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- Here is a brief
explanation of hosting terms used.
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- Anonymous
FTP
- Enabling anonymous FTP allows visitors to access your Web site to
upload and/or download files without a unique ID and password. By
controllable anonymous FTP, we are referring to an environment
whereby anonymous access can be limited to specific files and
directories.
- This feature is not available if the site is ordered as sub-directory, or sub-domain account.
Available with packages
: 120, 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
- ASP
- Active Server Pages (ASP) is the Microsoft application that allows
web site developers to make their pages more dynamic and interactive. It
is well suited for database interaction.
Available with packages
: 110, 120, 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- CGI
- (Common Gateway Interface) -- A set of rules that describe how a Web
Server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine,
and how the other piece of software (the “CGI program”) talks to the web
server. Any piece of software can be a CGI program if it handles input
and output according to the CGI standard. Usually a CGI program is a
small program that takes data from a web server and does something with
it, like putting the content of a form into an e-mail message, or
turning the data into a database query. You can often see that a CGI
program is being used by seeing “cgi-bin” in a URL, but not always.
Available with all packages
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- cgi-bin
- The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI
programs are stored. The “bin” part of “cgi-bin” is a shorthand version
of “binary”, because once upon a time, most programs were referred to as
“binaries”. In real life, most programs found in cgi-bin directories are
text files, or scripts that are executed by programs located elsewhere
on the same machine.
Available with all packages
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- co-location
- Most often used to refer to having a server that belongs to one
person or group physically located on an Internet-connected network that
belongs to another person or group. Usually this is done because the
server owner wants their machine to be on a high-speed Internet
connection and/or they do not want the security risks of having the
server on their own network.
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- Data
Transfer
- In general, any outward-bound traffic from a Web site, with the
exception of e-mail, is considered data transfer. For example, each time
a Web page, image, midi file, quicktime video, etc. is loaded, data
transfer is generated. Each of our plans includes a generous amount of
free data transfer which should be more than enough for most sites. In
fact, over 95% of our customers operate within their free data transfer
allowance. Additional data transfer beyond the threshold will incur a
small charge.
Available with all packages
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- Disk Storage
Space
- Disk storage space refers to the amount of server disk storage
specifically allocated to your account. This space is used to store your
html files, graphics, audio clips, POP mail messages, pdfs, and other
files that make up your Web site. Each of our plans includes a specified
allotment of disk storage space, but additional space can be purchased
for any account in 1 MB blocks.
Available with all packages
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- Domain
Name
- The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names
always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is
the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. A
given machine may have more than one Domain Name but a given Domain Name
points to only one machine. For example, the domain names:
- somename.net, mail.somename.net,
workshop.somename.net
- can all refer to the same machine, but each domain name can refer to
no more than one machine.
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- Usually, all of the machines on a given Network will have the same
thing as the right-hand portion of their Domain Names
(somename.net in the examples above). It is also possible for a
Domain Name to exist but not be connected to an actual machine. This is
often done so that a group or business can have an Internet e-mail
address without having to establish a real Internet site. In these
cases, some real Internet machine must handle the mail on behalf of the
listed Domain Name.
Available with all packages
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- Domain Name
Registration
- We will handle either new domain name registration or transfers on
your behalf. The U.S. governing agency InterNIC charges $70 to
register a domain name which covers the first two years. They currently
bill at a rate of $35 per year thereafter.
The domain name
registration/transfer (for up to 2 domain names per hosting package)
service provided free when you order one of our
hosting packages.
Non-US domain
registration must be handled by the end user, and we will supply you
with the information you will need for you to setup on our
servers.
Available with all packages
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- E-mail
Alias
- An e-mail alias is a an e-mail address that points to another
address instead of a "real" e-mail box. For example, an alias for
"info@your-domain.com" could point at your personal e-mail box. All accounts include free unlimited e-mail
aliases.
Available with all packages
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- E-mail Forwarding
- Forwarding is a way of sending email to an address other than the
one it is addressed to. Once your Web site is active, you receive
all e-mail addressed to your domain such as
"your_mailbox@your_domain.com", and immediately forward it to
"your_other_mailbox@other_mail_domain.com", etc. All accounts
include free unlimited e-mail forwarding.
Available with all
packages
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- FTP Access
- You will have unlimited access to your account via FTP 24-hours a
day to set up and maintain your web site. You can work on HTML
documents, graphics, and scripts locally, then upload files to your Web
site when ready.
Available with all packages
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- Mailing
Lists
- A (usually automated) system that allows people to send e-mail to
one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the
other subscribers to the mail list. In this way, people who have many
different kinds of e-mail access can participate in discussions
together.
Available with packages : 110,120, 200,
210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- Mail
Forwarding
- Once your domain name is active worldwide, you can receive all
e-mail addressed to your domain such as webmaster@yourname.com,
sales@yourname.com, etc. By default, all e-mail addressed to your domain
will forward to the e-mail address you provide us when you sign up. For
convenience, specific mail forwarding options are available if you need
specific addresses each to be forwarded to different addresses on the
Internet. For example, e-mail addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could
forward to an account at AOL, while sales@yourname.com could forward to
a Prodigy account.
