| Basic
Hosting Features |
| Feature |
Description |
| Your
Own Domain Hosting |
After
you register a domain, you can make your website active on the
Internet by getting your site hosted by ImHosted.com. (e.g.
yourdomain.com) |
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| 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, POP3 mail messages, pdfs,
and other files that make up your web site. Each of our plans
includes a very generous amount of space which is substantially
more than what most web hosting companies provide. |
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| Monthly
Data Transfer |
Monthly
data transfer is the amount of information that is transmitted
to/from your Web space. Each time a picture or HTML page is
viewed by a visitor, you upload data using FTP, or email is
received it adds to your monthly data transfer. The average
HIT is approximately 10k. This would mean that a transfer limit
of 4.0 Gigabytes would allow 400,000 hits. All ImHosted.com™
accounts receive generous amounts of data transfer. You can
monitor your monthly transfer in your control panel.
*A note on Unlimited Transfer offerings* Numerous people
have asked us why we don't offer unlimited bandwidth? The answer
is simple. The numerous providers who say they offer unlimited
bandwidth are actually telling you a false statement. If you
read the fine print, "Unlimited bandwidth means you may not
use more then 10% of our resources". This usually means they
cut you off at 50 megabytes per day. We will not cut you off
due to extra usage. |
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| Unmetered
Hits |
We
do not track or restrict the number of visitors accessing your
website or the number of pages that are viewed. |
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| OS
Platform |
Our
automated systems are Linux-based which is known around the
world for it's stability and scalability. Being the most used
platform on the Internet today, it suits the needs of both beginner
and advanced web hosts. |
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| POP3
E-mail Accounts |
In
addition to email forwarding, users have the option to retrieve
email directly from their POP3 mailboxes on the mail server
using an email program such as Eudora, Microsoft Outlook or
web based email. POP3 email accounts are accounts that you setup
using your domain name i.e. sales@yourdomain.com or me@yourdomain.com.
You can manage your POP3 email accounts easily from your control
panel.
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| Email
Auto Responders |
Auto
responders are a very useful tool for distributing information
to interested prospects. An auto responder is simply a program
which instantly sends a pre-written message back to a person
who sends an e-mail to a specified address. For instance, if
a customer were to send an email order to orders@yourdomain.com,
you could arrange for a Thank You email to be automatically
sent to them. |
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|
Email Forwarders |
E-mail
forwarders are accounts which simply forward e-mail to a pre-designated
e-mail address. E-mail sent to separate POP3 mail accounts end
up in a single location. Email Forwarders can easily be removed/added
via our control panel. |
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|
Email Alias |
An
email alias is basically another name of your email account.
It allows you to create alternative email addresses without
creating a user account. What an alias does is to point to a
specific email addrss. For example, you can have an alias called
"help" and forward it to maindesk@yourdomain.com.
However, you won't be able to send emails from an alias, because
it is not a real email account.. |
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| Web-based
Email Access (Webmail) |
In
addition to your POP3 email accounts, you'll have web based
mail that allows you to access your email accounts from any
browser, anywhere in the world. This is a nice feature for someone
who travels or needs access to email at different locations.
We include 3 webmail tools for checking your mail when on the
move. They are: Neomail,
Horde IMP and
SquirrelMail.
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| Email
Manager/Mail Management Tools |
We
give you powerful tools to manage your email activities. From
creating POP accounts to managing huge mailing lists, it's all
easy with our online control panel. Using our mail management
tools you can:
- Manage POP e-mail boxes
- Manage E-mail aliases (forwarders)
- Manage Auto-responders
- Change your default mail address
- Create SPAM filters
- Manage mailing lists.
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Sub-domains |
Sub-domains
allow for the use of URLs like subdomain.yourdomain.com. This
feature is useful if you want to divide up your site into different
sections. The document root for your sub-domain will be the
subdirectory that has the same name as your sub-domain prefix.
For example: http://example.yourdomain.com is the same as http://yourdomain.com/example/.
