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Advanced Template Manager

The Advanced Template application is for advanced Website designers who want to use highly customizable templates that can be edited by applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash MX and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.


Choose from more than 5,000 templates.


NOTE: It is recommended that beginners, or intermediate-level Website designers who are not yet familiar with the required software, use EasySiteWizard Pro instead. It provides a more guided process for template-based Website creation, which does not require the use of any additional software.

Aliases
Alias accounts are e-mail boxes that do not have a physical mailbox on the system, and must be forwarded to an existing regular account.
Anti-Virus and Spam Filtering

Our e-mail solution offers an effective spam filter that helps eliminate junk mail. It includes filter and delivery options, as well as language and e-mail address blocking.

Announcer Pro

Announcer Pro makes it easy to create compelling e-mail newsletters and manage regular communication with your customers. Powerful design tools utilize HTML code, often used for Website development, to create compelling e-mails that have the graphical flexibility of a Web page. Our Professional and higher hosting plans include the ability to send up to 50 HTML recipients each month.

Autoresponders

Autoresponders allows you to reply automatically with a pre-written message to all or certain e-mail messages sent to an e-mail address. This function is most commonly used to alert senders when you are out of the office for a few days.

Business WebMail

Business WebMail is a multi-featured, customizable, browser-independent e-mail system. Some of WebMail's many features include online calendar, task lists, advanced contact management, personal folder management, autoresponder setup, spell checker, and HTML formatting.

Catchall
It is a mailbox that will "catch all" of the e-mails addressed to your domain that do not exist in the mail server. Configuring a catchall address can help avoid losing e-mails due to misspelling.
CGI-BIN
CGI-BIN is an interface standard. It provides a method of executing a server-side program (script) from a Website to generate a Web page 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.
MySQL Manager

The Database Manager is a Web-based MySQL client that allows you to create and manipulate a maximum of three MySQL databases. If you require more than three databases, then you may utilize a different type of database such as MS Access or MS SQL. Database Manager is best used for creating databases and tables. For populating a database, you should consider using a script (PHP, ColdFusion) or CGI.

DNS Manager
DNS Manager allows you to edit your domain's zone file, including A (address) records, CNAME (canonical name) records and MX (mail exchange) records.
EasyLiveChat

EasyLiveChat allows you to set up online chatting to handle services such as technical support and general inquiries. Up to four chat agents can be set up, and each agent may handle up to four chat sessions simultaneously.


EasyLiveChat includes comprehensive features designed to increase productivity, including:

  • Real-time monitoring
  • Brandable design elements to complement any Website's look and feel
  • Pre-defined editable messages and URLs
  • Customer surveys and reports
  • Up to four concurrent chat sessions per agent
  • Graphic and audio alerts
  • Fully searchable chat transcripts
EasyMailTM Manager

EasyMail Manager is a full-featured accessory that allows any novice user to easily manage their domain's e-mail account and configure various e-mail account features. These accounts can be accessed by traditional mail reading clients as well as over the Web with Business Webmail.

EasySiteOptimizer
EasySiteOptimizer is an advanced-user tool to optimize sites for search engines. The intelligent browser-based application offers a suite of tools to select keywords for index pages, analyze site content and layout, and submit pages to today's popular search engines.
EasySiteWizard Pro

EasySiteWizard Pro is an advanced and flexible template-based Website builder that allows you to create professional-looking Websites without having prior Web design knowledge.


An easy-to-use, wizard-driven interface offers you enhanced design and editing functionality, including the ability to drag and drop design elements.

EasyStoreMaker Pro

EasyStoreMaker Pro allows you to set up a full-featured store on your Website that accepts credit card orders. You do not need any programming or e-commerce development experience to create a store.


