30-Day Money-back Guarantee

If you are unhappy with NewERAnet's hosting services for any reason, you can cancel within the first 30 days and get your money back. That's how confident we are that you'll be happy with us as your Web host. PLEASE NOTE: Domain name registration and setup fees are non-refundable.

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A (Address) Record

Address records assign a hostname (e.g.: www.NewERAnet.com) to a specific IP address (e.g.: 209.95.108.115).

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Access Log

An access log is a list of all requests for individual files from a Web site. The access log (sometimes referred to as the "raw data") can be analyzed and summarized by another program. This information helps you as a site owner know where people are looking, when they are looking, and how long they are staying, thus allowing you to better focus the content and approach of your Web site. NewERAnet allows you access to your raw log files, which reside in your root directory.

See Also: WebTrends Reporting, Access to raw log files

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Access to our CGI Script Library

Our software libraries include many scripts (small programs) such as mail forms, counters, and statistics packages, which are freely available for you to configure on your server. You can also run custom scripts to your virtual server, if you wish.

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Access to raw log files

In addition to Web statistics, we give you access to your raw log files so that you may run them through your own hit analysis software. These files may be downloaded via FTP.

See Also: WebTrends Reporting, Access Log

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Access to Server Configuration Files

Most Internet servers require you to reboot the physical machine or recompile the Web server software whenever you make a change to the server's configuration files. This is not the case with your virtual server. Your server knows when you make any changes to these files and immediately takes the necessary steps to implement the changes.

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ASP - Active Server Pages (Windows only)

Active Server Pages (ASP) allows developers to deliver dynamic content that is viewable in virtually any browser. Developers can use the scripting language of their choice to give their Web site ability to create pages "on the fly," access databases, send e-mail, and much more. An ASP page may contain a mix of HTML and ASP script. When an ASP page is requested, the server processes all of the ASP script and delivers a page in plain HTML to the user.

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Adding Headers - List Server

The list owner can choose to display text information (entered in the Edit box) at the beginning or end of every message sent to the list. To enter the header information, the list owner selects the Enable Header option, clicks Edit, and then enters the text information. This information is entered in the header.txt file. To enter the trailer info, the list owner selects the Enable Trailer option, clicks Edit, and then enters the text information. This information is entered in the trailer.txt file.

For example, you can enter the Subscribe/Unsubscribe information for the list so it will appear at the beginning or end of every message or digest that is sent to the list.

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Anonymous FTP

Anonymous FTP allows anyone to access your server and download files from a "public" directory. Anonymous FTP uploads can be enabled to allow the placing of files onto your server by anyone; however access to the FTP configuration file is required. Both features can be used with any browser or FTP application. FTP access can be controlled via the control panel.

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Apache Web Server Version 1.3.12

Freedom accounts come pre-installed with Apache 1.3.12 Web Server. Apache is known for its flexibility, stability, and power.

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Automating Tasks with Cron

The cron facility allows you to automate tasks, or scheduled events, to run automatically on a regular basis. For example, you can configure cron to e-mail you daily reports of the number of visitors to your Web site, or the number of files downloaded through your Anonymous FTP service.

Cron allows you to automate such tasks to run at whatever time and frequency you specify.

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Bandwidth

Data transfer, or bandwidth, refers to the amount of electronic data sent over the network each month. Such data includes a visitor's request for a page, the page sent in response to the request, and any updates you publish to your site. The amount of data transferred is also affected by the size of the Web pages and the number of visitors to the site. If your site begins to exceed the data transfer allotted by your hosting plan, you may want to consider purchasing additional blocks of bandwidth.

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Additional Bandwidth

Customers may purchase additional blocks of bandwidth on a going-forward basis through their account representatives. If a Customer's actual bandwidth usage exceeds the allocated bandwidth available under the Customer's plan, NewERAnet will issue an invoice for an amount equal to the excess bandwidth used, multiplied by an overage rate. The current overage rate is $6 per GB.

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CGI-BIN

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts are programs used by a browser to run interactive site features. CGI scripts, which are stored in a separate directory on a Web server, run behind a wide variety of common Web procedures, from simple e-mail forms to complex shopping cart programs. When you set up your site on NewERAnet's servers, you'll have access to a personal cgi-bin directory where you can store scripts that you've written or copied from the Web.

See also: CGI

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ColdFusion

NewERAnet supports Allaire's ColdFusion, a premier application used in the creating of database-driven Web sites. Provisioned to Allaire's specifications, NewERAnet’s ColdFusion hosting plans resides on servers for ColdFusion Web sites only to reduce downtime and increase reliability. It's ideal for businesses looking for reliable, cost-effective ColdFusion Web hosting.

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Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

CGI describes a set of rules that govern how a Web server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software (the CGI program) communicates with the Web server. Many scripting languages, such as Perl, follow the CGI standard. This allows you to develop more interactive sites by making use of system features.

See also: CGI-BIN

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Comprehensive User's Guide

Our comprehensive User's Guide is your key to unlocking the power of your Freedom Web hosting account. The User's Guide covers all the basics of site administration, including HTTP, FTP, FrontPage, e-mail, and site administration. The site is accessible 24 hours a day online, so be sure to check for updates.

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Configurable Shell User Rights

You have the ability to configure user rights on a Freedom server. You can give another user shell access and also determine what areas to which they will be able to make changes. You can also give more freedom to other users on your account without losing control as the administrator.

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Daily statistical hit analysis using Analog

You can view the statistics for your Web site using the popular Analog statistics package, right from your Web-based control panel. Analog includes 18 separate reports, and even allows you to choose the language in which the reports are given.

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Data Recovery Service

NewERAnet's Data Recovery Service operates on a state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar Storage Area Network (SAN). Powered by award-winning NetBackup™ from VERITAS, Data Recovery Service complements your local backup procedure with a weekly tape backup of your Web IP. Standard recovery fees are normally $350.00 without a Data Recovery Service Plan.