You can easily add/remove sub-domains from the control panel. |
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Domain Pointers
(URL Forwarding) |
This
is a domain name that redirects a visitor to another Web location
of your choice, allowing you to have multiple domain names for
one site, such as www.yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.net. |
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| Unlimited
FTP Access |
FTP
stands for File Transfer Protocol and is the most acceptable
method for transferring files from client to server. All of
our packages include unlimited access to your account via FTP
24 hours a day. This way you can update your site whenever you
want, giving you full control. |
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| Anonymous
FTP Server |
Anonymous
FTP allows clients to take advantage of the FTP protocol for
visitors to their website needing to download large files without
a login or password for each visitor. Anonymous FTP can be installed
and uninstalled automatically. Clients login to your anonymous
FTP site by FTPing to ftp.yourdomain.com. The login "anonymous"
or "ftp" will work, and any password is accepted.
Once they have logged in anonymously, they will automatically
view the welcome message which you can customize. Users can
then download any files which you have made available for them
to obtain anonymously. |
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| Interchange
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 an address you specify and a receipt
is sent to the shopper. All accounts come bundled with RedHat's
high-end and powerful Interchange shopping cart, an electronic
commerce system that's in use by tens of thousands of merchants
and web developer's world wide. In a CNET builder review, Interchange
is the most recommended shopping cart system for small to medium
size businesses.
Demo store: http://demo.akopia.com/
Click here to Tour
Interchange. |
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| SSL
Server (SSL) |
Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol which encrypts all data communicated
between client/server to ensure there can be no intercepts of
the data by third parties and ensures that communication is
between the intended party. Encryption is very important when
taking credit card numbers, or posting personal or confidential
information over the Internet. Although it's way more likely
for someone to steal your credit card number when you order
over the telephone, we still offer you full, unlimited access
to our secure server. By using our server's certificate, you
save hundreds of dollars! We also offer the option to install
your own personalized SSL Certificate.
For more information about SSL click here. |
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| Own
CGI-Bin Access |
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. |
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| The
File Manager |
Your
File Manager is a very powerful feature. It allows you to manipulate
all the files in your web site. You are able to create, delete,
and move your files. You can also upload files from your local
PC to the server in File Manager. Plus, you can edit the HTML
in any of your files from this option. Everything you need to
manage your site can be found in this feature. |
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| FrontPage
Extensions |
We
can install Front Page extensions on your account free of charge.
This allows you to use the easy-to-use Microsoft FrontPage program
to create and maintain your web site. The FrontPage extensions
are fully backward compatible with all versions of Microsoft
Frontpage just incase you're not yet using the latest version.
You can activate FrontPage extensions from within your control
panel. |
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| Detailed
Web Statistics |
How
many visitors have you had? Where are they coming from? Through
your web-based control panel, you can check the statistics on
your site by day, month, or year. All hosting packages come
with 4 statistic reporting tools, they include:
Webalizer
provides detailed information on your website visitors
including Daily Statistics, Hourly Statistics, URLs,
Entry Points, Exit Points, Referrers, Search Data, Browser
Agents and Country data.
Analog
Statistics - a raw, fast, text-based statistics
read-out, unlike the graphical Webalizer. It gives you
in-depth stats when you need them and fast.
AwStats
- a powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web,
ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer
works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible
information your log contains, in few graphical web page.
Last 300 Visitors - This fast and neat program will
show you up to 300 of your latest visitors, along with useful
information about each one of them.
Error Log - This useful tool shows up to 300 of
the last error messages received by visitors to your site,
from broken links and images, to "server error" pages and
404 errors.
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| Unlimited
mail storage space |
We
give you an unlimited amount of space for you to save a copy
of your emails on our servers. |
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The
features in the table below show why ImHosted.com is the best
choice for businesses of all sizes. The following basic features
come standard with all shared web hosting accounts. To see the
advanced features proceed to the next page.
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