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Hosting Definitions
Designer Sport Sites.com believes in supporting our clients and their web site with outstanding award winning service. You will find below a detailed list of the common terminology used in the Web Site Hosting industry. With you and/or your respective clients becoming more familiarized with the terminology it will aid both DSS and our clients if and when the occasion would arise to submit a trouble ticket.
Account Setup
Setup is the preliminary act of preparing a resource for a productive run which requires some type of adjustment or additional configuring. The price for setup includes the human work involved in machine adjustments, consumables used and also the defective items produced while finalizing the setup process.Money Back Guarantee
We offer a 30 day money-back guarantee for all our web hosting clients, which means that in this period you can have your money refunded. Anything after these 30 days is non-refundable (Domain names are non-refundable once registered).Disk Space
Disk space is the amount of storage you get when signing up for a web hosting account. It can be used for uploading any type of files - everything from text documents, to .html documents, to pictures.Traffic
Traffic is the term used to describe the amount of data transferred and the number of visits made to a web site at a given period. The level of traffic is the main guide-line which determines which infrastructure you require for your personal or business web site. It is also what determines the price you'll have to pay your Internet Service Provider for the traffic consumed over that given period of time.Domain Name Registration
Domain registration is the process of registering a unique name which will identify your web site. Domain names must have an extension, where .com .net and .org are the most popular ones. When registering a domain name, users should keep in mind that domains are tied to name servers, which direct to which IP address the domain should point. Any server can have multiple domain names, but a domain name can only point to one server.Technical Support
Technical support is somebody to call, e-mail or message when something with the service you're using has gone wrong, or you don't seem to know how to complete a given task and would like professional assistance.Subdomain
Subdomain is subsection of a domain. One such example of subdomain would be john.yourdomain.com.Custom MX and A Records
MX Record (Mail Exchange Record)- Mail Server records designate the mailservers that will handle mail for a given domain. Should a user have more than one mailserver, MX records can also specify the order in which the mailservers will be used as primary, secondary, backup and so on. An A record is a DNS Address resource record. It maps a host's name to its address and specifies the Internet Protocol address (in dotted decimal form) of the host. Each host address should have one A record.POP3 eMail Accounts
POP (Post Office Protocol) refers to the protocol commonly used by e-mail software (for example Outlook Express) to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. POP3 is currently the most common e-mail standard.eMail Aliases
E-mail aliases can be setup as additional e-mail accounts, all under one domain name. If, for example, your primary e-mail is
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .Mailing Lists
A mailing list is a system which allows people to send an e-mail to one address, where their message and/or attachments are copied and then resent to all of the other subscribers in that particular mailing listSPAM Filter
Using a SPAM filter, you can sort out unwanted e-mail messages. We use SPAM Assassin software to filter unwanted e-mails. Usually the SPAM Assassin software with the default settings that we offer will successfully filter 85-95% of all unwanted e-mail messages. If you devote sufficient amounts of time and attention to the additional settings of the SPAM filter, you can considerably increase this percentage to 95-99% combining it with the additional manual settings of the e-mail filter!eMail Filter
The e-mail filter is a different service from the SPAM filter. The SPAM filter has two levels of protection (low and high), while e-mail filter has specific conditions and requirements, which should be set up manually for additional filtration according to the specified conditions for receiving and sorting of your incoming e-mail messages.Web eMail
All our clients receive access to the our web mail. It's a free web-based e-mail system for easy and quick access to your mailbox. It can be used from anywhere and at any time, no e-mail client is required.POP3
A mail server that supports the POP3 protocol. Used for retrieval and sending of e-mail messages using the POP3 protocol.SMTP
An SMTP server is a mail server that supports the SMTP protocol for e-mail transfer.eMail Forwarding
E-mail forwarding is a concept very similar to e-mail aliases. Using this service, you can also forward e-mail messages to Yahoo e-mail accounts, AOL e-mail accounts, Hotmail e-mail accounts, etc. wherever you wish. In other words, an e-mail message to
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for example, as well as to any other e-mail address that you specify for this service.Autoresponder eMails
An e-mail autoresponder is a special function that automatically returns a pre-written templated message to anyone who sends e-mail to a particular e-mail address. E-mail autoresponders are widely used for the purpose of responding to visitor comments and suggestions in a pre-made, templated answer.Catch All eMails
Catch-all e-mail is used to directs e-mail sent to any user (existing or not) on your e-mail list. This means that should an e-mail ever be sent to any address with @yourdomain.com at the end, the mail will be received and sorted in a special mailbox of your choice.Anti-Virus Protection
Software installed on a machine to prevent the introduction of viruses. Will also detect their presence and repair or remove them. Virus is a software that is covertly introduced on to a computer system with the intent of corrupting data or inhibiting the normal operation of the system or network.MySQL
