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Features we are proud to offer
and a brief explanation of each.
- Active Server Pages
- A Microsoft standard for developing server-based web
applications, we offer ASP functionality with our NT Hosted sites.
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- Anonymous FTP
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Anonymous FTP allows the public to access
files of your choice via the FTP protocol without an assigned
username or password.
- Autoresponder
- Easily configured to work with your existing pages, the
Autoresponder is a script that takes client input from a standard
HTML form and sends it to an email address of your choice, then
sends the client an email with text of your choice. It's largely
based on Form Mail.
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- CGI Directory & Scripts
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Everyone gets a /cgi-local directory to
allow them to run the proliferation of CGI and Perl scripts for
specific purposes. These scripts are both commercially available and
quite a few of them are shareware or free. Script functions vary
from simple hit counters to online shopping systems ('carts').
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- Control Panel
- A proprietary program that allows all of our
customers to set up POP3 e-mail boxes, mail forwarding, view
comprehensive site access logs, and perform basic administrative
functions.
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- Counters
- A simple way of determining how many people have loaded
a particular page, our counter script can display 'hits', as well as
the current time & date. Use as many as you like.
Click here for help on this.
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- CyberCash
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Process credit cards transactions with
CyberCash, a popular browser-friendly automated verification
service. Collect credit card numbers from your customers and process
them automatically. Configured for use with our servers for a
one-time fee.
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- Databases, ODBC & SQL
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ODBC & SQL drivers allow you to serve
database files on the web. We have drivers that are compatible with
many popular formats such as Access and FoxPro. One driver is
included with the NT Hosting plan, and Active Server Pages can be
utilized to interface between the client and the database.
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- Data Transfer
- Every customer is allocated a certain amount of monthly
outbound bandwidth that is used up each time a file is served from
the site. The exact amount varies according to which hosting plan
you choose. Most of our users do not use up all their bandwidth each
month, but a small proportional fee is incurred for those who use
more - usually 12 cents per megabyte over the limit.
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- Disk Space
- All customers are allocated a block of disk space in
which to store all of their web sites files - pages, images, audio
and video clips, etc. The size of the space varies according to
which hosting plan you choose. Additional space is available at the
cost of $1 per megabyte / per month.
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- Domain Name Registration
- We can register domain names, such as yourcompany.com
(or .net or .org as needed) and have it resolve to your web site.
InterNIC will bill you $100 for the first two years of domain
ownership, and $50 per year afterward.
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- Form Mail
- A convenient script that takes input from an HTML form
and sends it to an email address(s) of your choice. It is very easy
to configure your existing form to work with Form Mail.
Click here for help on this.
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- FrontPage
- Microsoft FrontPage is a graphical web page editor and
site management tool. The editor allows a person who is unfamiliar
with HTML to create web pages they way they would look in a browser,
while the explorer part of the software tracks hyperlinks and allows
users to move and rename pages without breaking links. In order to
take full advantage of FrontPage, your web provider must offer the
FrontPage server extensions; we offer them to all customers for
FREE.
Click here for more information about FrontPage
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- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol is a simple Internet standard for
moving files between computers. All customers get 24 hour FTP access
to their sites. You will need an FTP client program on your own
machine; clicking one of the following links will allow you to
download an FTP client. Windows users can try WS-FTP, Mac users can
try Fetch
or Anarchie.
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- Logs
- All our UNIX customers have the ability to view detailed
access logs which track usage statistics. Logs can be seamlessly
generated with Analog through the Control
Panel, and are also available in the raw format for users who
wish to use their own log analysis software.
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- Mail Accounts & Forwarding
- All customers have the ability to create their own POP3
mailboxes to receive mail and change passwords, as well as designate
certain addresses to automatically forward to another address of
your choice. Both are very easy to configure using our
Control Panel.
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- NT Hosting
- With this plan your site will be placed on a Windows NT
server to utilize Active Server Pages, as well as
a System DSN to serve a database of your own
design.
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- Password Protection
- All customers have the ability to restrict the public
from viewing all or part of their site on the web. By
password-protecting a folder of your choice, only people who have a
correct username and password are allowed to browse.
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RealAudio & RealVideo - A popular multimedia standard for the web, RealMedia
allows you to serve audio and video files in real-time regardless of
the client's connection speed. Streaming capability is included with
our Commerce Plan. The following links will allow you to download
the
Player software. You can purchase and download the RealEncoder
5.1
here.
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- Secure Server
- Our Secure Server (SSL) uses state-of-the-art encryption
to protect the data connection between the server and the client
from prying eyes. A necessary standard for anyone collecting credit
card numbers or other sensitive data over the web. Offered with our
e-Commerce Plan.
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- Shopping Cart Software
- All customers can utilize our Shopping Cart script to
put a storefront on the Internet. Users can browse your inventory
and add items to a virtual shopping cart for later purchase, then
checkout and submit ordering information to you for order
processing. When used in conjunction with the Secure
Server and Cybercash, your store
automatically accepts credit card numbers from your customers and
processes them for payment. Build your site, then sit back and watch
the orders roll in.
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- Technical Support
- We offer knowledgeable, friendly Technical Support when
you have problems with our services. See our
detailed support pages here
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- Telnet
- Telnet is an Internet protocol that allows you to open a
UNIX shell on our
server from your own computer. It uses a simple terminal text window
to send and receive commands & data. There is a telnet client that
comes with Windows 95 and NT called "telnet.exe", doing a Find /
Files or Folders should locate it on your own hard drive.
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- UNIX Shell
- Every customer gets access to the versatile UNIX
command-line operating system. To use the shell, log in via the
popular Telnet protocol to your domain name or IP address. Once
logged in, the powerful BSD UNIX facilities are at your fingertips.
If you aren't familiar with UNIX, there are many great
books available on the subject at your local library and bookstore.
Below are a couple of bookmarks to get you started:
TRFN UNIX Links - links to various UNIX resources
Basic List of Unix Commands - a quick reference page
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