Active Server Pages:

Active Server Pages (ASP) technology allows HTML pages to contain complex scripts that are executed at the server. This allows for dynamic pages to be created from data retrieved from databases or any other resources available to the server. You can write your own ASP scripts and execute them from your cgi-bin directory.

Audio/Video HTTP Streaming:

Audio/Video enables your web site to play prerecorded sound, video & animated files over the Internet using http protocol.

Autoresponder:

An autoresponder is a feature that allows you to generate automatic customized responses whenever a specific email address receives an email. Typically, this feature is used by people when they are away, notifying the sender of an email that the recipient is away and will be back on a specified date. Alternatively, it can be used as a business tool to send specific responses with information, such as pricing information if a customer sends an email to a specific address, i.e. sales@yourdomain.com.

CGI-BIN Access:

All SiteDirections.com web accounts come with full access to their own cgi-bin directory. Your web site can be fully interactive by using the power of custom programs executed from your cgi-bin directory.

Data Source Name (DSN):

DSN stands for Data Source Name. Data Source can be a database, spreadsheet, text file etc. We assign DSN to a data source so that irrespective of the data source details and location, we can use that data source; add, modify or delete records, just by knowing its DSN.

Data Transfer (Bandwidth)

All activity served from your website constitutes data transfer. For example, every time a web page, image, midi file, mpeg video, email, etc. is loaded or transferred from or to a server, data transfer is generated. All Shared and Dedicated hosting plans include a specific amount of data transfer according to each individual plan.

Domain Aliasing:

This feature allows you to have multiple domain names pointed to a different domain, i.e. www.newdomain.com can redirect customers to www.primary.com. This redirection is entirely performed at the DNS-level, and does not involve any kind of CGI script. It's fast, reliable and will work with any type of web browser. And, because this feature is implemented at the DNS-level, all FTP and email addresses associated with your alias will also be redirected as well.

Domain Name Registration:

If you would like to have your own unique web address, we can register your domain name (e.g. www.yourcompany.com) with OpenSRS or Network Solutions. If you are transferring a domain name, you will be responsible for contacting the appropriate registrar to coordinate the transfer. All new Domain Name registration fees will be billed to you separately by SiteDirections.com. Domain registration fees start from US $19.95 for a one year term (.com, .net, .org), while other TLDs (.ca, .us, .info) are priced individually. Registration does not confer immunity from any third-party concerns regarding the use or registration of the domain name.

Directory Aliasing:

If you want different domain names to point to different directories of your web site, then you need DIR Aliasing. For DIR aliases, we assign a unique IP address and create a folder in your root directory, as the home directory of the DIR Alias. FTP connections and emails are routed to your main domain.

Example: http://www.newdomain.com points to http://www.primary.com/newdomain
Emails sent to anyone@newdomain.com is routed to anyone@primary.com

Email Alias

With a virtual domain comes email aliasing. All email addressed to anything@yourdomain.com will be delivered to your email box. You can use this feature to provide your customers with a variety of addresses to send their email to, which in turn could help you sort out your incoming messages. You could have info@yourdomain.com for general questions, sales@yourdomain.com for orders and more.

Email Forwarding:

The email forwarding feature enables you to forward emails sent from various addresses to one specific email box.

Mailing List

Mailing lists provide users with an effective and efficient method of communicating with a number of people in an email environment. Whenever an email is sent to a mailing list address, it is immediately forwarded to all members of that list. The member list is maintained by the moderator of the list. A mailing list is a great way for turning email into a public forum or business tool.

Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002:

Microsoft® FrontPage® helps you easily create and manage professional-quality websites without programming. Both new users and web development professionals will enjoy the ease in building and maintaining high-quality web sites in very little time. SiteDirections provides FrontPage® extensions free of charge in its Basic, Professional, Corporate and Enterprise Shared Hosting plans.*

*FrontPage® Extensions are not available on Email Hosting plans.

Microsoft® FrontPage® Extensions:

Microsoft® FrontPage® extensions allow you to connect to your Server directly with your FrontPage® client and make the creation and maintenance of your Server much easier. They also allow you to use special FrontPage® Bots, which can greatly enhance the functionality of your Web pages.

When signing up for your account, Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002 extensions are included and enabled free of charge in our Basic, Professional, Corporate and Enterprise Shared Hosting plans.*

*FrontPage® Extensions are not available on Email Hosting plans.

POP3 Email Account:

With POP3 email accounts, you can retrieve all emails addressed to your domain on our server. With multiple POP3 email boxes, you can have multiple addresses, such as yourname@yourdomain.com and yourfriendsname@yourdomain.com. You may also set up addresses for members of your staff, or divisions within your company, such as accounting@yourdomain.com or support@yourdomain.com.

Redundant Internet Connection:

SiteDirections is comprised of 3 Major Tier 1 backbone providers: Level 3 and EPIK, and Time Warner at DS3 - Gig Ethernet.  Meaning, we have roughly 3096 Mbs connection directly to the internet.  Once connected to our network we have redundant firewalls and Cisco routers.

Built from the ground up utilizing all the latest redundancy features like: Diesel Generators, DC batteries to provide conditioned power to the IP floor. Our redundant Cisco routers utilize BGP4 protocol to provide redundant service through our multiple providers.   All of our servers utilize RAID for maximum data availability. All systems are backed up through a daily, weekly and incremental offsite- backup system.

Secure Web Site (SSL):

For security and privacy, all of our customers can take advantage of our Shared Secure Socket Layer (SSL) service. By using this service, personal data such as credit card information transmitted through a secure (SSL) form will be fully encrypted en route to our secure server. For enhanced security, SiteDirections can also install your own personalized SSL certificate.

SMTP Service

Email is sent using an SMTP mail server. SiteDirections provides a free Outgoing SMTP service that allows you to send email through 'smtp.yourdomain.com'. In order for SMTP to function, each user account will need to activate Outgoing SMTP. This can be done from the Email Management section in the Control Panel. You can log into your Control Panel at http://www.SiteDirections.com

Sub Domain:

A sub-domain is very similar to Directory Aliasing (DIR Aliasing), except that instead of www.newdomain.com pointing to www.primary.com/newdomain, www.newdomain.primary.com will point to www.primary.com/newdomain. The difference is that you do not need another domain name. This allows you to select a sub-domain that will act as a prefix on your existing domain. For all sub-domains we will assign another IP address and directory in your domain to be used as the home directory of your sub-domain's web site.

NOTE: Sub-domains are very popular in situations where a customer is hosting multiple applications under one domain, i.e. Web Hosting, Microsoft® SharePoint™, SQL, Microsoft® Exchange Server, etc. In this example, it would be advisable for the customer to have multiple sub-domains, i.e. www.SiteDirections.com, spt.SiteDirections.com, exchange.SiteDirections.com, sql.SiteDirections.com, etc.

Web Site Statistics:

A number of commercially available web statistic analyzers exist in the market that will allow you to take standard web server log files and produce graphical reports. SiteDirections provides customers with the option of using one which is provided, or one of their own.