Data Recovery Service Plan

One of the simplest, most cost-effective ways to safeguard your site and protect data integrity is to back up your site locally. But while local backup is a critical first step, most companies fail to implement a complete solution until it’s too late. NewERAnet’s Data Recovery Service Plan makes getting up and running again quick and easy. Excessive downtime and costly resources associated with extensive FTP sessions are eliminated. The monthly Data Recovery Service Plan features a weekly VERITAS tape backup of your Web IP and reduces standard recovery fees.

Data Recovery Service Plan Pricing: Setup Fee $9.95 Monthly Fee $4.95 Recovery Fee $49.95

Requests for your Web IP to be recovered may be made through your NewERAnet sales representative. Recoveries are performed during the normal business hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday.

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Disk Space

Our Web hosting packages offer generous amounts of disk space on which to store your Web site. You can use your Web-based control panel to monitor the amount of disk space you are using, and to see how much disk space is currently available for your account.

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Domain

A domain is the unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domains always have two or more parts, separated by dots, as in www.yourdomain.com. Domains are bound to name servers, which direct to which IP address the domain should point. Any server or Web site can have multiple domain names, however, a domain name can only point to one server.

See also: Domain Name Registration, Domain Name Server, IP Number

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Domain Name Server (DNS)

DNS is a mechanism that maps domain names to IP addresses. When you specify a domain name, your browser sends an address resolution request to a domain name server asking for the IP address of that host. The DNS returns the actual IP address, and your browser uses this address to communicate with the host directly.

See also: Domain, Domain Name Registration, IP Number

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Domain Name Registration

Your domain name is your identity on the Internet that people use to find your site on the Web. Registering your domain is essential to creating your online presence.

If you don't already have a domain name registered, we can help you!

Click here for tips on choosing the right domain for your company.

Our domain name registration pricing is extremely competitive -- some of the lowest found anywhere on the Internet.

2 Year Registration	$48.00	($24.00 / year)
5 Year Registration	$110.00	($22.00 / year)
10 Year Registration	$165.00	($16.50 / year)

Contact your NewERAnet sales representative for more information.

See also: Domain, InterNIC

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Domain Pointing

An important part of virtual hosting is having the domain names for the virtual hosts point to your IP address. NewERAnet will do this work for you for a one-time fee of $20.00 for each domain name. This does not include the domain name registration process, which is a separate process. Your Freedom server includes a feature known as “wildcard DNS,” which means that any canonical name you can think of for your domain name already points to your IP address and no DNS work needs to be done by us for you to use it as a virtual host.

See also: Domain, InterNIC

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Drumbeat

This Web development tool from Macromedia features database connectivity and Web application development capabilities.

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DSN - Data Source Name

Data source names are used to access a database. Customers can create DSNs via their administration page.

ODBC/DSN database connectivity is utilized to ensure fast and consistent database connectivity for your Web site. Scripting languages such as ASP, PERL, and ColdFusion can be used to connect to a database such as SQL server.

See also: ODBC

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Electronic Mail (E-Mail)

E-mail is the sending and receiving of messages, usually text, from one computer to another using e-mail software.

See also: POP3

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E-mail Autoresponders

An autoresponder sends a reply to incoming e-mail automatically. When someone sends an e-mail message to info@yourdomain.com, you can set up the autoresponder to automatically reply to that message with sales information, response confirmation, vacation messages, and more. Each hosting customer at NewERAnet has the ability to configure vacation messages at their Web-based control panel.

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E-mail Storage

The amount of e-mail storage space allowed by each plan is allocated to the mailboxes by the mail administrator. You can have one large mailbox that uses all the available storage space, or you can distribute the storage space throughout the full number of allowable mailboxes.

For comparison, free Web-based mail services usually offer between three and six MB of storage per mailbox. More space may be necessary for users who plan to receive multiple or large files.

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Firewall Protection Service

Because a secure site is the foundation for any Internet-based business, NewERAnet offers firewall protection, to help you operate your business with confidence and protect your customers, partners and employees from malicious attacks.

NewERAnet's Firewall Protection Service dramatically reduces your exposure to hacking, virus infection and SPAM, while helping protect network integrity and sensitive customer and corporate data.

NewERAnet's Firewall Protection Service can be your front-line defense against security threats. The Firewall Protection Service restricts access to only necessary ports, blocking access to secret "back doors" hackers use to penetrate your server. Redundant NetScreen-500 firewalls provide consistent availability and optimum performance. While certain Web attacks may be new to your organization, NewERAnet's battle-tested experience offers the know-how you need to respond quickly.

Firewall Protection Service Rates: $9.95/month
(+$9.95 one-time setup fee)

Firewall Protection Service is not yet available with ColdFusion and Freedom hosting plans

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FTP Server (24/7)

Our servers include 24-hour, unlimited FTP access.

FTP is a standardized method of transferring files between computers, regardless of the platform or operating system each computer is running. FTP services can be accessed through a command prompt, or through an FTP client program.

Freedom accounts use ProFTP Server 1.2

See also: FTP/Shell Users

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FTP/Shell Users

FTP - You may use an FTP program to upload and download files for your Web site. Each Freedom account comes with a default FTP user account. Freedom products also give you the ability to create other FTP accounts.

Shell - The Freedom technology allows you to have access your server's shell through programs such as Secure CRT and Telnet. Each Freedom account comes with an administrator shell user account. You also have the ability to create and configure other shell user accounts.

Additional shell/ftp user accounts on Freedom plans are $5 per month for each additional user.

See also: FTP Server (24/7)

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Full Power Backup

All our servers, including Web, DNS, FTP, and mail, are connected to uninterruptible power supplies so that your site will stay up and running in the extremely rare event of a power outage.

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Internet Protocol (IP) Address or IP Number

The IP address is a unique number used to identify a computer on the Internet. The number consists of four numbers between 0 and 255 separated by dots (208.233.88.55). Every computer on the Internet must have its own IP number. Domains are tied to name servers, which direct to which IP address the domain should point.

