Virtual Hosting is where multiple web sites (www.anyname.com) are served off
the same physical server. This saves each customer from purchasing their own
expensive server, performing the setup and providing the appropriate
environment. This is the most common method of hosting sites of small to medium
size with light to moderate traffic.
Bandwidth is the amount of data moved between your site and the browsers of
the customer's accessing your site. It is typically measured in Gigabits.
1 GB is roughly
equal to about 45,000 page views per month.
No. We do not offer packages with unlimited bandwidth primarily because there is no such thing. Any one that promises that is not telling the truth. Somewhere in their terms and conditions are probably some words referring to "excessive use of resources", and in effect these place some arbitrary limit on your bandwidth. We set limits to both protect you and to provide you with a reliable service.
Note: If you exceed your bandwidth quota, you will be invoiced for the additional usage. You can monitor your bandwidth usage in your Control Panel.
We support all domains, including foreign domains.
Domain Registration, Renewal, and Transfers can
be ordered on the Order Form,
however this is a separate charge from hosting.
You may use any credit
card to order domain names.
If you order monthly service you will initially be charged for the first month when you sign up. You will be billed each month through PayPal
Back to Top Yes. You will have access to your account 24 hours a day. Yes, we do offer Front Page2002 extensions. You can request installation when you open your account. If you want to remove and/or add
Front Page extensions to your account after you have already opened the account,
you can submit a request by sending an email to
support@webhostingpod.com or you can do it yourself in
C-Panel. To upgrade or downgrade your account, send an email to
billing@webhostingpod.com. Just specify what plan you want to change
from/to or other services you would like changed.. You may grow at whatever pace you like. All options can be added or removed
at any time. No. Please see our
terms and conditions page for acceptable and unacceptable
content. Our network consists of redundant Gigabit
Ethernet connections (duel Gig-E) to
provide a high-availability platform for all business needs
Currently there is a full 2000 mbps (2GiG-E connections) supplying our Data
Center. In OC fiber line terms that’s close to 3- OC-12 lines and 1- OC-3
line.
Our servers are
Duel Intel Pentium IIIs
1Ghz or faster high-speed SCSI or
IDE drives Our servers are located in a 10,000 sq. ft. facility with 5,000 sq. ft. of Raised floor space
in Greenwood Village, Colorado. There they are monitored 24x7x365, in a
data center environment that provides CGI, Common Gateway Interface, includes programs that run on
the server to enhance the quality and functionality of a web site. There are
many resources on-line that allow the downloading of free cgi scripts. Do you allow CGI to run on your servers?
Why do you use only PayPal for payment??
Web Hosting Pod uses PayPal for payments simply because the merchant fees are much less than a merchant account!
PayPal allows you to send money for FREE using a credit card or checking account!
PayPal service is available in 38 countries including the
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How soon will my account be set up and ready to use?
Your account will be setup within 24 hours of receiving payment. You will
receive an email with your account information, IP address, user name and
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Is my access 24 hours a day?
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Do you have Front-Page extensions?
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I want to change my account plan. How do I upgrade / downgrade my account?
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Can we add services as we grow and need them?
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Does Web Hosting Pod allow adult, warez or other illicit sites or content?
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What are your Network Connections?
What is your server environment?
3.6 Gig of Ram or more .
Operating System: Red Hat Linux
running Apache Web Server.
Featuring RAID5,
PHP,
MySQL, Perl,
Zlib,
Python, CPanel .
Where are your servers located?
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What is CGI?
We do allow running of cgi scripts on the
servers, however they must conform to our
acceptable
server resource usage policy. If we deem that a script is using an excessive
amount of server resources, it will be disabled.
Secure Socket Layers provide a means for submitting encrypted data via the web. SSL works based upon a public key / certificate system. As data is transmitted it is encrypted into 40 bit encryption and the web server then decrypts the data once it is transmitted. In the rare occasion that the data was stolen during the transmission process the only data that they would be able to access would be encrypted which means that viewing it would show nothing but letters, numbers, and symbols randomly mixed.
How does SSL work?
In order for this process to work without many warning messages from IE and Netscape about possible security hazards a certificate must be obtained from a trusted source. Certificates are good for one domain name.
How do I add this feature?
Web Hosting Pod has added a secure certificate to all of our Virtual Servers that is free for any account on the server to use. Using the feature is just a matter of using the secure link to the web page you want secured.
If you would like to have your own certificate installed so that customers can navigate your site via https://www.yourdomain.com, you will have to purchase your own certificate. For Virtual Accounts, you will need to request us to generate a key and install it on the server.
Once the key is generated, you will need to request the certificate from a trusted source, e.g. Thawte or VeriSign.
NOTE: We do charge a fee for installing the certificate. We can also handle the purchase of your certificate and installation for you. (see Optional Add-Ons for fees)
Server Side Includes
When using a UNIX system it is sometimes necessary to enable certain HTML files executable for the purpose of using SSI. Server Side Includes are often used to run a cgi script. An include is called with an example such as this: After you insert your include, you must mark the HTML file as executable so the server will parse the file. This is done using one of two options.
1.) Renaming the file to .shtml: On our server any file name .shtml will be parsed. So instead of having an index.html file, you would name it index.shtml. This is the easiest way of enabling includes.
2.) CHMODing the file to 777: With CHMOD 777 you can also mark a file as executable. It is important to only make the files which you want parsed executable. This poses certain security issues, as well as a strain on our resources, as the processor has to work harder to parse a file.
Reasons for Using SSI
SSI is often used to include something into an HTML page. You can insert the contents of one HTML page into another page. An example of a practical usage for this would be to include your e-mail address at the bottom of each page. If you do this as an include, then when your e-mail address changes, you will only have to update it on one page and not your entire web site. Another usage is to call cgi scripts into action. Many counters, clocks, and other scripts are called using SSI. The command used will most likely be provided in the documentation of your cgi script.
cPanel is a fully-featured web-based control panel that allows you to manage your domain through a web interface. The idea is to transfer as much of the control and responsibility of managing your web site to you. You have the ability to manage all aspects of email, files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web site statistics.
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