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Account
Features
Our Virtual Server systems give you all the tools you need to build
the eBusiness of your dreams. We include dozens of features with all
accounts that other hosts charge extra for. We also include many advanced
development tools that have made us the clear choice for serious web
developers.
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Feature
| Description and Benefits |
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Webspace |
This is
the amount of space available for your use on your Virtual
Server
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| Bandwidth
per month |
This is the amount
of http (visitor) and ftp "traffic," including downloading and
uploading of your website.
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| POP Mailboxes |
Our email addresses are very flexible. You can
set them up as POP boxes which store mail, email aliases, which
redirect mail to another box, or as autoresponders, which allow you
to automatically send text messages.
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Automated Mailing
Lists |
Through your Web Control Panel you will be able to create and
manage mailing lists for your site. Our SmartList automated mailing
list program allows you to send email to a large number of your
customers or "opt-in" email contacts. Few hosting companies included
automated mailing lists with their hosting packages and those that
do charge extra. You can even setup moderated Discussion Groups and
Newsletters with SmartList! |
Web-Based
Shopping Cart |
A
La Cart is a highly configurable, database driven shopping cart
program that can store thousands of products. You can customize the
cart pages with the "look and feel" of the rest of your site.
Includes a Web-Based Interface for adding and updating
products! |
| Virtual Nameservers |
With your own personal nameserver you have
complete management of your domain. Your whois interNIC record will
appear with ns.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com and you can add
your own custom configurations to your nameserver using the control
panel. |
Free
Domain
Registration
or Transfer |
When you setup an
account with us, we register your domain name free of charge. If you
are moving from another host, we can help you expedite the move
without incurring any costs or downtime. |
True
Domain
(static IP) |
With desertWEB you get
your own domain name with a dedicated IP address. Beware of hosts
that offer virtual hosting, or "fake" domain accounts -- this means
they put several domain names under the same IP and fool most
browsers into redirecting themselves to a sub-directory on the
server. This method limits the features of your website and won't
allow your domain to be seen by many search engines and some
browsers. |
Web-Based
Control
Panel |
Our incredible Web
Control Panel allows you to manage all aspects of your account
through an easy web interface. With the click of a mouse you can
administer your webspace, setup email accounts, manage directories,
manage mailing lists, access your cgi-bin, password protect pages,
view graphical stats, setup a shopping cart, and much more! Sign up
for a Reseller account, and you can even configure the Control Panel
with your own Company Name for your clients! |
| Front Page Support |
We provide support
for Microsoft's popular Front Page Software for managing your site.
Through the control panel you have the ability to toggle the Front
Page extensions on and off for your domain. |
Online Billing and
Account
Management |
All you customer
and billing information is immediately accessible to you via your
web control panel at all times. This makes it easy for you to keep
track of your activity, print invoices, and change information
regarding your account. |
| Web Forms |
Our special
"form-to-email" program takes the contents of a form submission and
emails you the data to the address you specify. This is critical if
you want to collect information from your visitors. |
| Form to
PGP Mail |
This utility is
very similar to Form to Email, except it uses your PGP key to
encrypt the message before sending it to you. Your PGP key is
installed with the control panel. |
Graphical Visitor
Statistics |
Detailed usage
statistics are generated for all of our hosting plans. These
detailed statistics can show you what domains are accessing your
site, how many "hits" you are getting, how much data is being
transferred, what type of browser people are using to look at your
site, which search engines they are coming from, and more. You may
use our built-in analysis program to view your usage statistics, or
a third-party usage stats analysis program to analyze the raw log
files generated in their account. |
OC12
"desertWEB"
Connections |
The Virtual Server
system is connected to the Internet via one of the fastest Internet
backbones available: 1 OC12 and 2 OC3s (155 Mbps) plug directly into
the OC48 backbones of Global Center and Qwest just a few floors
below our NOC. The bandwidth of an OC12 is 620 Mbps or about 400
times larger than a T1! |
| POP/Auth
Email |
With
POP/Auth email, mobile users can send and receive their mail from
anywhere around the world using their domain name. For the mobile
user, this is a great advantage because complicated access files no
longer need to be updated and maintained. Very few hosting companies
offer this because of the complex programming involved to set it
up. |
| Web-Based
Email |
Our Web
Mail Check is a proprietary Web Mail program that allows you to
check and manage email from any Web Browser. With this slick
package, you can even offer Web Mail on your domain to site
visitors! |
| Autoresponders |
An
autoresponder allows you to have an email message sent automatically
whenever someone emails a specific autoresponder name. For example,
you could set up a price list and have users email
prices@yourdomain.com to immediately receive your price list by
email. |
| Mailing List Manager |
This
allows you to create and manage automated mailing lists right from
your web browser. You can create listserv style automated mailing
lists and even integrate them with your web forms for automatic