See also: Domain, Protocol

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InterNIC

InterNIC, the Internet Network Information Center, is a repository of information about the Internet. It is divided into two parts: directory services, which is run by AT&T in New Jersey, and registration services, which is run by Network Solutions in Virginia. It is funded partially by the National Science Foundation and partially by fees that are charged to register Internet domains.

See also: Domain Name Registration

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Key Phrases

Key phrases are sets of words, inserted into Web page text and META tags, used to improve ranking in search engines for those particular key phrases. You should put careful thought into selected key phrases. For example, if a person does a search for "pet supplies," a page with the key phrase "pet supplies" will be ranked higher in the search results than a page with just the key word "pet."

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Merchant Account

In order to accept credit card payments online, you must have an Internet merchant account into which payments accepted online are deposited. NewERAnet offers merchant accounts through Online Data Corp, whose quick and easy Online App™ can enable your site to start accepting credit cards in minutes.

Our pricing is extremely competitive -- some of the lowest found anywhere on the Internet.

Discount Rate	2.29%
Non-Qualified Rate - Corporate, Foreign, Standard	3.99%
Per Authorization - Visa/Mastercard	$0.30
Per Authorization - American Express/Discover	$0.30
Monthly Minimum	$25.00
Annual Fee in Third Month	$99.00
Monthly Statement Fee	$10.00
No Application Fee!	FREE

Contact your NewERAnet sales representative for more information.

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Microsoft FrontPage & InterDev Extensions

The FrontPage Server Extensions are available to both Windows and UNIX customers. Microsoft FrontPage offers a great way for customers to easily create and upload/publish professional Web sites with little knowledge of HTML. The prepackaged functionality of Microsoft FrontPage Extensions allows users to incorporate advanced features without having to write the complex server-side programs such features typically require.

InterDev Extensions are commonly used for designing large Web sites that use multiple databases and require large amounts of ASP code. Visual InterDev also uses special extensions for some of its advanced features.

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Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002 Server Extensions

Microsoft FrontPage is a Web design utility that allows you to easily create and maintain Web sites, without the need to learn HTML or use FTP. The FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions expand the capabilities available. The New client-side version of FrontPage 2002 provides you with the same functionality of the 2000 version with a few added features including: the ability to add AutoShapes, WordArt, Custom Link Bars, Usage Analysis Reports and much more.

FrontPage 2002 is available on the following hosting plans:

• Basic
• Advanced
• Business
• Ultimate
• ColdFusion

What are the latest enhancements to FrontPage 2002 that are not available to FrontPage 2000 users?

• Easier access to the tools you need -- A new integrated folder list and navigation pane allows you to set up and change links, banners, and other navigation while editing pages.
• Image Library -- choose from a range of layouts to create a gallery for your photos or images.
• AutoShapes, drop shadows, WordArt, and callouts -- These familiar tools are as easy to use in FrontPage as they are in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint®.
• Automatic Web content -- Visitors can gain access to timely MSNBC headlines and weather, Microsoft MoneyCentral™ stock ticker lookups, Microsoft Expedia maps, and MSN® search.
• HTML, ASP, and XML source-code preservation capabilities -- Import code created in a text editor or other HTML editing tool without rearranging or changing it. FrontPage 2002 allows you to transform HTML code to be XML-compliant with a single command.
• Custom Link Bars -- Link to e-mail addresses, network shares, or pages on or off your site.
• Usage Analysis Reports - This basic site data analysis software can tell you which pages are getting the most hits and how visitors arrived at your site.
• New Publishing dialog box -- Drag files and folders between source and destination Webs for faster publishing.
• Database Interface Wizard - This makes connecting forms to a database a snap, and allows authorized users to edit or query databases through a Web-based form.

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Miva Empressa Engine

The Miva engine, Miva Empressa, provides a platform for the Miva storefront and custom applications to run on the Web server. You may use the Miva engine to create dynamic Web sites that integrate scripting, database, and commerce features. They can be run on the Web server or your Windows-based PC. This feature is not to be confused with the popular Miva Merchant storefront software that runs on top of the Miva engine. The Miva Merchant can be purchased through NewERAnet and installed on a Freedom server.

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Miva Merchant

Miva Merchant is more than just an affordable shopping cart – it's a robust storefront development and management tool that enables e-businesses the freedom to customize their online store. Bundled with our hosting packages, Miva Merchant will allow you to get your e-store up and running quickly and easily.

Some of Miva Merchant's features include:

• Cataloging
• Product maintenance
• Shopping basket
• Real-time payment processing
• Order processing
• A wealth of experience, as they pioneered the development of shopping cart software
• The largest customer base of any other shopping cart distributor, with over 100,000 customers
• Rapid installation
• Miva Marketplace -- Increase traffic by promoting products through a global shopping network
• Affiliate program
• Inventory tracking
• Customizable look and feel
• Supports an unlimited number of products
• Reporting and statistics
• Tabulation of international price conversions
• Customizable look and feel
• Administration through an easy-to-use interface
• Integration with most major payment processing gateways, including VeriSign Payment Services
• Extremely affordable
• Up-selling features
• Scalable
• Automatic UPS shipping calculations
• Support provided by specialists from Miva Corp.

Trust NewERAnet to provide everything you need to get your business online. Get started with a Miva Merchant NewERAnet E-Commerce account today!

Miva Merchant is available on NewERAnet Advanced, Business and Ultimate Web hosting plans for an additional $10/month.

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MX Record

An MX record points the mail sent the address after the @ sign to a hostname outside of NewERAnet. (Example: www.mail@NewERAnet.com to www.mail.joe.com.)

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MySQL

Based on the Linux operating system, MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server available on NewERAnet's Advantage Web Hosting plan or higher. SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standardized database language that simplifies storing, updating and accessing information such as customer or product data. Its flexibility and speed allow you to also store logs and pictures. MySQL is designed to scale well under heavy traffic conditions and is ideal for database-intensive or e-commerce-enabled Web sites.

