Domain
Registration or Transfer
All Network Solutions domain registrations and transfers are processed
by HOSTSIAM free of charge! This is the process of establishing your
site's new domain (yourdomain.com) or transferring it from a previous
host to our own servers. For new domain name registrations, Network
Solutions will charge a registration fee of $70, which covers 2 years.
After the 2nd year they will charge you $35 per year. You will be
billed directly from them. We host web sites all over the world, regardless
of which country a domain name is registered in. If you need to register
your domain name with an organization other than Network Solutions,
all you will need to do is get the organization to point your domain
name to our DNS (Domain
Name Servers).
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Unlimited
Domain Pointers
Every hosting plan includes the ability to have an unlimited amount
of domain name pointers. This means you can have as many domain names
as you'd like pointing to your web site. (ie: domain1.com, domain2.com,
domain3.com - all pointing to the same area.) These domain names must
point to your root web, but there are ways that you can redirect users
into a specific sub-web within your web site. You will also be able
to receive mail via domain name pointers. Each domain name pointer
requires a 500 baht one time setup fee. No additional monthly fees
are involved. Please see domain
services for more information on pointers!
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Unique
IP Address
Every web hosting account at HOSTSIAM is configured
with a static IP address. This means that you are given a unique set
of numbers (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) specifically assigned to your web space.
This allows you to access your web site via a web browser or development
tool regardless of the status of your domain name. Having your own
IP address also gives you the opportunity of publishing your web site
to your new web space before actually transferring your domain name
to our DNS. This results in NO DOWN TIME when transferring your web
site from a previous host. Some hosts setup multiple web sites on
the same IP address which could lead to many problems including browser
compatibility issues.
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Unlimited
Sub-Webs
You are given administrator permissions to your web site allowing
you to create and delete sub-webs on your own. (ie: domain.com/company1)
Each sub-web can have its own home page. This is very useful if you
would like to organize your web site into different sections or you
would like to have multiple web sites within your main site. There
is no limit to how many sub-webs you can have as long as you stay
within your designated hosting plan's storage and bandwidth guidelines.
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NTS
4.0 and IIS 4.0
All of our servers are based on Windows NT Server 4.0
and Internet Information Server 4.0. Speed will no longer be your
concern since your web site is hosted on Windows NT which has proven
to surpass other server platforms. HOSTSIAM has established first
class service by running one of the most stable and reliable Windows
NT-based network operations in the world. For server hardware specifications,
please see server
info. "Why should I choose a Windows
NT web server?"
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Microsoft
FrontPage 2000
We are a Microsoft Registered Web Presence Provider
and we receive full server extension support directly from Microsoft!
Due to its ease of use, powerful management and editing features,
FrontPage 2000 has become a standard for Internet development. Our
clients can ask for extensions to be installed on their site free
of charge so that they may be able to take advantage of all the great
benefits. These server extensions also support MS Visual InterDev
and other publishing software. Click
here for more info on Microsoft FrontPage 2000.
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Microsoft
Visual InterDev 6.0
Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 (formerly code-named "Internet Studio"),
the newest member of the visual tools family, empowers Web application
developers to rapidly build fully interactive, dynamic Web sites.
With visual development features and powerful database tools, Visual
InterDev 6.0 provides the most complete and technically advanced development
system for building both intranet and Internet applications. (Server
Application and Tools installed.) We currently support Visual InterDev
v 1.0 and 6.0. We will offer the newest versions as they become available.
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We
Support Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2000 provides a full range of windows-based
programs. It includes easy-to-use utilities for word processing, spreadsheets,
database management, and presentations. Web publishing is fully supported
by our lightning fast Windows NT-based web servers. You may use any
of the following Office 2000 programs to publish:
- Microsoft Word 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Outlook 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Access 2000
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Microsoft
Publisher
Microsoft Publisher desktop publishing program gives
you the tools to make a lasting impression. Familiar Microsoft Office
tools and menus, professionally designed templates, and flexible customization
make creating professional-quality publications for print and the
Web easier than ever.
