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Hosting Feature Descriptions
All of the criteria, with a description, used to compare the hosting companies can be found here. If anything is not clear, or you think we need to provide further details, send us a comment, by visiting the Support page.
| Storage | This is the amount of space you have to store all of your files. You will only need 100gb or more if you store a lot of high quality photos or videos. Today, this site only uses 1mb of storage which is 0.001gb. |
| Bandwidth | Every time someone visits your site, the information is transmitted from the hosting company to the internet. Transmitting the file uses bandwidth, which is t calculated but the size of the files sent. If you host videos, you can use up your bandwidth quickly, otherwise, you will need millions of visitors to impact your bandwidth allowance. |
| Windows | Windows is relatively new when it comes to hosting companies. And it typically costs more. One thing to note, even if you use Windows to create the files, your hosting company does not need Windows to run your site. For example everything on this site was built on a PC running Windows XP, but is hosted on a Linux server. We have the best of both worlds. |
| Linux/ Unix | Linux or Unix hosting accounts are usually less expensive and have a lot more features. |
| Up Time | Virtually every hosting company states on their home page that they offer 99.9% up time. If they don't move on - they are cutting corners which will impact your site. |
| Domains | Most hosting companies let you have more then a single domain per account. This is useful if you want to have several sites, but only pay the one fee. Look for unlimited domains. |
| Email Accounts | Email accounts, like domains, should be unlimited. This allows you to have email address for anyone and for any purpose. For example, use a different email address for different advertisements or promotions, to track which ad is more effective. |
| Fantastico Deluxe | This is one of the great tools that is available with a Linux host. It offers a huge number of services and installs everything for you. That means it installs the application and they data base. You really don't have to do anything. All of the features that follow in this section would be installed by Fantastico, so that you don't have to spend hours installing them yourself. Deluxe is key since it is the latest version. I have read that earlier versions had security holes that have since been fixed in Deluxe. |
| Portal/CMS | A portal or content management system is a software management system that allows you to have control of your web site, registered users,and provide 100% interactive web site using databases, without having to know HTML, databases or programing. Most of the applications that you see below can be run by a portal / cms applicaiton. |
| Blogs | A blog is a web log where you can post your thoughts and ideas and folks can comment. Its a great way to drive traffic to your site. |
| Forum | This is an area where your visitors can get together and exchange ideas. Another nice way to drive traffic to your site. |
| FAQ | This is a place where people can look for answers to common questions. You notice we have one on this site. |
| Guestbook | A guest book is a common type of form in wide use where visitors can leave comments and suggestions. |
| Image Gallery | This is a special application designed to show pictures on your web site. |
| Mailing List | If you are planning on communicating with visitors on a repeat basis you will want to build a mailing list which you can use to send communications, like emails or newsletters, to your list of subscribers. |
| Polls & Surveys | This is a great way to get feedback or opinions of your visitors. A poll is a tool to allow visitors to vote on a single topic. A survey is a set of questions. |
| Wiki | A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. That means anyone can add content and others can edit it. Its a very collaborative process for users to create content on your site. |
| Site Builders | This is software provided by your hosting company which will help you build a web page and web site with a few mouse clicks. |
| Shopping Cart | If you want to sell things on your web site, a shopping cart is going to be something you will want. |
| Data Base MySQL | My SQL is an open source data base that is use to handle application transactions. Wikis, Forums, Guest Books and Blogs all need a data base to handle the information |
| PHP | PHP is a programming language which allows you to do lots of different things. Even if you don't know the first thing about writing an application, having it available from a hosting company means applications that you can install using something like Fantastico will need it. |
| Streaming Audio/Video | If you want to make your own music or video files available for your own site then this is something you need to look for. You can also host your videos on a place like YouTube, which will save you storage space and bandwidth. |
