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Core Features

2 GB Disk Space

Disk space is the amount of space that is utilized on the servers. For example, if you uploaded ten 50MB files, you will have used 500MB of disk space.
50 GB data transfer limit

Data transfer occurs when information is downloaded from your web site. For instance, if you have one web page with five images on the page, each image must be downloaded so that your visitor can view the page. This is why it is important to optimize media-rich sites so that bandwidth is not wasted. Web sites that have high-quality images and movies for download require more bandwidth, whereas informational sites that mainly just have text hardly use up any bandwidth. However, this figure also depends on how much traffic, or hits, your site receives per month.
Hosting for 1 domain name (DNS Included)

Hosting for one domain is included. If you have other domains, you can use domain forwarding to redirect them into your main site.
Dedicated IP

Your web site will be isolated from other sites by living on its own IP address. It is believed by many search engine optimization experts that it is a red flag to search engines if multiple sites live on one IP address, potentially hurting your page rankings.
1 domain forward (DNS included)

Hosting for one domain is included. If you have other domains, you can use domain forwarding to redirect them into your main site.
2 subdomains

If you have additional domains registered and wish for them to redirect to your main domain, you can use this service. Additional domains can be aliased at $2.00/month.
1 HTML Update

If you need a simple HTML change to your site, we'll take care of it for you! Please note that this does not include image modifications, and should not exceed 15 minutes of editing time per credited edit.
Shared SSL

If you're just starting up or don't wish to purchase your own SSL certificate, we can provide you access to https://secure.acceleration.net/your_username/, allowing you to accept data securely.
Customizable Error Pages

Configure your own custom error pages to present to your visitors in the event they reach a page that no longer exists.
Multiple Site Discounts

We provide discounts to those that host multiple websites with us. We apply a 5% discount for 2-4 sites, and 10% for 5 and above. Additionally, we offer a $99/web site deal for 5 or more sites if you wish to prepay.
E-mail and Phone Support

As with all Acceleration services, we provide excellent e-mail and phone support. Already have a question? Give us a call at (800) 655-6505 or send an e-mail to support@acceleration.net!

Mail Services

16 mailboxes

Mailboxes are accounts that store mail on your domain. For instance, if your domain was wonderfulwebwidgets.com, one mailbox could be named sales@wonderfulwebwidgets.com, and another could be info@wonderfulwebwidgets.com, for a total of 2 used mailboxes.
- 500 MB storage limit per mailbox
  
  This is the amount of mail storage each individual mailbox is allowed to use.
- 1000 outbound e-mails per day per mailbox
  
  This is the amount of e-mail messages that can be sent out per day. Each recipient is counted as one increment.
- 100 MB sending/receiving attachment size limit
  
  The size of attachments you are allowed to send or receive via e-mail.
- POP3, IMAP, and SMTP protocols supported
  
  POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3) is a protocol which allows for e-mail clients such as Outlook to download messages.
  
  Internet Message Access Protocol, or IMAP for short, is a protocol which allows e-mail clients such as Outlook to read mail stored on a mail server. The advantage IMAP has over POP3 is that you can keep your mail stored in a central location, along with folders, on the mail server.
  
  SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) is a protocol which allows for e-mail to be sent from one computer to another.
WebMail (encrypted with SSL)

WebMail is browser-based interface that allows you to check your e-mail from any location that has internet access.
Mailing list support

Mailing lists allow for people to collaborate via e-mail to a group of subscribers on the list. You can also use a mailing list to send out newsletters, just by sending one e-mail message to the mailing list address, which will send the message off to all subscribers of your mailing list.
Management Control Panel

Manage mailboxes for your domain with our mail management control panel. Adding, removing, and modifying accounts will be easily available to you.
Domain and single-user aliasing

If you'd like to have one mailbox honor multiple aliased names, you can use this feature. For example, if you have the mailbox sales@wonderfulwebwidgets.com, you can create aliases 'onlinesales' and 'salesdepartment' for the mailbox, and people attempting to e-mail either of the three names will have mail delivered into the sales@wonderfulwebwidgets.com mailbox.
Content filtering options

This powerful system allows you to accept, reject, or delete e-mails that fit certain criteria.
Anti-spam options

We have several anti-spam options available. You can either have messages that appear to be spam have the subject line tagged with "[Spam]" in the subject line, reject messages that appear to be spam, or have messages placed into a Spam folder.
Auto-responder support

Going out of town on a vacation or business trip for a while, or just want an automated response when someone e-mails a mailbox? Setup an auto-responder! Flexibility options include how often to respond, only if the message is to that mailbox (does not trigger for carbon-copied messages), and if the e-mail is received within a certain date range.
Catch-all support

A catch-all account is an account that is configured to store any e-mail that was destined for an address that does not exist. For instance, if you have a catch-all account of all@wonderfulwebwidgets.com configured, and someone tries to send to saless@wonderfulwebwidgets.com but the account doesn't exist, mail will be placed in the all@wonderfulwebwidgets.com account.