Available with all packages
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- Microsoft® Access®
97
- Microsoft Access 97 for the Windows® 95 and Windows NT® operating
systems provides relational database power to give you the information
you need to make better decisions. It integrates data from spreadsheets
and other databases and is the easy way to find answers, share
information over intranets and the Internet, and build faster business
solutions. It is available to web site developer via ODBC.
Available with packages : 110, 120, 200, 210, 220,
300, 310, 320
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- Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000
and FrontPage® 98
- Our servers support FrontPage Extensions, which are programs
providing the server side implementation of FrontPage. With the
FrontPage Server Extensions you are able to author and administer your
web site using the tools provided as part of the FrontPage
Editor/Explorer package. Zantar Productions does not provide direct technical
support related to the use of your FrontPage software. Product information for
FrontPage is available at the Microsoft web site.
You may request
that FrontPage extensions be installed within your Web site when placing
your order, or you may request them at a later date by contacting our
support department.
Available with packages : 110,
120, 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- Microsoft® Index
Server
- Microsoft Index Server is the Microsoft content-indexing and
searching solution for Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and
Peer Web Services (PWS). Microsoft Index Server is designed to index the
full text and properties of documents on an IIS-based (or PWS-based)
server. Index Server can index documents for both corporate intranets
and for any drive accessible through a uniform naming convention (UNC)
path on the Internet.
Clients can formulate queries by using any
Web browser to fill in the fields of a simple Web query form. The Web
server forwards the query form to the query engine, which finds the
pertinent documents and returns the results to the client formatted as a
Web page.
Unlike many content indexing systems, Index Server can
index the text and properties of formatted documents, such as those
created by Microsoft® Word or Microsoft® Excel. This feature lets you
publish existing documents on your intranet Web without converting them
to HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
Available with packages
: 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- Microsoft® SQL
Server™
- Microsoft® SQL Server™ is a scalable, reliable, flexible and
high-performance relational database management system for Microsoft
Windows NT® Server-based systems. Designed to meet the requirements of
Enterprise client/server computing and the Internet, SQL Server is
tightly integrated with the Microsoft BackOffice® family of servers to
enable organizations to improve decision making and streamline business
processes. Because of its ease of use and integration, Microsoft
SQL Server lowers the overall cost of distributed computing. It is
available to web site developer via ODBC.
Available with
packages : 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- POP-3
Accounts
- Our customers have the option to retrieve e-mail directly from POP-3
mailboxes on our mail server. Each of our plans includes a Master
POP-3 accounts which can receive all e-mail and control the settings for
any optional configurable POP-3 accounts. Each of our plans also offers
a specified number of configurable POP-3 accounts. The additional POP-3s
can be assigned unique IDs and passwords to ensure privacy. You can also
purchase additional POP-3s if needed.
All our accounts include
free unlimited e-mail aliases
and forwarding.
Available with all packages
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- Security
Certificate
- A chunk of information (often stored as a text file) that is used by
the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection. Security Certificates
contain information about who it belongs to, who it was issued by, a
unique serial number or other unique identification, valid dates, and an
encrypted “fingerprint” that can be used to verify the contents of the
certificate. In order for an SSL connection to be created both sides
must have a valid Security Certificate.
Available with packages
: 120,200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- Statistics
Analysis
- You can use your user ID and password to access our Statistics
Server (by MediaHouse Software, Inc) to track your Web usage
statistics, such as what domains are accessing your Web site, how many
'hits' you are getting, how much data is being transferred and more.
This is critical information that you can use to make sure your site
is meeting all of your business objectives.
Available with
packages : 110, 120, 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320
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- SSL Secured
Directory
- This option allows you to communicate securely with your
client without you obtaining your own digital
authentication certificate. We will set up a directory on your web
site where you can place pages that handle secure information. You
will be serviced by Zantar Production's digital authentication certificate.
Note
that it is more efficient to only put those pages that handle
sensitive information into the secure directory. This is because there
is a slight overhead for encryption and decryption of the transmitted
data and you wouldn't want to slow down your whole site
unnecessarily.
If you are interested in this feature please make a
note of it when ordering.
Available with packages : 120, 200, 210, 220, 300,
310, 320
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- SSL Secure
Server
- The SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Protocol is a protocol developed by
Netscape Communications which provides secure communications between the
server and client, preventing others from capturing or viewing the data
being exchanged. The Secure Server will encrypt any information passing
between it and the user's Web browser. This enables you to accept
sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) through an HTML
form.
To find out more about SSL and Internet Security, take a
look at
There are some important issues regarding the use of secure
processing that you need to be aware of. Every web site name (i.e.
www.YOUR DOMAIN.com) that wishes to use SSL will need to have an digital
authentication certificate "signed" by certification authority (i.e. Verisign,
Thawte). If you do not wish to get
your own certificate, you can use Zantar Production's. However, this means that you
will have to use our site name (https://www.ZantarProductions.com) for your
secure forms.
Please note that SSL does not include software to
process credit card transactions. Although you can securely receive
credit card information through SSL, actual processing of the credit
card will require a "Merchant account" from an accredited financial
institution.
Available with packages : 200, 210,
220, 300, 310, 320
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