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MySQL Database Support

mSQL (or mini SQL) from Hughes Technologies and MySQL are fast UNIX-based databases that support a simpler version of the standard SQL language. NewERAnet offers you your very own databases in which you can create as many tables as you wish.

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ODBC

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard database access method developed by Microsoft. The goal of ODBC is to make it possible to access any data from any application, regardless of which database management system (DBMS) is handling the data.

NewERAnet currently uses two major types of ODBC connections:

1. Jet Data Engine - This connection allows ODBC compliant databases such as Microsoft Access, Foxpro, D-base, etc.

**During your account setup, It is extremely important that you indicate if you intend to use such databases on our Windows 2000 Web servers. If you do not select this option during the initial setup, you may have to move to a different Web server which supports these databases.

2. SQL Server - This allows an ODBC connection via TCP/IP to a Micorsoft SQL server.

**During your account setup, It is extremely important that you indicate if you intend to use such databases on our Windows 2000 Web servers. SQL server is only available on the NewERAnet Advanced Web Hosting plan or higher.

See also: DSN

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ODBC/DSN

ODBC/DSN database connectivity is utilized to ensure fast and consistent database connectivity for your Web site. Scripting languages such as ASP, PERL, and ColdFusion can be used to connect to a database such as SQL server.

See also: ODBC, DSN

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Payment Processor

The payment gateway, or payment processor, enables you to authorize, process and manage online transactions. VeriSign Payment Services enables your business to authorize, process and manage online transactions.

Find out more about VeriSign Payment Services

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VeriSign Payment Services

Your customers want a quick, easy, secure way to purchase your goods and services on the Web. You want a reliable, scalable payment service that gives you complete control of the purchasing experience.

VeriSign's Payflow Pro performs the following:

• Processes large numbers of transactions simultaneously, so customers are not kept waiting and no transactions are lost or delayed during the buying process
• Simplifies the security and processing of multiple payment instruments online
• Frees you from point-to-point and difficult-to-integrate payment solutions Provides you with back-end connectivity to all leading payment processing networks in the industry
• Enables payment processing through the Payflow client software, giving you complete control of the purchasing experience
• Ensures maximum security of the data transmitted between your customers, the client, and your Web server

VeriSign's Payflow Pro payment service is a flexible API-based solution allows your site to support multiple payment instruments including credit cards, purchase cards, debit cards, electronic checks, and ACH payments (bank-to-bank transfers).

Get Payflow Pro for only $39.95/month and a $199.00 setup fee for up to 5,000 transactions/month.

See how Payflow Pro works

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VeriSign Payflow Pro

Payflow Pro gives you direct access to the Payflow service via an API, a TCP/IP "thin-client" network service, which allows you to fully customize control of your customers' buying experience. Once installed on you system, the Payflow Pro API client software establishes a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection between your merchant storefront application and VeriSign's transaction servers to securely exchange payment data between parties.

How It Works:

1. Processes large numbers of transactions simultaneously, so customers are not kept waiting and no transactions are lost or delayed during the buying process
2. Simplifies the security and processing of multiple payment instruments online
3. Frees you from point-to-point and difficult-to-integrate payment solutions Provides you with back-end connectivity to all leading payment processing networks in the industry
4. Enables payment processing through the Payflow client software, giving you complete control of the purchasing experience
5. Ensures maximum security of the data transmitted between your customers, the client, and your Web server

The Payflow client does not contain any payment-specific logic, allowing VeriSign to introduce additional services or transaction types at any time without requiring you to upgrade your Payflow client software. You can take advantage of these services by simply adding any new requisite parameter values to transaction requests.

Click here to learn more about e-commerce and how the gateway works with a Web site!

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Perl, C, C++, Java™, Javascript, VBscript, ActiveX™, SSI, PHP 4.0

All of the above scripting languages are supported on your virtual server.

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PHP

PHP is a tool that lets you create dynamic Web pages on NewERAnet's Linux servers. Internet browsers read PHP-enabled Web pages just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you create regular HTML pages. In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C) is enclosed within special PHP tags. Because PHP is embedded within tags, the author can switch between HTML and PHP (similar to ASP and Cold Fusion) instead of having to rely on heavy amounts of code to output HTML. Because PHP is executed on the server, the client cannot view the PHP code.

PHP can perform any task any CGI program can, but its strength lies in its compatibility with many types of databases. PHP can talk across networks using IMAP, SNMP, NNTP, POP3, or HTTP.

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POP E-mail Boxes

Add POP e-mail boxes for only $5 per month for 5 additional boxes or $5 per month for 5 MB of additional storage.

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Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) E-Mail

You can retrieve e-mail directly from POP (Post Office Protocol) mailboxes on a mail server using any standard e-mail client. All plans include a master POP account that can receive all e-mail and control optional POP account settings. In addition, each hosting plan includes a specified number of configurable POP accounts that can be assigned unique IDs and passwords for privacy.

See also: E-Mail, Protocol, POP E-mail Boxes

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Protocol

A protocol is a set of rules governing behavior in certain situations, ensuring that there are no communication breakdowns or serious misunderstandings. Foreign diplomats learn local protocol to ensure that they behave correctly in another country. Computers need protocols, too, to ensure that they can communicate with each other correctly and to ensure data is exchanged correctly. The Internet is made up of various protocols for various functions.

See also: IP, POP3

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RAID5

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places by placing data on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance and increasing fault tolerance.

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Real Media Server

We provide full support for RealMedia technology from RealNetworks to stream audio and video from your site. Streaming is beneficial for audio and video because reduces wait times for viewing files.

See also: Streaming Media

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Real-time credit card processing

NewERAnet offers online credit card processing through VeriSign Payment Services. For more details Click here.