MySQL is a multi-user SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL is quite a common database, proving APIs (application program interface) for such languages as C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP and Python. Information in the database is stored and retrieved using SQL.pHp MyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended specifically to handle the administration of MySQL over the Internet. It can create and drop databases, it can edit tables (create, drop, modify) and fields, execute an SQL statement, manage privileges and also export data into various formats.PHP
PHP (a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side HTML embedded scripting language, used to create dynamic Web pages. A dynamic Web page is a page that can interact with the user viewing it, so that each page visitor sees specially customized information. PHP is open source and freely available for (primarily) use on Linux (UNIX) Web servers. It is also a great alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. The PHP script is embedded within a Web page along with its HTML, just like ASP is. Before the page resolves, the Web server calls PHP to interpret and perform the operations called for in the PHP script. Any HTML page scripted in PHP is typically given a file name suffix of ".php," ".php4," or ".phtml.".Crontab
Crontab is a Unix command for scheduling jobs which will be executed sometime in the future. A cron is usually used to schedule a task that is executed periodically - for example, to send out an e-mail message to specified people every month. Being a daemon process, it runs continuously, waiting for specific events to occur.Advanced Control Panel
Our advanced Control Panel is a great way to manage your hosting account. It's packed with features and will help you relieve your web hosting efforts.FTP
File Transfer Protocol - Primarily used for uploading or downloading files to and from remote computer systems on a network using TCP/IP, such as the Internet. An FTP account consists of a username and password, which is used to login to a users FTP archive or to be able to access it with a software program (FTP client or a HTML editor).File Manager
Our web-based file manager is a browsing, uploading and downloading tool, specifically designed for the needs of new users. Using the web-based file manager, they can execute specific file-related commands with ease.Custom Error 404 Page
A HTML Error 404 means a request was made for a file (or an object) and it was not found on the queried server. The most common reasons for such an error are : Moved pages, renamed pages, general user or server mistyping, and also the fact that some operating systems are case sensitive.Password Protected Directories
Password protected directories allow you to protect information on your web site by specifying a single user or multi-user password protected directory. Password protected directories will allow you to store information online that will not be accessible to the general site visitor. This feature is a great tool in giving specific people a place to log into on your site and view documentation that is for them only.SSL Certificate Generation
Secure Sockets Layer. Allows encrypted, authenticated communications over the Web. SSL provides security in online commerce. URL's starting with "https://" indicate the utilization of SSL.
SSL certificate generation is the process of generation an unsigned SSL certificate code, before sending it to an authorized registrar for approval.SSH
SSH means Secure Shell and it allows you to securely access your web site using the SSH encryption software. Very useful for advanced web developers.Unrestricted Bandwidth
Unrestricted bandwidth means that you can use the maximum of our bandwidth connection available speed at a given moment. We haven't set a bandwidth cap and the data transfer, it's fully unrestricted.Raw Access And Error Logs
Error log - An error log records any abnormal activity on a web site or web server. It's common for different sites or servers to generate custom error logs, reflecting the use and abuse of the system. Systems administrators have to rely on such logs and are responsible for retrieving and examining them for any errors. Access logs are simply log every visit to your site and all the hits inside the site itself.Traffic Stats - WebAlizer
Our traffic stats utility compiles several reports with graphics and text for each processed month. The Webalizer produces several reports (html) and graphics for each month processed. In addition, a summary page is generated for the current and previous months (up to 12). The yearly (index) report shows statistics for a 12-month period, and links to each month. The monthly report has detailed statistics for that month with additional links to any URL's and referrers found.Detailed Bandwidth Stats
All our users can have access to a detailed summary of their bandwidth stats.Stable Linux with Apache
Linux is currently the most popular, freely-distributable open source operating system, which can runs on a number of hardware platforms. The Linux kernel was originally developed by Linus Torvalds. Since it is free of charge, and because it has such a high platform compatibility (this includes PCs and Macintoshes), Linux has become an extremely popular alternative to payed operating platforms. Apache is a freely distributed Web server that is available under an "open source" license. According to a popular web server survey 60% of web sites on the World Wide Web are using Apache, easily making Apache more widely used than all other Web servers combined.2.5 GBits Network Connectivity
The internet connection speed is currently one of the fastest available - 2.5 Gbits. This is the total connectivity that our network provider located in California , Texas and Pennsylvania has with the outside world.Daily Data Back-Up
We treat our clients information with the utmost care. That's the reason why we backup all the info on our servers on a daily basis. Should there be any technical issue, we can restore all the info from the previous day.
UPS & Diesel Back-Up Generator
We have a powerful UPS's and diesel backup electricity generator, should we ever experience a prolonged power outage.
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