Glossary of Hosting Terms
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Web Space:
The amount of space reserved for your website on a server. Typical 10 to
20 page websites are about 2-3 Megs. Larger website like e-commerce
stores are much larger in size.
Web Data
Transfer:
Data Transfer is the amount of data that is accessed by
visitors to your site. An average web page is 15k to 20k in file size.
The bigger your website is and the amount of visitors you plan to have
to your site will regulate how much data is transferred.
Email Data
Transfer:
Email Data Transfer is the amount of data that is
transferred when receiving/sending email messages.
Access to your
Web Account:
Using the WebsiteOS and a connection to the internet, you
can access your web account anytime day or night. Once your account has
been setup we will e-mail your information (passwords, usernames, etc.)
to you. At that point you will be in full control of your website and
web account.
Multiple T3
Connections:
A leased-line connection to the Internet which can transfer
data at 44.736 Mbps. It is used mainly by ISPs (Internet Service
Providers) connecting to the Internet backbone. A T-3 line contains 672
individual channels, each of which can transfer data at 64 Kbps. T3
lines are also called DS3 lines.
Free Technical
Support:
24hourwebhostingsupport.com is here to help all Cansomebodyhelpme.com
customers. Chat in real time with a support technician or the phone or
online 24/7!
NT and UNIX Support
Windows NT is Microsoft's 32-bit operating system developed from what
was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 before Microsoft and IBM ceased
joint development of OS/2. Used by web hosting companies in the network
environment to offer customers support for Microsoft base products such
as MS Access, MS SQL 7.0, and FrontPage 2002.
UNIX, a computer operating system (the basic software running on a
computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). UNIX
is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is
multi-user) and has TCP/IP built-in. It is the most common operating
system for servers on the Internet.
EasyMail Accounts
The "EasyMail" function allows you to manage your domain's email
accounts. EasyMail setup is a full featured accessory that allows a
novice user to easily configure various email account features. These
accounts can be accessed by traditional mail reading clients as well as
over the web with WebMail.
Administration
Tools This function allows you to view a list of issued
mail administration commands. To view the EasyMail command history,
click the"History" tab and the "EasyMail History" will be displayed. To
close the EasyMail, click the "OK" button. This feature is useful for
tracking your work if a command is issued by mistake or if there is more
than one person administering your mail.
Webmail
The ability to access your EasyMail accounts over the Internet using
a web browser.
Announcer
Announcer is an easy way for you to keep your customers or friends
up-to-date with what's new and exciting on your website.
EasySiteWizard
The EasySiteWizard is a robust tool that allows you to quickly create a
professional looking website with no knowledge of HTML. Your website can
have up to nine pages and can be customized to meet your needs.
1000 Advanced
Templates Choose from 1000 advanced designer templates
ranging from your basic web site to flash.
FrontPage 2002
Extensions Server extensions allow your site to use
Microsoft FrontPage specific components like form submission and shared
borders.
Free Shopping
Carts EasyStoreMaker, an advanced website tool, is useful
for customers interested in building and maintaining an ecommerce site.
EasyStoreMaker comes in two versions which are described below.
EasyStoreMaker allows you to create a fully secure online store in just a few
minutes! This powerful e-commerce tool allows for an unlimited number of
products and creates an unlimited number of SKUs for easy tracking of your
items.
EasyStoreMaker PRO has all the same benefits as EasyStoreMaker only it allows
greater customization and real time credit card processing!
Also available are ecBuilder SOHO/PRO and Miva Merchant.
Web Site
Promotion Wizard The Web Site Promote Wizard function
allows you to promote your site by automatically sending promotion
material to the top search engines.
Custom CGI
Cansomebodyhelpme.com has pre-built custom CGI scripts for you to use for your
site. Abbreviation for "Common Gateway Interface". This is an interface
standard which provides a method of executing a server-side program
(script) from a website to generate a webpage with dynamic content.
Scripts conforming to this standard may be written in any programming
language that produces an executable file, but are most often written in
Perl, Python, C, C++, or TCL.