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Root Access

The Freedom 500 and 1000 allow you to enjoy a greater level of control over your server: root level access. Root access allows you to install the applications you want to run on your server. You could even replace the Apache Web server with your own Web server program if you wanted. That's the kind of freedom you have with root access.

NewERAnet will support your Freedom product with its original configuration and pre-installed software. Keep in mind that customizations such as installing your own Web server are outside the boundaries of our support.

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Same-Day Setup

NewERAnet guarantees that your account will be set up and that you will be notified of this via e-mail within 24 hours of your order. This ensures that you will be up and running in no time!

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Secure E-mail Retrieval

With your Freedom account, you can now use the SSL option that is available through Microsoft Outlook and other e-mail clients. Activating this will encrypt e-mail as it is downloaded from your Freedom server to your desktop computer.

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Shockwave, Quicktime, Flash, Vivo, Emblaze, MP3

Our virtual private servers offer the newest plug-ins and latest technology for audio, video, virtual reality, 3-D, and animation.

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Shopping Cart

A shopping cart combines your online store's catalog and ordering process into an easy-to-use interface through which customers can easily select merchandise, review their selections and make their purchases without having to understand the complexities of a merchandise database. NewERAnet offers Miva Merchant, a shopping cart solution from the pioneers of cart technology.

Find out more about Miva Merchant

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Software Package Library

Your Freedom product comes pre-installed with a variety of the most popular Internet server applications, which power services such as Web, mail, FTP, MySQL database, and Windows-compatible network file sharing. In addition, we provide a vast library of ready-to-install applications that greatly extend the functionality of your server to suit your specific needs.

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Software Port Library

In addition to the applications in our software applications library, the vast majority of applications that are designed for FreeBSD will run on your Freedom 500 or 1000. There are nearly 4000 applications that can be installed on your Freedom 500 or 1000 account. These applications are part of the port library for FreeBSD.

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Spam Relay Protection

Freedom servers come with Sendmail 8.11 including spam relay protection to protect you from having unwanted or bulk e-mail sent through your domain.

There are two types of relay protection included:

1. Standard anti-relay and anti-spam. Includes a default configuration, which prevents others from using your server as a mail relay unless they first authenticate via POP or IMAP (verifying that they are a valid user).
2. Advanced anti-relay and anti-spam with RBL. This is the same as the Standard option, but also rejects mail from sources identified as spammers or spam relayers, according to the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) maintained by MAPS.

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SQL Server

SQL is a high-end database system capable of hundreds of thousands of transactions per day. If coded to handle site traffic properly, databases can make your site both interactive and information-intensive. NewERAnet recommends that you use Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers if you have a database-intensive or e-commerce-enabled Web site, or any site that cannot tolerate downtime. Access to these servers are included in our Advantage Web Hosting plans and higher.

Web sites that use Access/FoxPro/Jet Databases do not scale well under heavy traffic conditions, potentially resulting in a server crash if combined with insufficient programming statements. NewERAnet provides an online tutorial on how to convert your Access/FoxPro/Jet application to SQL Server. Although thousands of customers currently use Access/FoxPro/Jet Web sites at NewERAnet without any performance issues, we provide MSSQL as a solution for those customers who desire an alternative or whose site traffic necessitates taking their site to the next level of performance.

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Additional SQL Options

Additional SQL Storage
$10 per month for 10 additional MB of storage

Additional SQL Database
NewERAnet allows up to 2 SQL databases if you are on a Business, ColdFusion, or Ultimate hosting plan.
$15 per month for the additional database plus $25 setup fee for 50MB of space.

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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

Assure your site visitors their private information is secure with an SSL certificate. SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, enables secure online business by encrypting your customers' credit card numbers and any other confidential information that may be transmitted to and from your site. When your Web page has an SSL certificate, your page will show a small gold lock or key in the lower-right-hand side of your browser.

VeriSign SSL
If your site relies on e-commerce functionality, a VeriSign SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate provides globally recognized assurance that your site can be trusted with customers' private information. VeriSign, having pioneered this technology, is the world's leading provider of SSL certificates.

VeriSign SSL Pricing:	1 year	2 year	1 year renewal
VeriSign SSL	$350	$598	$250
International SSL	$450	$798	$350

See Also: VeriSign SSL Encryption, VeriSign Authentication Service, VeriSign Secure Site Seal, VeriSign NetSure, VeriSign Payment Services

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Storage, Hard Disk

Disk storage space refers to the amount of server disk storage specifically allocated to your account. Each of our plans includes a specified allotment of disk storage space; additional space can be purchased for any account.

Additional virtual disk space is $25 per month for 50 additional MB of storage.

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Streaming Media

Streaming Media makes CD-quality audio and near-broadcast-quality video available in real time to homes, businesses, and PDAs worldwide, effectively changing the way we conduct meetings, experience news, listen to the radio, and watch movies. There is no file to download or take up space on the user's hard drive, resulting in a streamlined format that allows truly interactive, on-demand media.

With streaming media, the beginning of the file is downloaded and begins playing while the rest of the file is downloading. This alleviates the aggravation of waiting minutes, or even hours, for audio or video files to download. Video and audio can now be experienced as they are happening, allowing for virtual meetings, international broadcasts, and free or pay-per-stream live events. Streaming media can also be used to transmit pre-recorded media files on demand from a server.

NewERAnet offers streaming media from two companies at the forefront of streaming technology:

Microsoft Windows Media
Windows Media, Microsoft's set of digital media components and features for personal computers and consumer appliances, can deliver high-quality digital media across the Internet and corporate intranets. Its innovative digital media platform enables you to develop powerful applications, create high-quality multimedia content, and reliably distribute your content. Microsoft's incorporation of Windows Media Player into the Windows operating system creates a wide user base for this format.

Real Media
With the release of the first RealPlayer in 1995, RealNetworks became one of the true innovators of streaming media. The current versions of the widely-used RealPlayer, RealServer and RealJukebox incorporate SMIL and Macromedia Flash to create a more interactive user experience.