subscriptions. All you need to do to send mail is send an email to
the list name and it goes out to all
subscribers! |
| FTP
Access |
FTP is
the method you use to upload and download files to and from your
virtual server. |
| Anonymous FTP
Access |
You can
allow anonymous FTP access to visitors wishing to download or upload
files to your web site as if you were running your own FTP
server. |
| Secure
Telnet (SSH) Access |
Many users are not at all familiar with telnet and just as
many do not need to use it. Telnet allows you to get a shell on our
Unix servers. The implementation of telnet that we use is called
SSH, which ensures the security of our
servers. |
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Scripting/Developer Features |
System
CGI-BIN with
free Scripts |
All
accounts have access to our system cgi-bin for installing clocks,
counters, and setting up web forms. |
| Personal
CGI-BIN |
We
encourage development of highly interactive, successful sites. For
your site to be truly interactive you need to be able to run
computer programs in your own cgi-bin. Unlike other hosting
companies, we do not restrict you from using custom
scripts. |
Perl, C,
Sh, Java,
Python |
We have
enjoyed being a favorite choice of computer programmers building web
sites. For this reason, we always give programmers the most recent
versions of the hottest programs needed to build their web
applications. |
Access
to
pre-installed Perl
and Apache
Modules |
Developers have full access to a slew of pre-installed Perl
and Apache modules so they can develop advanced
scripts. |
| PHP
Support |
Not only
do we provide you with PHP support, but the majority of our system
tools and design projects are done by our staff in PHP. PHP is
compiled as a module with MySQL, gdbm, and gd support. |
| Java Servlets |
Jave
servlets provide developers with a simple, consistent mechanism for
extending the functionality of a web server and for accessing
existing business systems. With our servlet support and proprietary
Java Servlet Manager, you have full access to the entire family of
Java API's, including the JDBCTM API to access enterprise databases.
Our Servlet Manager allows you to setup servlet zones right from
your Web Browser! |
| Flat File Database |
We
support the simplest form of ascii text databases. |
MySQL with
Web Setup |
MySQL is
our GNU database of choice. We develop all of our own products with
MySQL or Oracle. We encourage all mSQL and postgresQL users to
migrate to MySQL. |
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gdbm |
gdbm is a
simple light standard Unix database which we
support. |
| Site Builder Software |
All clients have access to our "ReadyBuild" Site Builder
software through your control panel. This makes it easy for anyone
to create a basic site directly from your web browser. If you can
surf the web, you can built your website with this
tool! |
| Site
Search Engine |
In the control panel you can specify which directories you
want searchable by our high powered WAIS index and search utility.
You can then provide users with lightning fast content. |
| Custom
error pages |
Because
you get a true virtual sever you can add custom error pages to all
accounts. This ensure that visitors who land on an outdated page
will see be taken to the main part of your site. |
"Catch-all" email
account |
Our
virtual servers come with a catch-all email account that will
direct anything@yourdomain.com to the email address you
specify. That way, you never lose mail that is misdirected due to
typos or clients not knowing the correct address. |
Web-Based
File
Management |
Our exclusive 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. |
| Password Manager |
You have
complete control over changing your passwords for ftp, your control
panel, and POP mailboxes. This is done through your web control
panel. |
Real
Audio/Video
Streaming |
We do not have a real audio/video server. However, we do
support real audio/video streaming for no extra charge.
When Real Audio/Video first
came out, it required an audio/video server to be installed on the
web server. This was because Real Audio/Video wanted to charge for
each "stream'" or visitor. But soon people started writing
competitive audio/video streaming technology that didn't require a
special server. So, to compete, Real Audio/Video now does not
require a server, and you can even use their free tools to create
streaming audio over the Internet. |
Macromedia
Shockwave |
Macromedia Shockwave allows you to bring your web content to
life. Shockwave support allows your site to host Shockwave
content. |
| Mime Type
Manager |
The ability to manage mime types gives you full control of
which software programs will work with your site. Mime types are
managed through the control panel. |
E-Commerce
Features
| |
Web-Based
Shopping Cart |
Alacart is a highly configurable, database driven shopping
cart program that can store thousands of products. |
| Secure
Server (SSL) |
With
desertWEB there is no need to pay an extra fee for Secure Encryption
(SSL). We include the Apache SSL software with all accounts and
allow you to share out Digital Certificate at no additional charge.
If you decide to get your own Digital Certificate for your domain
you can easily set that up because we have automated the setup in
the Control Panel. |
| Cybercash
Support |
Cybercash is an online credit card processor that allows you
to process charges automatically via your website. If you register
with them, you can then install the local config for your domain on
our servers with the Control Panel. |
| Merchant Accounts |
We can
help you get setup with a merchant account through our credit card
processor. No application fee for desertWEB
clients. |
| Guarantees
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30-day
money-back
guarantee |
We offer
an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee to all account holders.
You can pay monthly, quarterly, or annually -- there are no minimum
contracts. |
99.9%
uptime
guarantee |
Because
of our redundant desertWEB connections we are able to offer a 99.9%
uptime guarantee: If your website is down in excess of 15 minutes
per week you receive that month free! |
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