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Unlimited
FTP updates
Our clients may publish and maintain their web sites through unlimited
use of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client software. Many development
clients require FTP for publishing to the web.
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Anonymous
FTP
An anonymous FTP site is configured with every web hosting account.
Users will be able to access a specific directory of your web site
without any authentication required. This is very useful if you would
like to direct visitors to a public area where they can download software.
The directory will be located outside of your web content directory
for security purposes.
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Windows
Web Folder Access
With the use of the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server
Extensions, you can create a Web Folder in your windows environment.
By creating a web folder on your computer, you are virtually making
your web site's content directory part of your computer. This gives
you the ability to easily open, modify, and save documents within
your web site.
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Microsoft
Office Server Extensions (OSE)
are now supported with our Dedicated Server plans. Microsoft Office
2000 users can publish documents, participate in discussions, and
collaborate on team projects. OSE also offers a full set of security
features and works well in environments ranging from small departments
to large organizations.
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Active
Server Pages ASP (Active Server Pages)
is enabled on all of our Windows NT web servers. ASP can be used to
create, complex, consumer oriented web applications such as shopping
carts and personnel oriented databases. This is usually accomplished
in conjunction with MS Access and MS SQL Server. You've probably already
noticed that most of the pages on this web site have the .asp extension.
HOSTSIAM extensive experience in both hosting and developing ASP based
sites ensures your active site stays active. Our servers are tuned
and built to withstand ASP's demands.
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Personal
cgi-bin Directory
CGI Applications may be run within your site via placement in the
cgi-bin directory that is pre-installed on every site. This is not
a shared directory on the web server. It is a private directory for
use with only your web site.
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ASP-db
PRO Component
ASP-db PRO is now supported! You can now publish the information in
your databases to the web with ease. Create dynamic tables and navigation
buttons with only three lines of code! You can publish your Microsoft
Access databases, Excel spreadsheets, SQL Server Database, or any
other "ODBC" data source. Click
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IIS
ASP Components
Microsoft Internet Information Server includes various ASP components
that are pre-installed on every web server. Below is a listing of
each component with a brief description.
- Ad Rotator Component The Ad Rotator
component creates an Ad Rotator object that automates the rotation
of advertisement images on a Web page. Each time a user opens or reloads
the Web page, the Ad Rotator component displays a new advertisement
based on the information you specify in a Rotator Schedule File.
- NewMail Object (CDONTS Library) The
NewMail object provides for sending a message with very few lines
of code.
- File Access Component The File Access component
exposes methods and properties you can use to access a computer's
file system. You can use the File Access Component to create a FileSystemObject
object which provides the methods properties and collections you use
to access the file system.
- Browser Capabilities Component The Browser
Capabilities component creates a BrowserType object that provides
your scripts with a description of the capabilities of the client's
Web browser.
- Database Access Component The Database Access
component uses ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to access information
stored in a database or other tabular data structure.
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BrowserHawk
2000
We are excited to announce that BrowserHawk 2000 Professional Edition
is now included with all our ASP hosting services!
BrowserHawk 2000 is the best tool available for managing browser compatibility
issues. It provides the easiest way for you to develop sites that
reach the widest possible audience, while providing an uninterrupted,
consistent level of operation regardless of the visitor's browser
type or browser settings.
Click
here for a live demonstration of BrowserHawk 2000 in action!
Highlighted features of BrowserHawk 2000 include the ability to detect:
- Macromedia Flash and Director plug-ins
- Disabled JavaScript and disabled Java applets
- Disabled cookies
- Screen resolution and browser window size
- User connection speed in kbps
- Reverse DNS lookups
- Other new properties such as AOLVersion and XML
- 50+ properties including DHTML, StyleSheets, FileUpload, SSL, SSLKeySize,
Platform, language, JavaScriptEnabled, JavaEnabled, CookiesEnabled,
and more...
- Automatic download and installation of new Browser Definition Files
from cyScape, and much more...