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Additional Streaming Media

NewERAnet allows up to 100MB of Storage per 5 concurrent streams for each customer's uploaded files.
$20 per month for 5 additional streams

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Telnet Access (Linux only)

Telnet access is an Internet program for connecting to a remote host or server. The Telnet interface is text-based and a user usually has to enter their logon name and password before gaining access to the system. Although Telnet is primarily used to access online databases, other things that can be done with Telnet access include checking e-mail, downloading programs, and chatting with other Telnet users. It is also possible to Telnet via your Web browser by changing the http:// to telnet:// and entering the site address.

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Telnet/SSH Access

Telnet access is available on your Freedom server. Telnet is a popular means of connecting to a server, but is not the most secure method.

SSH is the preferred method to access a Freedom server. SSH (Secure SHell), which provides a much higher level of security for communication. SSH implements strong cryptographic algorithms to encrypt your communication with your server, preventing malicious users on the Internet from being able to read the data being passed between you and your server.

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Transfer, Monthly

Any outbound traffic from a Web site, with the exception of e-mail, is considered data transfer. For example, data is transferred every time a Web page is loaded. The amount of data transferred is also affected by the size of the Web pages and the number of visitors to the site.

Each of our plans includes a generous amount of free data transfer that should be more than enough for most sites. In fact, 98% to 99% of our customers operate within their free data transfer allowance. However, if your site begins to exceed the data transfer allotted by your hosting plan, you may want to consider purchasing additional blocks of bandwidth.

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Unlimited FTP Updates

Never worry about timing the changes you make to your Web site. NewERAnet doesn't place restrictions on the number of times or the time of day you update your Web site.

FTP traffic does count toward your total monthly bandwidth transfer. If your site begins to exceed the data transfer allotted by your hosting plan, you may want to consider purchasing additional blocks of bandwidth.

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Unlimited Mail Forwarding

NewERAnet offers e-mail forwarding, which allows you to have custom e-mail addresses forward mail to already-existing accounts.

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Unlimited E-mail Aliases

An alias account is a type of e-mail "pointer" that receives e-mail at a specified address and redirects it to another mailbox. For example, you can create a "sales" alias that redirects all e-mail addressed to sales@yourdomain.com to one or more valid e-mail addresses, even if they are not located on your server. You can add or update alias accounts through your Freedom server's Web-based control panel.

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Unrestricted number of E-mail accounts

Every Freedom product comes with an unrestricted number of e-mail accounts. You can add and delete e-mail accounts whenever needed. While there is no restriction to the number of e-mail accounts you can set up, the space available to store e-mail on your Freedom server could eventually restrict the number of users that can receive e-mail.

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VeriSign 40-bit SSL Encryption

The Server ID included with your Site Trust service enables visitors to verify your site's authenticity and to communicate with it securely via state-of-the-art SSL encryption, which protects confidential information from interception and hacking.

40-bit SSL (Secure Server) IDs, included with Secure Site, are ideal for security-sensitive intranets, extranets, and Web sites. They enable 40-bit SSL when communicating with export-version Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers, used by most people in the U.S. and worldwide. You must use one SSL Server ID per domain name per server. 40-bit SSL (Secure Server) IDs run on virtually all server software platforms.

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VeriSign Authentication Service

A Server ID from VeriSign provides the ultimate in credibility for your online business. You can be confident that each VeriSign ID you purchase is backed by the most reliable and secure operations infrastructure and comprehensive security, trust, and authentication practices. Our authentication procedures have withstood the most rigorous scrutiny from independent third-party auditors. In fact, VeriSign was the first Certificate Authority in the world to have passed an extensive independent SAS 70 Type II audit by KPMG, the global accounting and consulting firm. (The Statement of Auditing Standard 70, SAS 70, was established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to certify trusted practices.)

VeriSign Secure Site Seal

Display the #1 trust brand on the Internet to give your customers the confidence to communicate and transact business with your site. The Seal allows your visitors to check your Server ID's information and status in real time, and provides additional protection against the misuse of revoked and expired certificates.

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VeriSign NetSure¨ Protection

For your peace of mind, Commerce Site Services are backed by the NetSure Protection Plan. NetSure is an extended warranty program that protects VeriSign Server ID customers against economic loss resulting from the theft, corruption, impersonation, or loss of use of a certificate. (NetSure is backed by Lloyd's of London one of the world's largest, A-rated insurance companies.) Learn more about NetSure.

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Virtual Hosting

Our virtual hosting technology allows you to house multiple domains on your server. You can create separate directories and map separate domain names (virtual hosts) to each directory. You can also set up separate log files, CGI-BIN directories, user names, passwords, POP accounts, and much more for each of your virtual hosts.

You can take advantage of this technology by selling space to smaller virtual hosts, in effect becoming your own Virtual ISP, with total control of your virtual server's configuration files, Web server, mail server, FTP server, CGI-BIN, and Telnet access.

The charge for a virtual host is a one-time $20 DNS setup fee. Contact NewERAnet sales to add virtual hosts to your Freedom account.

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Virtual Hosting Allotment

You may use your Freedom account to host multiple domains and Web sites. Each Freedom account comes with a predetermined allotment of virtual hosts based on the size and performance of that hosting package. If you would like to host more domains than your hosting package allows, you may do so for an additional $5/month + the standard one-time setup fee of $20 for each domain beyond your allotment.

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Web-Based Control Panel

NewERAnet's Web-based control panel allows you to administer several functions of our server from your Web browser. You can add and delete users and e-mail accounts, install software applications, and much more through this interface.

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WebTrends Reporting

NewERAnet offers WebTrends reporting to customers on all shared hosting plans. WebTrends will analyze the log files of a Web server and give you a report of site activity. With WebTrends, NewERAnet can provide daily, weekly, or monthly reports on the previous 30 days of site traffic and maintain log files for the previous 60 days. Customers will be able to use a browser or FTP client to download your site's old log files. Please note that NewERAnet cannot guarantee the accuracy of WebTrends results and does not recommend billing or similar functions based on WebTrends data.