EasyStoreMaker Pro features:

  • professional store templates
  • supports a variety of payment gateways
  • auto messaging
  • multiple product uploading
  • product showcasing
  • local tax calculation
  • shipping and handling fee calculations and
  • offers a secure page to view all online orders.
File Manager
File Manager allows you to take full control of your Website files. 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.
FrontPage Manager
If you wish to use Microsoft FrontPage to develop your Website, you must first install FrontPage extensions using the FrontPage Manager. The FrontPage Manager function will automatically install the 2002 extensions.
FrontPage extensions are particular elements that need to be installed into your home directory so that features that are created within Microsoft FrontPage can function correctly.
FTP Manager

FTP is a communications protocol that allows for easy, efficient, and accurate transfer of files from computer to computer across a network or, in this case, from your computer across the Internet to a webserver. FTP Manager is a function that allows you to control access to directory-specific FTP.

IMAP
IMAP is a method of accessing e-mail messages on a server without having to download them to a local hard drive.
JSP Support

Java Server Page (JSP) is a technology for controlling the content or appearance of Web pages through the use of servlets, small programs that are specified in the Web page and run on the Web server to modify the Web page before it is sent to the user who requested it.

Supported version: 1.2

Log files
Log files are stats that keep track of the pages and areas of a site that users are visiting. Using Web Stats and the Log Manager, you can download, view, manage and delete log files.
Log Manager
The Log Manager allows you to obtain raw server logs for 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.
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 Web hosts using the NT hosting platform.


Supported versions: 2000/02

MS SQL database

MSSQL (Microsoft SQL) is a comprehensive database software platform providing enterprise-class data management and integrated business intelligence tools. Rich XML and Internet standard support provide the ability to store and retrieve data in XML format easily with built-in stored procedures. You can also use XML update grams to insert, update, and delete data easily.

Supported versions: 2000/05

MySQL database

MySQL is an open source database, designed for speed, power and precision in mission-critical, heavy load use. You can get up to 3 MySQL database hosting within your package.


Supported versions: 5.5.24, 4.1.22-standard

osCommerce
This product features a gallery of professionally designed templates for online stores built using the popular osCommerce application. The suite of support also includes a built-in osCommerce installation wizard along with a tool that automatically configures your MYSQL database for use with your store.
Photo Album

Photo Album makes it easy for you to set up an online photo gallery of your products for example.


The application is administered through a simple and easy-to-navigate interface. You can create and publish individual albums of specific events, linking your album from your core Website or promoting individual album addresses.

Perl

Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) is a programming language often used for creating CGI programs.


Supported version: 5.8.3

PHP

PHP is 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.


Supported versions: 4/5 (5.2.9 - 5.2.10 - 5.2.17 - 5.3.14 by default)

phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is designed to handle the administration of MySQL databases using a Web browser interface. By using phpMyAdmin, you can create and alter tables, add and delete fields, and create and drop databases. You can also execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields or privileges, and export data into various formats.
POP3 / SMTP

POP3 requires you to download messages to your hard drive before reading them.


SMTP is the protocol used for sending e-mail over the Internet.

Secure Shell (SSH)

Secure Shell, or SSH, is a UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely accessing a remote computer. It is frequently used as a secure method to remotely access and manipulate files directly on a Website.


SSH uses a "command-line" interface similar to DOS. A command-line interface does not use a GUI (Graphical User Interface); instead, all commands are typed at a command prompt in a special terminal window.

Site Promoter

Site Promoter is an entry-level utility that lets you easily submit your site to select search engines to gain placement in their rankings.

SSL Manager
The SSL Manager application helps you set up SSL security for your Website. This application will allow you to choose between using our generic SSL certificate, or creating one of your own.
Web Stats
Web Stats is a Web server log file analysis program. It produces usage statistics from your Website server logs. This information details the traffic on the Website and where it is coming from.
Website Checker

The Site 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
  • Show pages that have no title
  • Show links that are not checked
Website Security

Website Security is an application that restricts access to certain areas within your Website. These areas are protected by Hostname, by IP address, or by username and password.

WordPress - Blog

WordPress - Blog is a Web-based blogging journal powered by a self-publishing tool that enables you to regularly and easily update and create new content.


The blog consists of posts by authorized users and commentary from blog visitors. The number one criteria for blogging success is useful and fresh content, clean design and personality. Get started with professional templates included in this application.

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