Web Traffic Analysis

AWStats log analyzer

AWStats is a powerful tool that generates advanced web statistics that are easy to analyze. AWStats allows you to view how many visitors each month are visiting your web site, what pages are the most popular, which keywords in search engines are bringing visitors to your site, and from which country they're viewing from.
Log files

Log files are the files that the web server generates when people visit your website. If you have your own log file analysis software, you can load your raw log files into the software and generate reports.

Programming Languages

ASP

Active Server Pages, or ASP, is a server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages.
Microsoft.NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 & 4.0

Microsoft .NET is a framework that allows developers to utilize pre-coded solutions to generate applications quickly. Most web-based applications are written in the ASP.NET framework, which is part of Microsoft's .NET platform. We support both .NET version 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5.
Perl

Perl is a dynamic programming language first released in 1987. It is a very poweful language, but not used as much now for creating web-based applications as other languages such as ASP.NET and PHP are geared more towards web applications.
PHP

PHP is a programming language designed for producing dynamic web pages. PHP supports a large number of components, allowing you to program things like accessing a database, image manipulations, and sending e-mails.
Python

Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that is flexible enough to be used for all kinds of development needs, yet easy enough to comprehend as a beginning or seasoned programmer.

Databases

MySQL
- 1 MySQL Database
  
  MySQL is an open source database that provides fast performance, high reliability and ease of use. There are tons of popular web applications, such as bulletin board systems, photo galleries, and support interfaces, that require MySQL.
- phpMyAdmin
  
  phpMyAdmin is a web interface which allows modifications to SQL databases.
Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a relational database management system which combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools. It is used by some web developers to store data, although not as widely used as other databases such as MySQL and Microsoft SQL.
ODBC DSN Support

A Data Source Name, or DSN for short, is a logical name used by Open Database Connectivity to access data.

File Transfer Methods

5 accounts supporting
- FTP
  
  File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is a protocol that allows for files to be transferred from one computer to another. FTP is the standard method for transferring files, and almost all web design software programs support FTP, such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and Coffe Cup.
- Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions
  
  Microsoft FrontPage is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, allowing people to easily create web pages. FrontPage Server Extensions allow for Microsoft FrontPage users to publish (or upload) their content to our servers.
- Customizable home folders and permissions
  
  Each account has the option to have a different starting location. For instance, if you wish to create a guest user that can only upload images into your images folder, you can specify the user to start (and stay) in the images folder. In addition to folder locations, you can also specify what permissions the user has, so if you only wish for the user to write data but not read data, this can be configured as well.

Installed Components

AspJpeg

AspJpeg is a component that allows for images to be manipulated. It is typically used to create thumbnails from original images.
aspSmartUpload

aspSmartUpload is a component that allows for files to be uploaded to the server via web forms.
aspUpload

aspUpload is a component that allows for files to be uploaded to the server via web forms.
JMail

JMail is a popular component that allows for e-mails to be sent via scripts. Both plain-text and HTML e-mails can be sent.
w3Image

w3Image from Dimac allows for charts and diagrams to be created.
xAuthorize

xAuthorize allows for credit cards payments to be sent to a Payment Gateway.

Acceleration Scripts

Mail Processing

If you have a form that should send an e-mail, you can utilize our script to send the message to a set of recipients.
Secure Pages

Deny visitors from viewing web pages that you do not wish for them to view, protected with a username and password.

Infrastructure Specs

RAID storage

All hosting plans utilize RAID storage arrays to store your data. RAID arrays have the benefit of keeping your data available even when a hard drive may fail.
Nightly Backups

We backup your web data nightly in case you wish to recover an item that you may have recently deleted.
Server Monitoring

We monitor all of our servers to ensure that your web site has the highest level of availability possible.
Battery Backup

All of our servers are placed on our battery backup system (also known as a UPS). A UPS provides clean continuous power in case of a temporary power failure or a power spike.
Backup Generator

Should we have a continued power outage, our backup generator will automatically turn on and sustain power to our infrastructure until normal power is resumed.

Additional Options:

Genuine SSL Certificate

Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol that allows for encrypted data transfers. SSL is vital for e-Commerce and other sensitive data transmissions as it protects people's data from being read by hackers. To keep your website looking top-notch, having a SSL certificate that matches your domain name is recommended.
$100/year
PCI-DSS Compliance

PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It was developed by the major credit card companies as a guideline to help organizations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud, cracking and various other security vulnerabilities and threats.

Special modifications must be made to your account in order to make it compliant, so please contact us before requesting this option if you are unsure of whether or not you need this service.
$25/year