See Also: Access Log, Access to raw log files

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Windows Media Server

NewERAnet supports your streaming media created for Windows Media Player. Streaming is beneficial for audio and video because it reduces wait times for viewing files.

See also: Streaming Media

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Windows Networking Client Support (SAMBA)

Using SAMBA, you can actually map your Web server's file system as a network drive. This feature allows you to drag and drop files back and forth between your desktop and your server, as well as manage your file system all with the click of a mouse.

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Your Own Domain Name and IP

You can use your own unique address (www.yourdomainname.com) on your NewERAnet hosting account. IP Address. Each Freedom account comes with one IP address.

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What Is Web Hosting?

Web hosting allows your Web site to be connected to the Internet at high speed via a Web server so its information can be viewed globally through a browser. Metaphorically speaking, renting space on a server is comparable to renting an apartment. For a monthly fee, you reside in that apartment, and all maintenance is the responsibility of the property. You also have access to certain amenities that would otherwise be a costly investment. A Web hosting company houses your Web site on its own secure servers, enabling you to affordably leverage the power of a high-speed network, 24/7 expert monitoring and support, and state-of-the-art technology.

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Why should my company be on the World Wide Web?

Exposure to potential and current customers is vital to any business. Businesses are constantly striving to find more effective and efficient ways to reach these people. How better to serve your customers than to give them 24 hour access to information on current and future products, any time they need it! Not only can you keep your customers informed but they can keep you informed. With a simple click of a button they can send you instant feedback, letting you know what they want, what they need, and how you can better serve them.

Potential customers from your local area, or any part of the world, can find YOU. As they point and click their way through lists of companies in your particular business, you get your opportunity to take them for a tour of your company, complete with pictures, sounds, and video clips.

Having on-line searchable catalogs is probably the hottest aspect of having a Web presence. Your entire catalog, real estate portfolio, car inventory, etc., can be accessible from your Home Page, with descriptions, prices, maps, and other pertinent information that you wish to share. Customers no longer have to wait for a catalog to arrive in the mail to begin the buying process. The amount saved in postage alone can be substantial.

Many companies include employment opportunities on their Web Page, to bypass the sometimes expensive fees charged by employment agencies.

For as little as a cup of coffee a day, these opportunities cannot be passed up!

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Why should my organization be on the World Wide Web?

As with any organization, your club, society or other group has meetings and probably a newsletter, or some form of correspondence that it publishes. Placing this information on your organization's Web Page gives your members round the clock access to your most current meeting schedules, club events, and newsletters. Old newsletters can be archived for instant retrieval, giving potential new members, the community, and sponsors, the means to find out more about your organization.

Members can sign up for events by simply entering the information into an easy to use form, or by directly e-mailing you from the Web Page. New members can request more information, or even apply for membership directly over the Internet. We handle getting this information to you. You can spend more time participating in organization activities, and spend less time performing administration functions.

You can give members instant access to other information resources related to your organization by setting up a HYPER-LINK on your Web Pages. These can be to other web pages, FTP sites, or databases available anywhere on the Internet, to name a few.

With NewERAnet's competitive pricing, this can be accomplished even within the confines of the tightest budget.

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Why should I have my own Personal Web Page?

The reasons are endless, limited only by the imagination. Personal Pages are a growing part of the World Wide Web. Most commonly people use Personal Web Pages to promote a certain interest or talent that they have. Do you have a home business that needs advertising? Would you like to keep your resume available for interested employers? Maybe you collect coins and you would like to actively trade them, or contact others about their coin collections. Maybe you would like to start an information base for your family where you can make important announcements to them. You could show off your new granddaughter's picture this month, announce a family reunion next month, and create a special birthday announcement the next. Maybe you are looking for that special person. Someone that shares your interests and life styles. This happens everyday, and the cost is surprisingly low.

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What is involved in publishing a Web site?

1. Register Your Domain Name
   The Web address you type into your browser to pull up a specific Web site is called its domain name, which is distributed through an Internet address registrar. Because thousands of Web sites are being published to the Internet on a weekly basis, it is important to register your domain name before you start to design your site, as the name you select may determine its look and feel. Because of NewERAnet's relationship with Network Solutions, the leading domain name registrar, we can now handle the registration process internally from start to finish, helping you choose a name to fit your business needs, and then processing and transmitting the request.
   
   
2. Design Your Web Site
   Once you have selected your domain name, the next step is deciding if you want your site designed professionally, or if you want to do it yourself with a Web site creation tool.
   
   
3. Host Your Web Site
   As soon as your site is designed, you need to choose a Web hosting company like NewERAnet to connect it to the Internet. NewERAnet combines state-of-the-art technology, unparalleled breadth of service, strategic partnerships, and top industry professionals to provide you with affordable Microsoft Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux hosting solutions. Whether your business is looking to publish its first Web site or to enhance its Web presence with a database-driven, sophisticated e-commerce storefront, NewERAnet offers a hosting plan to fit your needs.
   
   
4. Market Your Web Site
   Once you have your business online, the next step is driving traffic to your Web site. NewERAnet has made site promotion easy and efficient through MarketBooster, a comprehensive offering of strategic online marketing tools for anyone looking to enhance their Web presence. This service suite enables you to combat common challenges associated with Internet marketing, while giving you the resources necessary to get your site ranked within the top-30 listings of major search engines.
   
   
5. Add Advanced Functionality to Your Site as Needed
   As your Web site grows in complexity, NewERAnet's scalable solutions can easily be upgraded to provide additional capacity and functionality. Whether you want to start selling your products online or move your site to its own server to enhance performance, NewERAnet will provide you with the resources to make your Web business a success.

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Why Outsource?

With the Internet and e-commerce becoming ever more important to business success, the connection a company makes to the Web and the way it's maintained and managed can become a major success factor – or a major liability.