CGI Plugin In
Scripts This is a feature for our customers who want to
use pre-written CGI scripts such as FormMail or TextCounter. Plug-in
scripts will be continuously added to the system.
CGI Form Mail
The FormMail script is a universal form to an email gateway. Use this
script if you want to have a form's contents emailed to you, but aren't
sure how to write the code for it.
Search Engine
The Search Engine plugin script allows you to add an indexing and
searching system to your domain. Both HTML documents and plain text
files can be searched by this search engine.
Text Counter
TextCounter script allows you to include a text counter on any page of
your web site.
GuestBook
A "guest book" is a script on a webpage with a form which allows website
visitors to "sign in" and leave comments or questions, which optionally
may or may not be viewed by other visitors.
WebSite Checker
The WebSite Checker function allows you to view the structure of your
website, check your pages for broken links, list links pointing to
external sites, view your website images, get a run-down of problems
sorted by author, locate pages that may be slow to download, show new
and old pages, give pages that have no title and show links that are not
checked.
File Manager
The File Manager function allows you to take full control of your
website files. It is a safe alternative to full shell access for
sophisticated users. You can copy, move, delete, rename and edit files,
create and remove directories, change file permissions and upload files
from your local computer to the server.
File Manager is best used to manipulate files that have been previously
uploaded to your website. To upload more than one file at a time, an FTP
client is generally more efficient.
Log File
Management Tool The Log Manager allows you to obtain raw
server logs about your site activity and traffic. You can view and/or
delete, print, download, and date your log files. You may disable
logging altogether to conserve your disk space.
Your server logs can also be downloaded for use with other statistics
packages.
You can use the Web Stats function to analyze and view your log files
in an easy-to-read, graphical display. While Log Manager allows you to
manage your log files and view them in their raw state, Web Stats makes
them human readable.
Disk Usage
Meter The "Disk Usage" function reports the disk space
usage of your website. It provides a listing of each directory and the
amount of space used. The report is in plain text and can be cut and
pasted for printing.
Support for
Real Time Credit Card Processing Does your site require
credit card transactions? Cansomebodyhelpme.com websites support real time credit
card processing, secure transactions and more!
Secure Server
SSL Manager Abbreviation for "Secure Sockets Layer". SSL
is a transaction security standard that provides data encryption, server
authentication, and message integrity. SSL is usually used on sites that
accept credit card numbers or other private information. The SSL Manager
application will help you set up SSL security for your web site. This
application will allow you to choose between using our generic SSL
certificate or creating one of your own.
Windows® Services
The Windows Services enabler allows you to use ASP or ASP.NET and
ColdFusion or ColdFusion MX files on your domain. Our servers will serve
your ASP or ASP.NET and ColdFusion or ColdFusion MX files correctly only
after you enable the appropriate service on your domain. ColdFusion and
ColdFusion MX is a scripting language for interfacing databases and
advanced web development. ColdFusion supports databases such as
Microsoft Access, FoxPro, dBASE, and Paradox.
If you have an SSL certificate installed on your domain, you can also
enable secure ASP or ASP.NET and secure ColdFusion or ColdFusion MX
using the ASP/CFM Enabler.
MySQL
Database MySQL is an Open Source Database, designed for
speed, power and precision in mission critical, heavy load use.
MS ACCESS
Database Microsoft Access (usually abbreviated as MS
Access) is an easy-to-use program for creating and maintaining
databases. The Access database driver for online databases is often
supported by webhosts using the NT hosting platform.
MS-SQL
MS-SQL (Microsoft SQL) Extensive database programming capabilities built
on Web standards. Rich XML and Internet standard support give you the
ability to store and retrieve data in XML format easily with built-in
stored procedures. You can also use XML updategrams to insert, update
and delete data easily.
Real Audio
and Video A client-server software system and file
format(s) by Real Networks that allows Internet users to play audio
and/or video-based multimedia content in real-time as they are being
downloaded (called "streaming media"), instead of the user having to
download the complete file before being able to play it.