For more information on BrowserHawk 2000,
visit http://www.cyscape.com/products
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Persits
AspEncrypt
AspEncrypt
1.1 is an active server component that provides file
encryption and digital-signature functionality, S/MIME-based secure
mail support and X.509 certificate management capabilities. This component
can be used in an IIS/ASP or VB environment.
AspEncrypt is a powerful tool which will help your application
perform complex cryptographic tasks in just a few lines of code, such
as:
- Encrypt and decrypt files and messages using industry-standard ciphers
such as RC2 or DES. - Generate and manage password-derived and
random cryptographic keys.
- Calculate one-way hash functions of files and messages.
- Generate and validate RSA digital signatures.
- Issue and manage X.509 digital certificates.
- Create and manage certificate stores.
When used in conjunction with the AspEmail
mail component, AspEncrypt will help you generate secure email in
the widely supported S/MIME format using the PKCS#7 Public Key Cryptography
Standard.
AspEncrypt can be used in conjunction with AspUpload,
the industry-standard file upload component, to make your web-based
file management system truly secure.
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ASPLogin
2000
ASPLogin 2000 is a user management and login package which allows
you to maintain a database of users, groups and passwords in any ODBC
data source. ASPLogin 2000 uses security information hard-coded in
ASP documents so your site is portable from server-to-server.
This new release of ASPLogin 2000 includes many new features such
as automatic user registration, password lookup scripts, mass e-mail,
and much more.
For full details, documentation, our support knowledgebase and information
on additional features and upgrades to ASPLogin 2000 Pro, please visit:
http://www.asplogin.com/
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Mailbox
Control Panel
Our mail server includes a remote administration utility that makes
it easy for you to manage your mail. You may log on to the mail server
from a remote system as long as you have access to an HTML web browser.
Using a web-based mailbox control panel, you can add, delete, or change
users and aliases. In addition, each user can change individual passwords,
finger plans, and vacation messages via the Web. This allows you to
setup forwarding, auto-responders, and other important e-mail options
at any time.
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Web-based
Messaging
Web-based Messaging is an added convenience for e-mail
users — rather than replacing the function of a standard mail client,
it enhances e-mail access by "Web enabling" our mail server. Web-based
Messaging is especially helpful to users who are away from the office
and need quick and easy access to their electronic mail.
- Access your e-mail account from any browser connected
to the World Wide Web
- Conveniently read, send, delete, forward, reply to, and print
e-mail directly from your browser - Enhance standard e-mail messages
with HTML-based, Web-style text and graphics
- Simply click to follow highlighted hyperlinks in e-mail messages
- Users can change passwords, finger information, mail forwarding
information, and vacation - messages via the Web
- System administrators can monitor and manage user accounts
remotely
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Unlimited
E-mail Aliasing
Your default e-mail account can have an unlimited amount of e-mail
addresses delivering to it, so that, in example, "anyname @ yourdomain.com"
are aliases that deliver to a single POP3/IMAP4 email box which can
be accessed with a single username and password. E-mail aliases are
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E-mail
Forwarding
Options If you have an e-mail address that you would like to continue
using to receive all of your email, you can direct any of your POP3/IMAP4
accounts to forward your mail to that specific account. In this way,
you may configure your e-mail at work to forward messages to your
home e-mail address so that you will always have access to any new
incoming messages.
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E-mail
Autoresponders
Whenever a person sends an e-mail to your account, your e-mail box
will automatically send a response message back to them of your choice.
This message is usually in the format of "Thank you for viewing our
site" or something along those lines. Every POP3/IMAP4 mailbox has
this feature.
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Statistics
Server 5.0 Live Web Stats
Click
here for a Live Demo!
An excellent method of monitoring your site's performance and audience.
These stats include many important options which produce vital statistics
including number of hits, viewer locations, and peak browsing times
for your site. These stats are completely live and can be viewed at
all times.
Statistics Server is all about answering the questions management,
marketing and web administrators ask in order to make informed decisions
about their Web investment. Things like, How many users visit every
day, every week, every month?, Who are they?, Where do they come from?
With Statistics Server you can deliver the answers in record breaking
time.
