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Web Hosting Features Glossary
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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.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Autoresponders
- "Autoresponders" reply to incoming e-mail automatically. An
autoresponder could be used to send a standard text file to persons addressing, say,
info@yourname.com. If you've ever received a response to an e-mail which suggests that the
recipient is away from the office, you may have received such an automated response.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- CGI script support
- All customers have access to a personal cgi-local directory in
which you can place your own custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts are often used to accomplish
tasks which are 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. RapidSite also offers several pre-written scripts, available free for your use. These
include a hit counter, guest book, mail form, shopping cart*, discussion forum, and more!
Available with plans: Professional,
Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Control Panel
- All users have access to a web-based Control Panel which allows you
to set mail forwarding options, enable/disable anonymous FTP access, view your statistics,
change your password and more. It also allows access to other features such as an HTML
Form Generator, web-based HTML editor and Perl script checker. Users can also update
account contact information at anytime without having to contact customer support.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- CyberCash
- CyberCash enables you to
securely process credit card transactions 24 hours a day, seven days a week to a new
global marketplace. CyberCash works with all the popular browsers, as well as the majority
of Internet hardware, software, servers, communication protocols, and web store
applications.
Available with plans: Corporate,
Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Data Transfer
- In general, any outward bound traffic from a web site, with the
exception of e-mail, is considered to be 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, 98% to 99% of our customers operate within their free data
transfer allowance. Additional data transfer beyond the threshold will incur a small
charge.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- 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 5MB blocks at a cost of $1/MB per
month.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Domain Name Registration
- RapidSite offers virtual domain Web hosting accounts which means you
can have your own Web address or "domain name" (eg: www.yourname.com). RapidSite
can handle U.S. domain name registration or transfers on your behalf. (ie: .com, .net,
.org, etc.). As a Network Solutions Premier Gold partner, we have our own personal
InterNIC representative, giving us an unparalleled level of service and response time for
InterNIC related issues. The 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.
RapidSite can also serve non-U.S. domain names as well. Our vast network of
Authorized Dealers will be able to assist you with non-U.S. domain registration and
transfers for just about any country. We can also provide you with the appropriate nameserver
and technical contact information to assist you in registering a domain name
yourself.
You can also have additional domain names point to your account for
a small additional charge.
Available with plans: Personal, Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Excite
- Excite is a new generation of
web navigation. It gives your web site the same advanced search capabilities used by the
Excite service, allowing visitors to search your web site using keywords or concepts.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- 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 and then upload files to your web site when ready. An FTP tutorial and
client software is available in our online support.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- FrontPage
- RapidSite can install Microsoft
FrontPage extensions for your account. This allows you to use the easy-to-use
Microsoft FrontPage program to create and maintain your web site. You may request that
FrontPage extensions be installed within your web site when placing an order for domain
web hosting services or contact our support department directly. Microsoft provides direct
support for all FrontPage users.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- 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 your real e-mail
address provided by your local internet provider. 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, but sales@yourname.com could
forward to a Prodigy account.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- mSQL Database Server*
- mSQL (mini SQL), is a lightweight database engine designed to provide
fast access to stored data. We provide the tools to create a searchable database. In most
instances, custom programming (commonly Perl or PHP) is needed to implement a fully
functional web-to-database interface.
Available with plans: Corporate,
Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- POP Accounts
- In addition to mail forwarding, users have the option to retrieve
e-mail directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using an email program such as Eudora. Each of our plans includes a Master POP account
which can receive all email and control the settings for any optional configurable POP
accounts. Each of our plans also offers a specified number of configurable POP accounts.
The additional POPs can be assigned unique ids and passwords to ensure privacy. You can
also purchase additional POPs if needed.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- RealAudioTM
- Progressive Networks' RealAudio
system is a client-server based streaming media delivery system for the Internet.
Providers of news, entertainment, sports, and business content can create and deliver
audio-based streaming multimedia content through the Internet to audiences worldwide. We
not only provide the server extensions but also include step by step instructions to
include RealAudio in your web pages.
Available with plans: Corporate,
Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Shopping Cart
- A Shopping Cart program allows you to implement your own on-line
storefront. 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 instruction is
e-mailed to the site webmaster and a receipt is sent to the shopper. Our unix Plan 2 and
above include a pre-written Shopping Cart script that you can customize for your use. A
demonstration and extensive documentation are available. For those of you who may be
interested in a more comprehensive on-line commerce solution, Mercantec's SoftCart is available as an additional
product.
Available with plans: Corporate,
Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- SSL Secure Server
- SSL (Secure Socket Layer) allows users to collect data such as credit
card information in a secure environment. Information submitted via a secure form
is sent to the server in an encrypted mode. Users may choose to research methods such as
encrypted email (PGP), CyberCash, or other solution for retrieving such information from
their web sites.
Available with plans: Corporate,
Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Statistics
- We give you a choice of using MKStats1.0, MKStats 2.1, or Analog 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. In addition, RapidSite gives you
direct access to your raw log files so you can analyze your statistics with other more
full-featured programs.
Available with plans: Personal,
Professional, Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- TrueSpeechTM
- TrueSpeech is a high
quality speech compression software which compresses speech down to as much as 1/40th its
original size. Since regular speech files are normally large, compression using TrueSpeech
enables them to be transferred faster and more easily. Support for TrueSpeech real-time
audio is available for use in your web pages.
Available with plans: Professional,
Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
- Volano Chat
- Volano Chat is a real-time, live
chat interface you can quickly and easily add to your web site. It is written in JAVA so
it is compatible with the vast majority of web browsers without the need for any plug-ins.
Available with plans: Professional,
Corporate, Commercial, Enterprise, High Volume
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