stephen.tel” to Google Maps and have Google screen his .tel domain for addresses.
4. If you ask for anything at all, one way or the other, the market has to appreciate the usefulness of the .tel domain name.

How about a simple complementary card with just a Name and a .tel domain name with it. That explains everything and saves printing cost and even cost of programme publicity too.

Updating the .tel domain name is easy. Just like adding contacts to your phone book, editing and deleting them; so is adding content to a .tel domain name.

Try out the .tel domain name today but let’s hope the industry comes up with innovations for the .tel domain name.

Think about this a little!

Now accepting payments in Nigerian Naira

Great News from the Bosa Technologies Billing Team!

We are now accepting online payments for Web Presence Services. At last, partnering with NetNaira was a good thing to foster this old desire of ours.

The good thing about this development is that all funded can now be done at the convenience of your computer. You must have an account at our Web Presence Services website at http://members.bosatechnologies.com to have access to and use this feature.

Also, you can request for Web/Email hosting services from the Storefront in the new ‘Web/Email Hosting’ link we have included.

If you don’t have a NetNaira account, you can create one at www.netnaira.com. To fund it, you may use your Interswitch ATM Card (if your bank is among the accepted banks), V-Pay or eTranzact if you have any of these. The Interswitch module also accepts Cash Cards of all types.

You may buy PIN to fund your account at the least rate of NGN5,000 for such amount of PINs to aid funding. So, at the convenience of your computer, you can now have your very own domain name and website.

Thanks to Bosa Technologies Billing Team.

Regards.

.tel Domain Name available

The .tel domain name is now available at our Web Presence storefront for NGN5,000 yearly. Unlike every other domain name, the .tel allows you to keep contact information in a hierarchical manner. So, you can have as many domain names as possible .tel or you can have just one .tel domain name link your websites, e-mail or phone directories or your own yellow pages service.

Search Engine Optimization with the .tel domain name is easy as though keywords can be stored, the headings, links and contact information saved in a .tel domain name DNS environment are easily searchable. In other words, there is no need for any development support for Google to crawl your domain name, they already have the channels to use and are ready to go about crawling in no time.

Get your .tel domain name today and get your business live.

Visit http://members.bosatechnologies.com or contact webpresence@bosatechnologies.com.

Thank you for your business!

Great Business Opportunity with the .Tel domain name

Since February 3rd 2009, .tel domains are available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. We believe, as do many in the technology industry and the media, that the .tel is perhaps the biggest innovation since the launch of .com. As with .com, where those that understood the potential early saw a great return on investment, we also believe that purchasing .tel domains in the first weeks of availability will offer as great an investment opportunity. The simple reason is that, as .com was innovative in pioneering the ease of access to new web content globally, providing a real 'first' for the internet, .tel is as unique a top level domain in driving communications and contact information to all devices on the internet.

How is .tel different? A .tel domain allows the owner to create a personalized or branded online presence without needing to build a website or pay for monthly hosting and management. All other top level domains require further investment and the development of web pages or email accounts, whereas .tel does not. All existing top level domains are concerned with locating and hosting websites, while the .tel is not. Rather than being stored in web pages, making them difficult or expensive to access over mobile devices, the .tel allows businesses and individuals to store an unlimited number and all types of contact information directly in the Domain Name System (DNS) as data records.

Why is storing data in the DNS important? Using the DNS as a data store enables individuals and businesses to utilize this powerful system to publish information globally, securely, quickly and easily. Because no websites need to be created, much less time is required in order to publish information. The data is delivered as live information rather than web page content and is formatted appropriately for any device accessing the .tel domain. The .tel domain will have huge implications in terms of speed, global reach, real-time updating, improved control and the optimization of content for mobile devices

What are the key benefits for businesses?

• Integration of all means of communication in a single place under their brand
• An entry into the next-generation yellowpages with instant worldwide exposure
• A very efficient and cost effective mobile presence
• Increased search engine discoverability

...all without the need to build, host or manage a website.

What are the key benefits for individuals?

• Control over all the ways people reach them in a single place that is theirs forever
• Protection of their private data
• Always current information with real-time updates
• Reachable in a single click

...all without the need to build, host or manage a website.

How can .tel domains be monetized? Because the .tel owner cannot host their own website under their domain, there is a temptation to believe that monetization of .tel will not be possible. Quite the contrary is true. The .tel adds a huge number of 'click to purchase' monetization opportunities, especially targeted to mobile cellular devices, that shrewd investors should appreciate. The following may provide a few ideas:

1. Incorporate Premium Numbers for Voting and Betting Services A business can use their .tel to easily set up, integrate and manage time-sensitive tasks such as SMS voting for a favorite TV reality show (i.e. American Idol) with one-click functionality. Viewers could use the choices under the .tel to vote for their favorite celebrity.
2. Vanity Name Numbers A .tel domain can follow the same model as vanity name numbers. For example, 1800-Flowers.tel, 1800Lawyers.tel, 1900VoteNow.tel, each acquiring customer from the mobile space with easy-to-remember domain names.
3. Reference Companies under Generic Names A business can use the .tel to reference industry specific services. For example: Hotels.tel, Plumbers.tel, Insurance.tel, Locksmiths.tel, etc. Each .tel domain could easily have multiple sub-domains for navigation to local providers or specialists.
4. Drive Traffic from Mobile Devices to E-Commerce Storefronts A business can use the .tel to offer storefront services and collect micro-payments for downloads, products or services. For example: a celebrity fan club site can provide news, chats, or downloadable mobile content such as MP3s or ringtones.
5. Increase Search Engine Optimization A .tel plays a fundamentally different role than a traditional domain (.com,.net?) and has very specific and unique content, and is published in a different format and medium (DNS instead of Web). Therefore, Google and other search engines will want to index .tel content in addition to .com content. The .tel data is also fully structured, making it easily readable and understandable by search engine crawlers, as opposed to standard web page content that needs advanced parsing algorithms that often misunderstand the content. The .tel will reveal itself as an important SEO/SEM tool.
6. Publish a Global Yellowpage Directory Listing at a Reduced Cost Companies spend thousands of dollars advertising in online directory service solutions that are highly fragmented. The entries are expensive, restrictive in what kind of contact information may be published and do not allow live updating. Most importantly, the listing is typically local, not global. By contrast, the .tel provides a global online directory that provides a company with instant worldwide exposure. It integrates all means of communication in a single place that remain under the company's control. It allows unlimited updating and management of the contact information and keywords in real-time, and it increases search engine visibility and discoverability ? all without the need to build a website and all for only the cost of a domain name. This is especially meaningful for small and medium sized businesses who want an online presence or a directory listing at a low cost.

What .tel domain names will offer the best investment prospects? From February 3rd 2009, all domain names will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis for a 3-year term at a fixed price. No domain names are being held back for auctions (as was the case with .mobi, .me and .asia). Therefore, there will only be a short window to take advantage of the great opportunity to register valuable domain names that were not already registered by trademark owners.