Another really neat feature Statistics Server offers is the live Who's
On report which shows everyone on the web site, where in the world
they are from and what they are doing. Because Statistics Server is
a stand-alone Web server it also doubles as an inbound and/or outbound
click through tracker. Click throughs are considered to be the most
accurate way to measure the effectiveness of Web advertising.
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Access
to Raw Log Files
With raw log files, you can use 3rd party log analysis software to
create you own specific reports. You must download the logs to your
computer before you can use them.
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Fault
Tolerance
We use hardware based RAID controllers with hot-swap capabilities
and 16MB of cache memory. The hard drives in our servers are all 7200
RPM+ Ultra Wide SCSI with Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T.). S.M.A.R.T. technology monitors certain characteristics
of drive performance and timing. These measurements are used as an
early prediction of drive failure. The drives are configured in a
RAID 5 configuration (disk mirroring) that is more expensive to implement
than RAID 1, but offers much more performance and reliability.
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Daily
Tape Backup
Our servers are backed up daily on high-capacity data tapes that retain
a full image of our server drives in the unlikely case of a drive
problem. Restoring old data is also available for a small fee.
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24
Hour Server Monitoring
Our servers are constantly monitored by special monitoring
software that our programmers have created specifically for this purpose.
If a service goes down for some reason, it is automatically repaired,
and restarted if necessary. In addition to our special software, our
servers are monitored from a remote location. Any problems that are
not automatically fixed by our software are reported to our system
administrators. We also give you access to a 24hr Emergency Pager
# (should your site experience a problem that is not detected).
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UPS
and Generator Backup
In the event of a power loss, our equipment is connected to automatic
battery backup systems and readily available generators so that we
may continue to operate without any down time. We have proven our
reliability numerous times with previous incidents and we will do
it again whenever it is needed!
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99.9%
Uptime
Our great combination of 24 hour server monitoring, UPS and generator
backup, fault tolerant web servers, and our reliable UUNET connection
has proven itself by giving us a nearly flawless history of 99.9%
uptime. The remaining .1% accounts for standard maintenance and upgrades
which is always done during low traffic time frames
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Backbone
Connectivity
All of our servers are in conjunction with high speed network cards
and hubs designed specifically for the type of services we provide.
We use Cisco routers to give us fast and reliable direct connectivity
to multiple Internet backbones. We are currently working in conjunction
with UUNET, Cable & Wireless USA, Sprint, and Qwest - leading backbone
providers of the world.
Click
here for more information about our backbone connectivity.
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RealAudio
and RealVideo
RealAudio and RealVideo allow browsers to listen or
view multimedia files as they are downloading, rather than having
to wait for the entire document to download before opening it. In
this manner, large multimedia files can be viewed efficiently. We
have full support for RealAudio and RealVideo. With software from
RealNetworks called RealProducer, you can create streaming audio and
videos for your site without using your own streaming server.
Please visit RealNetworks at http://www.realnetworks.com
for more information.
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MacroMedia
Shockwave
Using MacroMedia Director 6.x or Flash, web designers can create web-based
vector animations that add extreme interactivity to their sites and
make what would otherwise be a static site appear smooth, lively,
and energetic. The plug-in called the Shockwave Flash Player is what
allows a browser to view these animations. Both the plug-in and the
animations are extremely compact, so there's a minimum of loading
time.
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MIDI
Music Support
MIDI is the basis for most electronic music today and is a format
readable by most modern synthesizers and computer soundcards. MIDI
files do not contain the actual music of a song, just information
telling your computer's soundcard what notes to play. Unlike a massive
.wav file that eats up a staggering 10mb per minute of audio, depending
on the complexity of the arrangement a 5 minute MIDI song can be as
small as 20k, meaning it downloads almost instantly.
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On
Site Technicians
Our staff of highly experienced professionals work literally within
feet of our high speed web servers. Unlike other web presence providers,
we do not co-locate our web servers in a distant facility. This translates
into a staff that has close working knowledge of our systems. For
any questions, please refer to our Contact
Info page.
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