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Advanced
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Macromedia Shockwave & Flash Support |
Macromedia Shockwave is a form of animation that is
created using Macromedia Director. Using this program
you can create complex and interesting animations
combining sound, graphics and text. Flash also made by
Macromedia is a similar product that lets you make
animations. You can have your flash and director
creations play in real time on your web page. |
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PHP with Caching |
PHP is an advanced server side scripting language that
can be embedded into HTML which eliminates the need for
a CGI-Bin directory and separate executable files. PHP
is similar in syntax to JavaScript, and does not require
optional components to perform advanced tasks, as does
ASP. PHP scripts can be placed in any directory within
your domain and can connect to a database. We are
running the latest version of PHP with all the common
PHP extensions such as ImageMagick and XSLT installed!
We also utilize Zend Optimizer. |
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Perl, Tcl, C++ |
Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning
arbitrary text files, extracting information from those
text files, and printing reports based on that
information. It's a derivation from C programming
language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, the Unix
shell, and at least a dozen other tools and languages.
Perl's process, file, and text manipulation facilities
make it particularly well-suited for tasks involving
quick prototyping, system utilities, software tools,
system management tasks, database access, graphical
programming, networking, and world wide web programming. |
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Perl Modules & Installs |
Perl is arguably the most popular scripting language for
the web and consequently. There are thousands of modules
that have been written to work with it. If you are using
scripts that require specific perl modules that are not
included in the default perl distribution then we will
happily install it free of charge for you. Our servers
are always updated with the most popular perl modules. |
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Server Side Includes |
You can use server-side include (SSI) directives to
include text, graphics, or application information into
a Web page just before sending content to the browser.
SSI can be used to include, for example, a time/date
stamp, a copyright notice, or a form for a customer to
fill out and return. Including a file is an easy way to
incorporate text or graphics that is repeated in many
files. Rather than typing the information into every
file, you use a simple statement that instructs the Web
server to insert the file. |
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Pre-Installed CGI Scripts |
Adding interactivity to your website is easy with the
pre-installed cgi scripts we include in every account.
The scripts give you the option to add cool features to
your webpage including the ability to add forms,
counters and even a site search engine without any
previous programming experience. Setup is easy through
your control panel. |
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Free Java Chatroom |
All accounts come bundled with a Web-Based Java
Chatroom. The robust chat application is written
entirely in Java and allows you to setup an Internet
chatroom for your users. Now users coming to your site
can interact with your other site visitors! Start your
own online community! The program supports an unlimited
number of users in as many rooms as you wish to create.
Visitors in the room can create chat rooms on the fly,
and a scroll protection feature prevents people from
abusive usage. It is very advanced and has private
message support and customizable login, logout messages,
and the ability to customize your chatroom. |
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MX Record Changes |
Your hosting account's MX record specifies how mail
addressed to your domain is to be handled. By default,
your mail is handled by our mail servers and distributed
according to your Email Settings. Some users may wish to
have mail handled by a remote mail server (e.g.
Everyone.net). In such instances, the MX record can be
changed such that all mail addressed to your domain is
redirected to the remote server. This service is
exclusive and free to all customers. |
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WWW and Non-WWW Access |
A
non-WWW domain name means that your Web site will appear
in Web browsers whether someone types "www.mydomain.com"
or "just "mydomain.com". For example, users can leave
out "www" and just type your domain name in their
browsers and they will still be able to access your
site. This often increases traffic to your site, by
giving you a second (and more simplified) domain
name�with no extra InterNIC charges. Your regular domain
name (www.mydomain.com) does not get affected and will
not be changed and will still function normally. |
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MySQL Database |
MySQL is a relational database management system. The
same statement is true of large systems such as Oracle
and Microsoft SQL Server. If you are looking to step up
from using Microsoft Access files, but aren't ready for
the financial investment of one of the big two
databases, then MySQL offers you a great middle ground.
Many companies and individuals have started using MySQL
for the development of their web projects and then never
switched over to one of the larger databases because
MySQL performed well enough that an upgrade was never
needed. In fact, benchmarks on the MySQL web site show
that MySQL outperforms SQL Server on just about every
possible test. |
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phpMyAdmin |
This program is used to manage your MySQL databases on
the web. It gives you the ability for you to create and
drop databases, create, copy, drop and alter tables,
delete, edit and add fields, execute any SQL-statement,
even batch-queries, manage keys on fields, load text
files into tables, create and read dumps of tables,
export data to CSV values, administer multiple servers
and single databases. phpMyAdmin is widely used and is
an excellent program. If you want more information, you
may visit the
phpMyAdmin home page. |
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Sendmail Support |
Sendmail is the most common SMTP mail transfer agent on
the thousands of mostly UNIX-based Internet hosts that
handle mail routing and serve as post offices. Sendmail
handles millions of mails each day! |
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SPAM Filter System |
Everyone hates Spam! Here at 1stServer� we give you the
tools to combat spam. Our SPAM filter system allows you
to set mail filters to keep mail with certain
characteristics from getting through to your mail
accounts. Lower the amount of SPAM you receive by
carefully configuring the filters. |
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"Catch All" Email |
A
catch-all mailbox is the default mailbox that receives
all messages addressed to nonexistent or discontinued
mailboxes. Stop losing important emails! For example, if
a message is sent to [email protected] instead of
[email protected], you would still receive that message.
