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Basic Hosting
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Your Own Domain Hosting |
Once
you register your domain you can go live by getting your
website hosted By 1stServer International™ (www.yourdomain.com) |
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Disk Storage Space |
Disk
storage space refers to the amount of server disk storage
specifically allocated to your shared hosting account. This
space can be used to store your html files, graphics, audio
clips, POP3 mail messages, pdfs, and other files that make
up your web site. At 1stServer International™ we make sure you'll be satisfied
because each shared plan includes a very generous amount of
disk space which is substantially more than what our
competition provides. |
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Monthly Data Transfer |
Monthly data transfer is the amount of information that is
transmitted to/from your Web space. At 1stServer International™ we provide a
generous amount of bandwidth with all plans. You can login
to your account and view your monthly transfer in your
control panel. Each time a picture or HTML page is viewed by
a visitor, you upload data using FTP, or email is received
it adds to your monthly data transfer. The average HIT is
approximately 10k. This would mean that a transfer limit of
4.0 Gigabytes would allow 400,000 hits for your account.
*A note on Unlimited Transfer offerings* A question
that comes up often is, “Why doesn't 1stServer International™ offer unlimited
bandwidth?” The answer is simple. The numerous web hosting
providers who exaggerate and offer unlimited bandwidth are
actually lying and not telling you the truth. Always read
the fine print! If you read the fine print, "Unlimited
bandwidth means you may not use more then 10% of our
resources". This usually means they cut you off at 50
megabytes per day. At 1stServer International™ we will not cut you off due to
extra usage. |
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Unmetered Hits |
We do
not meter hits to your site. We will not track or restrict
the number of visitors accessing your website or the number
of pages that are viewed. |
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OS
Platform |
1stServer International™
servers are stable. Our systems are Linux-based which is an
operating system known worldwide for its stability and
scalability. Our systems are secure. Being the most used
hosting platform on the Internet today, it suits the growing
needs of both beginner and advanced web hosts. |
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POP3 / IMAP
E-mail Accounts |
Users
don't have to strictly rely on email forwarding. Users have
the ability to setup POP3/IMAP accounts. Clients can
retrieve their email directly from their POP3 & IMAP
mailboxes on the mail server using email programs such as
Eudora, Microsoft Outlook or web based email. When setting
up a POP account you'll be making an
emailsomething@yourdomain.com . Your POP3 / IMAP accounts
may be managed in an easy fashion via your control panel. |
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Email Auto Responders |
Auto
responders are a very useful tool for distributing
information to interested prospects. An Auto responder is
just what it sounds like. An auto responder is simply a
program which instantly sends a pre-written message back to
a person who sends an e-mail to a specified address. (take
vacations and have your auto responder on to let people know
when you'll be back online answering emails). For instance,
if a customer were to send an email order to
orders@yourdomain.com, you could arrange for a Thank You
email to be automatically sent to them. You may setup email
auto responders with ease. |
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Email Forwarders |
E-mail
forwarders are accounts which simply forward e-mail to
another Email address that you specified when setting it up.
E-mail sent to separate POP3 mail accounts end up in a
single location. Email Forwarders can easily be
removed/added via our control panel. (ex:
admin@yourdomain.com being forwarded to
yourname@yourdomain.com) |
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Email Alias |
An
email alias is basically another name for a specific email
account. It allows you to create alternative email addresses
without creating a user account. What an alias does is to
point to a specific email address. For example, you can have
an alias called "help" and forward it to
maindesk@yourdomain.com. However, you won't be able to send
emails from an alias, because it is not a real email
account. |
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Web-based Email Access (Webmail) |
In
addition to your POP3 email accounts, you also have web
based mail that allows you to access your email accounts
from any browser, anywhere in the world. This is a nice
feature for someone who travels or needs access to email at
different locations. Take your notebook with you on an air
flight and be able to take a sip of coffee while checking
your mail via web mail. We include 3 webmail tools for
checking your mail when on the move. They are:
Neomail,
Horde
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SquirrelMail. |
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Email Manager/Mail Management Tools |
We
give you the most powerful tools to manage your email
activities. Our control panel is feature rich and lets you
do everything from creating POP accounts to managing huge
mailing lists. The control panel is pretty straightforward
and everything mentioned is easy to setup.
Using our mail management tools you can:
- Manage POP e-mail boxes
- Manage E-mail aliases (forwarders)
- Manage Auto-responders
- Change your default mail address
- Create SPAM filters
- Manage mailing lists.
