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Anonymous FTP
Allows visitors to upload and
download specified files from designated directories without
usernames or passwords. Anonymous FTP differs standard "FTP
Access" which requires userames and passwords.
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Autoresponders
Sends an automated email response to each incoming
message that is sent to a specific address. Each email address
on your account can have a different autoresponder. An
example: Joe sends an email to http://www.pwsinternet.com/contactus.htm.
The autoresponder for this email address sends an prewritten
message back to Joe automatically.
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CGI script
Used to supplement basic HTML to make your website
more interactive and functional. Hit counters, guest books,
order forms, and many other useful features can all be
programmed in CGI scripts. pwsinternet offers a free library of
CGI scripts that you can use to enhance your web site. All of
our plans come with its own local cgi-bin directory, where you
can store custom cgi scripts that you may have written
yourself or found else where on the
web. |
CyberCash
Used for secure processing of credit card
transactions. CyberCash works with all popular browsers in the
market and other Web store software
applications. |
Data Transfer per Month
Each time a web page, image, audio, video, and
other elements of your website is accessed by your visitor,
traffic is generated. Your aggregate traffic is the sum of
outward-bound, inward-bound, email, and anonymous FTP
traffic.Your monthly traffic allowance is calculated as 31
times the daily traffic allowance. Our daily data transfer
allowances are high enough that most of our users stay within the limit. Traffic overage will be charged according the
constraints of your hosting pacakge. |
Detailed Usage Statistic/ Access to
Raw Log File
pwsinternet gives you
detailed graphical and tabular usage statistics for your
website grouped by weeks, days, and hours. Using this
information, you can track how many hits you are getting,
where those hits are coming from, which page is the most
popular, how much data transfer is occurring, and more. Access
to raw log files allows you to analyze the usage using even
more sophisticated programs. |
Disk Space
Everything related to your website is stored on
disk: your regular html files, images, multimedia files,
anonymous ftp files, POP mail messages, cgi-scripts and so
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Domain Alias
Allows additional domain names to point to a common
website. This feature is useful when you want users to be able
to access the same web site through a number of different
addresses. An example: Acme Corporation registers two domain
names, A and B. It places its web site at A, and makes B a
domain alias of A. Whenever someone types in the address of
domain B, they are automatically redirected to domain
A. |
Domain Name
Computers connected to the Internet identify each
other using numerical IP addresses, which are very difficult
for humans to remember. A Domain Name is an easy-to-remember
Internet address in plain alphabet (such as "pwsinternet.com")
which is translated automatically into the IP address. A more
formal definition is given by InterNIC:
"An
addressing construct used for identifying and locating
computers on the Internet. Domain names provide a system of
easy-to-remember Internet addresses, which can be translated
by the Domain Name System (DNS) into the numeric addresses
(Internet Protocol (IP) numbers) used by the network. A domain
name is hierarchical and often conveys information about the
type of entity using the domain name. A domain name is simply
a label that represents a domain, which is a subset of the
total domain name space. Domain names at the same level of the
hierarchy must be unique, for example there can be only one
com at the top level of the hierarchy, and only one netsol.com
at the next level of the hierarchy."
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Domain Name
Registration
In order for visitors
to find your website using the domain name of your choice, you
need to do two things. First, you need to reserve your domain
name with InterNIC, the organization that registers domain
names. Second, you need to provide InterNIC with the
nameserver of your domain name, so that the IP address for
your domain name can be disseminated throughout the
Internet.
pwsinternet can help with both steps. If you
order any of our Webhosting plans, we will handle the above
process free of charge. If you are not yet ready to have a web
site but want to reserve just the name, pwsinternet can handle
this procedure for you also.
Domain names are going fast. |
Email Forwarding
When email forwarding is activated, messages sent
to a certain email address are forwarded to another address.
For example: Joe sends an email to webmaster@yourname.com. The
message is forwarded immediately to
you@your-ISP.com. |
FrontPage Extension
In order for you to use all the features that come
with your Microsoft® FrontPage® WebPages editor,
FrontPage Extension should be installed for your account. You
may request installation of this feature when you place your
original order. You may do so at a later date by sending email
to support@pwsinternet.com.
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FTP Access
Used to upload and download your website between
your own computer and the pwsinternet Web servers. You have
unlimited FTP access to your account 24 hours a day 365 days a
year, allowing you to set up, change, or maintain your web
site at any
time. |
mSQL
A
database engine. pwsinternet provides support for creating a
simple searchable database. More complex database-website
interfaces requires custom programming. More information on
mSQL can be found at http://www.hughes.com.au/
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POP3 Email Accounts
These are your email mail boxes in our server that
can be accessed directly to retrieve your mail using such
programs as Eudora, Outlook Express, and Netscape Mail. Each
POP3 account has its own password to ensure privacy. You can
check your email from anywhere around the world that you have
access to the Internet. |
Referrer Log
Referrer logs add extended tracking capability to
your webstats and access-log. By turning it on, you will know
where your customers are coming from. For example, you will
know what keywords they typed in to find your site and what
search engine they came from. It provides invaluable
information for your marketing efforts.
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Shopping Cart
Keeps track of what your customers have ordered
from your Internet store. Customers add and remove items from
their shopping cart, and tallies their order when they are
ready to check out. If the customer decides to submit the
order, the program emails the order information to the address
of your choice and sends a conformation to the
customer. |
Secure Server (SSL)
A method of ensuring that information entered
through your website is protected from prying eyes.
Information submitted via a secure form is transmitted in an
encrypted mode. SSL is most commonly used for credit card
transactions. See "CyberCash" for an alternative
method. |
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