Unofficial DreamHost Blog

New Easy One-Click: Media Wiki DreamHost introduces Media Wiki (the software behind sites as Wikipedia) as an Easy One-Click install. The software has long existed as a One-Click install, but in easy mode both installation, upgrades and maintenance is 100% handled by DreamHost at the cost of fewer customization options [...]

New One-Click Install: phpBB Forum phpBB is now available as a One-Click Install. DreamHost offers phpBB both in an easy-mode and advanced-mode. In easy-mode DreamHost will handle all upgrades, but you won’t be able to customize your theme or add plug-ins.
New One-Click Install: OpenX [...]

A very short newsletter this time:

Easy zenphoto One-Click

DreamHost now offers zenphoto as a hosted application. When you install zenphoto as a hosted application, you don’t have to worry about upgrading the software, bandwidth usage, disk usage, etc., since it all runs from DreamHost’s server (vs. your own shared server). The downside is that you won’t [...]

This month’s newsletter in condensed form:

Sorry About the Billing
I guess all of you have heard about DreamHost’s billing error 3 weeks ago? Otherwise see Um, Whoops, The Aftermath and The Final Update.
Easy WordPress One-Click
DreamHost now offers an “easy mode” for WordPress (probably based on WordPress MU), where DreamHost will take of all updates and maintenance. [...]

Another newsletter translated from Josh’s gibberish.

Spacey Moved
The “spacey” cluster was successfully moved to a new datacenter. More server moves are planned over the next few months - watch the status blog for updates.
DreamHost PS Update
DreamHost is making progress on the waitlist for DreamHost PS (Private Server) and MySQL PS. If you sign up now, you [...]

Time for another newsletter in condensed form:

Winners of the iPhone Contest

nyquil.org won the iPhone contest. The 2nd and 3rd prizes can be found on the official blog.

iTunes Backup for Mac
DreamHost customers can now get a free year of Bandwagon (Mac software to back up your iTunes library to your DreamHost account).

Support Attachments
It’s now possible to [...]

The newest DreamHost Newsletter in condensed form: 

Your Own DreamHostStatus Feed
Personalized RSS feed with news from dreamhoststatus.com. The feed only contains news about events regarding your Web, Email or MySQL server. You’ll find the link to your RSS feed in your Account Status.
Power Switcheroo
Redundant power to 12 more racks.
Tiny Panel Changes
New login page, faster load times [...]

Manage your cron jobsRunning cron jobs (automated tasks) has never been easier. They can now be managed in a simple interface as part of the web panel.

Green your web siteDreamHost goes green! By buying certified Renewable Energy Credits they can now call themself a carbon-neutral company.
The news was a front page story on Digg.
Moving picture [...]

I finally found the time to publish the latest newsletter:

Power outage apologies
An apology for the downtime last week.
Awesome new panel
New “web 2.0″-like Control Panel as previously reported.
Promo codes that give features
It’s now possible for DreamHost affiliates to create promo codes which offers extra features instead of a monetary discount. It’s possible to create promo codes [...]

This month’s Mexican themed newsletter :

Upgrades
- WordPress, ZenCart and MediaWiki one-click-installs has been upgraded in January
- Ruby on Rails has been upgraded and a number of new gems has been installed
- PHP 5.2 and Zend Optimizer 3.2.2 is being rolled out the upcoming week.
Webmail
Two more webmail machines has been added to the load-balanced webmail cluster, [...]