Making the decision to establish a Web presence isn't even an issue for most businesses these days. Companies are expected to be accessible via the Web. In fact, for many companies a Web presence isn't just nice, it's mission-critical, and the decision is more likely to be whether to implement a Web site in-house or outsource it to a total Web solutions provider.

Success in the Web arena – whether for information, marketing or more complicated e-commerce applications – requires an implementation strategy that does more than just ensure a Web presence. It also has to ensure that the site will be up to date, open for business, and responsive to customers and business partners 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

An unreliable Internet connection or a limited network can be a disaster when mission-critical business is directed to the Web. If your Web site isn't available when your customers or your business partners need it to be, or if it can't handle increases in demand effectively, your company can lose both time and money and possibly damage your reputation.

Determining how to approach development and ongoing operation of a business Web site presents challenges – and the choices you make can directly impact your bottom line. The more you know about the issues involved in in-house implementations and outsourced approaches, the better prepared you'll be to make the right decision for your business.

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Why should I choose NewERAnet?

Service
Service is, and will always be, truly our highest priority. Every customer big or small is important to us. For your convenience we make our Contact Us page easily accessible on every page. We respond promptly to all support issues because, being customers ourselves, we know the importance of resolving a question or problem quickly. We find that e-mail works best for our customers because there is no waiting on your part. You can send us e-mail and you are free to go about your other necessary activities. We can receive the e-mail, do the necessary research, and return the e-mail or give you a call if that is the best solution.

Price
We go to great efforts to keep our business running as efficiently and effectively as possible. We cut every corner possible to keep our costs down so that we can pass the savings on to you. We will, however, not cut any corner that we feel effects our service to you. Our price and service packages are, and will continue to be, of the most competitive on the market.

Innovation
We are always testing and researching new ideas and services that will be of value to you. This is an ongoing process. We are very aware that the Internet is a fast changing environment, with new innovations each day. We will be on the leading edge to provide these services to you. Visit our site, and our customer web sites frequently. We are constantly adding to, and improving them.

We Listen!
Please feel free to send us feedback at any time. We look forward to feedback from you. This is very important to us and your suggestions and opinions will be listened to.

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Which operating system is best for me?

Microsoft Windows
If you are developing your site using Microsoft-based tools, including FrontPage, Visual InterDev, Microsoft Office Extensions, Microsoft Office 2000 Collaboration, Access databases, or MSSQL databases, NewERAnet recommends you host your site on a Windows 2000 server.

Windows 2000 is the operating system of choice for e-business enterprises and e-commerce Web sites with heavy Internet traffic and mission-critical information. By providing heightened reliability, performance, and security, Windows 2000 affords the necessary resources for developing and growing your Web presence. With enhanced features such as Active Directory and Distributed Security, Windows 2000 offers consistency, easy management and performance for Internet computing.

• Active Directory, an adaptive directory service that allows for a high degree of customer modification, enables organizations to efficiently share and manage information about network resources and users.
• Distributed Security provides scalable, flexible account management for large domains with fine-grain access control and delegation of administration.

Red Hat Linux
For all other uses, we recommend hosting your site on a Red Hat Linux server, a UNIX-based operating system.

Red Hat Linux, a UNIX-based operating system, enjoys a widespread popularity among those seeking an Intel-based UNIX solution. Linux works on almost every kind of computer, providing a robust platform for a wide variety of applications. Some of the features included are true multi-tasking, virtual memory, the world's fastest TCP/IP drivers, shared libraries, and multi-user capabilities.

Designed from the ground up with networking as its foundation, UNIX was at the core of early Internet development, and it remains there today.

Note: You can use either server platform regardless of the operating system on your computer or network.

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Domain Name Registration Tips

Looking for the perfect domain name to define your presence on the Web? Here are some guidelines to consider when choosing the best name for your needs.

1. Select an appropriate name for your site.
If you are creating a Web site for your business, choose a domain name that evokes what you want your online presence to accomplish. As a first choice, try to match your business name with your site.

2. Keep the name short, but not too short.
Shorter names can be easier to remember, but only up to a point. Be careful not to abbreviate your name so much that it becomes generic or unrecognizable as having anything to do with your business. Focus on one or two words in your name that have the most impact, and work your abbreviations around those words.

3. Make it catchy.
The most successful companies on the Internet have catchy names that are easy to remember. The easier your domain name is to remember or the more fun it is to say, the more people will talk about it. Word of mouth is still one of the most cost-effective ways to boost site traffic.

4. Consider registering other similar names.
Protect your identity! If you are registering a .com address for your business, secure the .net and .org versions as well to keep them out of the hands of competitors. You may also want to consider securing similar-looking addresses that contain alternate spellings of your name or common typos. Many companies also discourage slanderous sites by registering "MyBusinessBites.com" or similar disparaging names. Those whose sites reach an international audience may want to register their domain with various country code top-level domains. Minimize missed clicks by pointing all of these domains to your site.

5. If possible, put a keyword in your domain name.
For an online flower shop, having the word "flowers" in the domain name may help boost your site's rankings on search engines and directories. On the other hand, if squeezing in a keyword causes your domain name to go against tips 1-3 above, you may want to reconsider.

6. Try to register the .com version first.
When people look for your site on the Web, they are likely to first try your company name with the .com suffix. "Dot-com" has become almost synonymous with e-commerce, and that is not likely to change soon.

7. Don't forget the other top-level domains.
If you have a domain in mind that is immediately recognizable as your company's name, but the .com, .net, or .org versions aren't available, try the new top-level domains .biz, and .info. Alternately, you could register it using .cc, .tv, or another country code top-level domain.

8. Hyphens can help you get the name you want.
Hyphenating a multi-word domain name can help if the unhyphenated version is unavailable. Those searching for your site on the Web may find the hyphens less logical, but on the other hand, having the separated keywords in your domain name can help you in the search engines.

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