This feature ensures that no incoming message will be
rejected by the mail server for your domain. If only one
person from your domain receives emails this feature can
also eliminate the need for setting up different
aliases, as this mailbox would automatically receive
mail for any nonexistent mailbox within your domain. |
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Your E-mail SMTP Server (mail.yourdomain.com) |
Your outgoing email server, or SMTP server, is
designated as smtp.yourdomain.com. This is compatible
with Netscape's built-in email program, as well as
Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and basically any
other mail program. Each virtual server has one outgoing
mail server. |
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Mailing List Manager |
The Mailing List Manager is an easy to use interface to
the Majordomo mailing list program. Through the Mailing
List Manager, you can perform the following functions:
- Create new mailing lists
- Administer existing mailing lists
- Allow people to subscribe and unsubscribe to your
mailing lists
- Send messages to your mailing lists
- Allow other users to send messages to your mailing
lists
Note: Mailing lists are restricted to text
messages only for up to 8000 subscribers. |
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PGP Encrypted Email |
This feature allows users to encrypt files and email
messages for privacy and authentication. With PGP, you
can prove that you, and only you, sent a certain mail
message, or that only you can read a certain message. |
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Customizable MIME types |
Advanced users can set MIME Type settings for your
domain. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
Types are a standard for describing different types of
information. Originally meant to specify encoding for
different types of information into text to send as
email. The standard MIME is also used in other types of
communication. |
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Custom 404 Error Pages |
It's a known fact that someone is going to run into an
error on your site at one time or another! Why not give
them a way back to your site instead of that boring 404
error page? Be creative and make your own 404 pages!
Using your advanced control panel system you can do just
that. The error page will be fully configurable and
should be setup just like any other page on your Web
Site. Tada! No more default 404 pages. |
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Password Protected Directories |
Keep prying eyes from seeing certain directories. Choose
who can view parts of your web site by password
protecting your directories. Any number of directories
can be password protected using .htaccess and .htpasswd
files. Directories can be password protected without
hassle within seconds from your control panel. |
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Access to Raw Log Files |
You can download raw logs of your website activity to
keep as a backup or analyze with your favorite off-line
statistics program. Referrer, Agent and Raw Logs are
accessible via your control panel. |
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Resource Meter |
The Resource Meter provides a real time detailed view of
your usage levels. It shows how much disk space, data
transfer, e-mail accounts, and mailing lists you have
used on your shared hosting account. |
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Crontabs/job |
Cron is the ability to run programs based on the system
clock. It gives you the ability to automate certain
features. A crontab/job is a scheduled task that you
want to automatically run at a scheduled time, e.g. run
my backup at 8:30pm everyday. We allow you to run one
cronjob a day. You can easily set them up via the
control panel. |
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SSH Telnet Access |
Telnet/SSH access allows clients to take advantage of
easy maintenance of their sites in a UNIX shell. Clients
are able to roam through their sites, change
permissions, move files, delete files, and debug
scripts. Telnet access also allows for manipulation of
mySQL databases. All accounts come with one shell
account. SSH, or Secure Shell, is very similar to Telnet
only that the login and password information
(authentication) is encrypted from client to sever,
making transmission of data more secure. |
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Network Troubleshooter & Tools |
Through your Virtual Control Panel, you can use various
network tools to diagnose network problems. If you ever
notice delays reaching your virtual server, you can use
this tool simply by selecting the option from your
Control Panel. This provides you with details on the
connection between your local ISP and your virtual
server and can help troubleshoot where the problem may
be. |
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24/7 Server and Network Monitoring |
All servers on our network are continuously monitored 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. Our automatic monitoring
software continuously tests all ports such as e-mail,
HTTP, Telnet, DNS, and FTP for failure, and instantly
notifies our technicians in the event any problems are
discovered. Our technicians are then immediately
dispatched to the troubled server to correct the
problem. |
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UPS and Generator Backup |
Each server and piece of hardware in our network is
connected to a battery backup unit to prevent servers
from being rebooted or even damaged in the likely case
of a power surge or brown out. In addition, we have
emergency generators standing by that could carry our
network for days in an unlikely case of a long term
power failure. |
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Daily tape back-ups |
We
have a commitment of protecting our customer�s data. We
strongly recommend our hosting clients to backup their
Web site locally using the self service tools. At
1stServer�
we archive and backup your files at our data center
"just in case" something goes wrong. |
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Archive Manager/Self Serve Backup/Restore tools |
We
make backing up simple and not complex. You may back up
your entire website including mailboxes and databases
with our online backup facility. Unlimited backups can
be taken and stored on the server or your local hard
drive and instantly restored at any time via your Web
Control Panel. |
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Web Server Software |
Apache is the king of Web servers despite intense
efforts by Microsoft and Netscape to gain dominance in
the market. In fact, the latest Netcraft surveys
indicate that the freeware Apache is widening its lead
over the rest of the field. Why does 1stServer� use Apache
for all of their servers? We choose Apache because of
the rock-solid reliability, outstanding performance, and
rich set of features it provides. All our servers run on
the latest stable build of Apache Web Server. |
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Server Specs (Minimum) |
We
only use IBM and Dell brand servers. Each of our servers
are powerfully equipped with a Dual Intel Xeon 3Ghz+ or
faster processor with at least 4000Mb of RAM and
reliable SCSI hard drives with RAID-1 redundancy. We
custom build our servers to our exact needs and we keep
spare parts in inventory in case of any hardware
failure. |
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Merchant Processing |
The Internet is rapidly becoming an online marketplace.
Host your next online business with 1stServer Networks.
There are huge profits to be earned by selling your
products on the internet and we want you to be a part of
it. 1stServer� provides you with the advanced features you
need to start an eBusiness. We have recently setup a
strategic partnership with major merchant providers who
allow us to offer credit card merchant accounts to our
customers at an extremely low rate, with no setup fee.
All merchant accounts come with a virtual terminal |
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