RAID Disk Space
RAID is a way of storing the same data in different places by placing
data on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks
operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance.
99.9% Uptime
Guarantee Because of our 24/7 Network Monitoring, we can
guarantee that your web site will be up and running 99.99% of the time.
This means your views can always view your site day or night.
24/7 Network
Monitoring Our network technicians work 24 hours a day, 7
days a week monitoring the web severs contains your web site ensuring
that your site is always running and never offline.
Self-Administered E-mail Accounts Using the WebsiteOS you
can add, delete, and configure multiple e-mail accounts without the help
of a sytem administrators.
Site
Building Tool The Site Building Tool contains valuable
individual tools such as ASP/CFM Enabler, Business Card Builder,
Frontpage Manager, Free Plug-in Scripts, Webmaster Tools and the
EasySiteWizard. Whether you're new to the web or a seasoned pro, each of
these tools can help develop your online identity quick and easily.
Robust Site
Management Tool WebsiteOS is a browser based application
that allows you to manage many aspects of your website from any computer
connected to the Internet, anytime, anywhere!
Access to
Log Files Log Files are stats that keep track of what
pages and areas of your site that users are visiting. Using Web Stats
and the Log Manager you can download, view, manage and delete your log
files.
Web Stats
Web Stats is a web server log file analysis program. It produces usage
statistics from your website's server logs. The statistical results are
presented in both columnar and graphical format. Yearly, monthly, daily
and hourly usage statistics are presented, along with the ability to
display usage by site, URL, referrer, user agent (browser) and country.
File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) FTP is an Internet standard for transferring files
over the Internet. FTP programs and utilities are used to upload and
download webpages, graphics, and other files from your hard drive to a
remote server which allows FTP access.
Domain
Manager The Domain Manager is a help web-based application
that stores user information for registered domain names. Using the
Domain Manager you can edit billing information, manage name servers,
change domain passwords, and more.
Hit Counter
Counts and records "hits" made to your site. Any request made to the
server which is logged is considered a "hit". The requests can be for
any resource: HTML pages, graphic images, audio files, cgi scripts, etc.
Each valid line in the server log is counted as a hit. This number
represents the total number of requests that were made to the server
during the specified report period.
CGI-BIN
Abbreviation for "Common Gateway Interface". This is an interface
standard which provides a method of executing a server-side program
(script) from a website to generate a webpage with dynamic content.
Scripts conforming to this standard may be written in any programming
language that produces an executable file, but are most often written in
Perl, Python, C, C++, or TCL.
PHP A
server-side scripting language. The PHP commands, which are embedded in
the web page's HTML, are executed on the web server to generate dynamic
HTML pages.
Database
Manager Database Manager is a web based MySQL client that
allows you to create and manipulate a maximum of two MySQL databases.
Database Manager is designed for advanced users. Knowledge of
relational databases and SQL is required in order to use this Database
Manager efficiently.
Database Manager is best used for creating databases and tables. For
populating a database, you should consider using a script(PHP,
ColdFusion) or CGI.
Database Manager builds SQL statements from the various options that
you select. This is the reason for the "Build SQL Query" button. Viewing
the Query gives you an opportunity to review the query before running
it. Clicking the "Run SQL Query" button submits the query to the SQL
server.
Active Server Pages
(ASP) Microsoft Active Server Page (ASP) is a server-side
scripting technology that can be used to create dynamic and interactive
Web applications. An ASP page is an HTML page that contains server-side
scripts that are processed by a web server before being sent to the
user's browser. You can combine ASP with Extensible Markup Language
(XML) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to create powerful
interactive Web sites.
ASP is a feature of the Microsoft Internet Information Server. Since
the server-side script is building a regular HTML page, it can be served
to almost any browser. An ASP file can be created by including a script
written in VBScript or JScript in an HTML file.
Ad Server
An ad server allows you to place rotating banner advertisements on your
website, manage your advertising clients, and to collect statistics on
banner views and "click throughs."
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