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Sub-domains |
Sub-domains allow for the use of URLs like
subdomain.yourdomain.com. This feature is useful if you want
to divide up your site into different sections. The document
root for your sub-domain will be the subdirectory that has
the same name as your sub-domain prefix. For example:
http://example.yourdomain.com is the same as
http://yourdomain.com/example/. You can easily add/remove
sub-domains from the control panel. |
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Domain Pointers
(URL Forwarding) |
This
is a domain name that redirects a visitor to another Web
location of your choice, allowing you to have multiple
domain names for one site, such as www.yourdomain.com
and www.yourdomain.net. |
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Unlimited FTP Access |
FTP
stands for File Transfer Protocol and is the most widely
used method for transferring files from client to server.
All of hosting packages include unlimited access to your
account via FTP 24 hours a day. You can update your site
24/7 365 days a year! Talk about flexibility! We give you
full control! |
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Anonymous FTP Server |
Anonymous FTP allows clients to take advantage of the FTP
protocol for visitors to their website needing to download
large files without a login or password for each visitor.
Anonymous FTP can be installed and uninstalled
automatically. Clients login to your anonymous FTP site by
FTPing to ftp.yourdomain.com. The login "anonymous" or "ftp"
will work, and any password is accepted. Once they have
logged in anonymously, they will automatically view the
welcome message which you can customize. Users can then
download any files which you have made available for them to
obtain anonymously. Always make sure your data is not in a
public directory where anonymous users may download them! |
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Interchange Shopping Cart |
Having
a shopping cart program allows you to implement your own
ecommerce Store. The shopping cart keeps track of what
visitors have ordered and allows them to add or remove items
from a ''virtual shopping cart.'' When a visitor decides to
check-out, the order information including the buyer's name,
address and billing is e-mailed to an address you specify
and a receipt is sent to the shopper. All accounts come
bundled with RedHat's high-end and powerful Interchange
shopping cart, an electronic commerce system that's in use
by tens of thousands of merchants and web developer's world
wide. In a CNET builder review, Interchange is the most
recommended shopping cart system for small to medium size
businesses. The shopping cart is provided free of charge.
Demo store:
http://demo.akopia.com/
Click here to
Tour Interchange. |
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SSL
Server (SSL) |
Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol which encrypts all data
communicated between client/server to ensure there can be no
intercepts of the data by third parties and ensures that
communication is between the intended party. Encryption is
very important when taking credit card numbers, or posting
personal or confidential information over the Internet.
Although it's way more likely for someone to steal your
credit card number when you order over the telephone, we
still offer you full, unlimited access to our secure server.
By using our server's certificate, you save hundreds of
dollars! We also offer the option to install your own
personalized SSL Certificate. Find out more about
SSL. |
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Own
CGI-Bin Access |
All
customers have access to a personal cgi-local directory in
which you can place your own custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts
are most often used to accomplish tasks not supported by
basic HTML, such as a "hit" counter or guest book. This
directory can be used to set up scripts that you write or
find elsewhere on the Web. |
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The
File Manager |
Your
File Manager is a very powerful feature. It allows you to
manipulate all the files in your web site. You have the
ability to create, delete, and move your files. You can also
upload files from your local PC to the server in File
Manager. In addition, you can edit the HTML in any of your
files from this option. Everything you need to manage your
site can be found in this feature. |
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FrontPage Extensions |
We can
install Front Page extensions on your account free of
charge. This allows you to use the easy-to-use Microsoft
FrontPage program to create and maintain your web site. The
FrontPage extensions are fully backward compatible with
FrontPage 2003/2000, 97 & 98 incase you're not yet using the
latest version. You may request that FrontPage extensions be
installed on your web site when placing an order for our
hosting services. |
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Detailed Web Statistics |
As a
website owner you may have many questions. How many visitors
have I had? Where are they coming from? In your web based
control panel, you can check live statistics of your site by
day, month, or year. We give you everything you need to run
your site. All hosting packages come with four statistic
reporting tools, they include:
Webalizer provides detailed information on your
website visitors including Daily Statistics, Hourly
Statistics, URLs, Entry Points, Exit Points, Referrers,
Search Data, Browser Agents and Country data.
Analog Statistics - a raw, fast, text-based
statistics read-out, unlike the graphical Webalizer. It
gives you in-depth stats when you need them and fast.
AwStats - a powerful and featureful tool that
generates advanced web, ftp or mail server statistics,
graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from
command line and shows you all possible information your log
contains, in few graphical web page.
Last 300 Visitors - This fast and neat program
will show you up to 300 of your latest visitors, along with
useful information about each one of them.
Error Log - This useful tool shows up to 300 of
the last error messages received by visitors to your site,
from broken links and images, to "server error" pages and
404 errors.
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Unlimited mail storage space |
We
give you an unlimited amount of space for you to save a copy
of your emails on our servers. |