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iVirtua is powered
by an integrated collection of Web applications and scripts that
are then developed and integrated in-house that together create
the "iVirtua WOS". It creates a Rich and Immersive Community Experience.
Location
iVirtua Community (UK) use Memset Dedicated Servers, which use
two UK datacentre facilities, one in Fareham, South Hampshire,
and the other in Reading, Berkshire. Both have state-of-the-art
facilities, top-quality connectivity and are manned 24/7 with
skilled personnel. Having two sites allows us to provide literally
bomb-proof disaster resilient systems, and allows us to keep
our costs lower than our London-based peers.
Network connectivity
Both data centres have at least three dedicated gigabit fibre uplinks
which take diverse routes via road and railways to a central London-based
multi-point gigabit ring. From there the connections are peered with all
the major UK backbones.
For Logistical and geographical reasons, iVirtua also hosts some
database, mail and other service servers in Utah, USA.
All of the datacentres iVIrtua use feature the
very latest world class resilient infrastructure, including multiple
levels of 24/7 security, stable high-capacity power supplies,
fire protection, in-house support and environmental controls
to name but a few.
Reliability Internal to the datacentres, we ensure that there is no single point of
failure up until the connection reaches your server. To do this we double-up
on equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls in a mirrored configuration
with a heart-beat monitor between the two sets.
We use high-quality Dell and Sun hardware in order to minimise
the risk of failure. Most of our dedicated servers also use RAID(1),
providing additional resilience against disk failures. We also
keep hot-standby equipment on-site so that even in the most
catastrophic server failure event we can simply swap the disks
into a new, identical chassis.
Software
The Software is based around the framework of serveral open and
closed source scripts along side various AJAX and DOM frameworks,
and is based on PHP which results in one of the fastest, feature-rich
systems available. We have built around and improved
upon this excellent software to create the iVirtua Web OS, enhancing
the framework and creating the Rich and Immersive Community Experience
with the features below.
Since iVirtua 4.1, iVirtua has been fully XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS
W3C Valid. iVirtua has also taken usability and accessibility in to consideration.
iVirtua 4.8 features some "iVirtua 5" technology. This
includes AJAX frameworks such as jQuery, an iVirtua web application
framework that emphasizes the interaction between JavaScript
and HTML. It was released January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John
Resig. It is now Dual licensed under the MIT License and the
GNU General Public License. We also utilise The Prototype AJAX
Framework Though available as a standalone library, Ruby on Rails
integrates the framework (suitable for iVirtua 5 running) as
well as other projects such as script.aculo.us, which is a JavaScript
library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing
dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model,
also utilised by iVirtua Community Web OS 4.8.
Intuitive and
Seamless Interface
All you need to do to start your experience is click Register
Free! Above, your features will instantly be activated; you
can start your learning or with a tutorial, chat in teamspeak,
look through the News, Articles, and Reviews, or comment on someone’s
art in the forums... just explore the features with the menu
above. Posting messages across the board couldn’t be easier;
but if you are stuck with how to use a feature, our staff can
be contacted with most IM’s and out Personal Message system,
and couldn’t be happier to help you. Be sure to check the Help
and Contact page first, on the menu above. We also utilise a real time AJAX
environment in many parts of the site to ensure seamless usability.
Content Management:
News, Reviews and Articles
The latest Articles are written by our in house editorial team,
and in the News forums, the latest news is automatically syndicated
from the leading Gaming, Arts and Media Sites, with links to specific
articles, so you can comment and discuss the latest news items,
in the industry. All the latest content is handled by our powerful
CMS,.
Syndicated, User
and Managed Downloads
The latest content is automatically syndicated from leading Gaming,
Arts and Media Sites, including the latest Game Demos, Patches,
Modifications, Maps, and the latest Beta Software, so you can comment
and discuss the latest download items, the moment they are released.
We also allow for users to post attachments such as their own movies,
photos, flash creations, and software that they have created for
others to discuss. This complements managed downloads with a state
of the art download management system and download servers.
RSS Feeds
The latest content is exported by RSS; Web feeds provide web
content or summaries of web content together with links to the
full versions of the content. RSS allows website's frequent readers to
track updates on the site using an aggregator and all of the
latest browsers have built in RSS support. Every User’s Blog
is syndicated in RSS too! Click the RSS Icon in your address
bar, or the RSS logo at the bottom of this page.
Image and File
Storage
Upload your photos, creations, videos and software, created by you
for our users to comment on; and with Premium Membership, you can
additional File Storage features.
Community,
with powerful communications and search
frameworks
Engage in our active community, and take part free, Participate
in Competitions, post any photos or images you want in the forums,
subscribe optionally to our Newsletter, login (with your username
and password) to real time Live chat with members that are currently
online, and take full advantage of our state of the art infrastructure
by using the renown TeamSpeak through our TeamSpeak Client, also
on the banner menu above.
Use our User Search to make new contacts in the industry, and easily
find them.
Games Arcade
Relax In the regularly updated Flash and Java game arcade; your
high scores are added to iVirtua Loyalty Points.
Learning and
Tutorials
We offer
Basic to Advanced courses and tutorials in IT, Computing, Web, Media,
Gaming, Wed Design, HTML Tutorials, Web Accessibility, and also
those topics in regards to Business and Industry.
You as our Client have professional tutors and staff to guide you
through our intuitive, and rich learning courses; making friends
along the way;
iVirtua Learning.
iVirtua Loyalty
Points System
Amount of cash earned per new topic 25
Amount of bonus cash earned per reply for topic author 5
Amount of cash earned per reply 20
Amount of cash earned per character 0.05
Maximum amount of cash earned for posting 100
These can be redeemed in iVirtua 3.2 for Activities such as games,
and other features.
Security
There is a 24/7 on-site security presence with 24/7 internal CC-TV monitoring.
In addition there are comprehensive security procedures including proximity
access control and a hi-tech weigh-in weigh-out entry system. Only authorised
personnel even have access to the servers.
Fire
Work in a secure and safe web environment with our…
Server side software and hardware firewalls
Worm Protection Engine
IP & Agent Blocker Engine
Definition Record
Proxy & Agent Blocker
Spammer Protection
SpamBot protection
Intelligent IP Tracking Systems
Blacklist Networks
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