A domain name is your internet address, such as "yourname.com". Much like giving out your home address, you give out your domain name when you want people to visit.

When we setup your domain on our servers both http://yourdomain.com and http://www.yourdomain.com will be pointed to your account.

Multiple Domain Names

With some plans you will be able to use multiple domain names to point to the same account. This is beneficial if you own mycompany.com and mycompany.ca.

Bandwidth

Within the web hosting industry, bandwidth is the measurement of the amount of data transferred to/from your domain. There are many different ways bandwidth can be measured and you should check with any potential companies to determine their method.

A word of caution about unlimited bandwidth. Companies that advertise unlimited bandwidth have in their fine print a bandwidth limit. Usually this bandwidth limit is less then the advertised bandwidth limit of most other hosting companies.

Disk Space

The amount of physical storage space allocated under each plan. Storage space includes your web pages, graphics, email and any additional files you have stored on the server.

A specification for a dynamically created webpage with an .ASP extension that utilizes ActiveX scripting. When a browser requests an ASP page, the Web server generates a page with HTML code and sends it back to the browser. So ASP pages are similar to CGI scripts, but they enable Visual Basic programmers to work with familiar tools.

Chili!Soft ASP is a linux distribution of ASP provided by Sun Microsystems.

Anonymous FTP

A method for downloading public files using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Anonymous FTP is called anonymous because you don't need to identify yourself before accessing files. In general, you enter the word anonymous when the host prompts you for a username. Generally your email address is the acceptable password.

Anonymous FTP is a separate area from your web site. Your web site files are NOT accessible via anonymous FTP. The only files that are accessible via anonymous FTP are the files that you, as a site administrator place in the anonymous FTP area.

Unique IP Address

With some accounts you will be able to get your own unique static IP address. An IP address is an identifier on the internet for a computer. Servers are able to use multiple IP addresses for multiple web sites. So by having your own IP address for your account, if you typed in your IP address 192.197.xxx.xxx you will be able to connect to your website.

FTP Access

File Transfer Protocol is a very common method of moving files between your computer and your website. FTP is a special way to login to another computer for the purpose of retrieving and/or sending files. Using an FTP program you can also update (delete, rename, move, copy) files on your website.

Secure Server Support (SSL)

Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol for transmitting private documents. SSL works by using a public key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Many websites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, webpages that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:. Our server supports up to 128 Bit SSL encryption.

Perl5 / CGI

Common Gateway Interface is a set of rules that describe how a web server communicates with another piece of software on the server. Usually a CGI program is a small program written in Perl or C that takes data from a web server and does something with it, like putting the content of a form into an e-mail message, or turning the data into a database query.

PHP is a tool that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP enabled webpages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages. PHP is a server-side, HTML embedded scripting language.

MySQL Support

MySQL is the world's most popular Open Source Database, designed for speed, power and precision in mission critical, heavy load use. The MySQL database server is the world's most widely used open source database. Its ingenious software architecture makes it extremely fast and easy to customize.

Front Page 2000 Extensions

Microsoft FrontPage is a software program used to create and manage web pages. FrontPage requires the installation of the FrontPage extensions on your web site. All of our plans include the FrontPage extensions free of charge.

Server Side Includes

A type of HTML comment that directs the web server to dynamically generate data for the webpage whenever it is requested. SSIs can also be used to execute programs and insert the results. They therefore represent a powerful tool for web developers.

Shell Access

Using telnet or preferably SSH to access your server is the same as using the console which is directly connected to the server, there is virtually no difference.

Pico / Vi

Text editors that run under linux that are very useful in editing CGI applications, or editing any other files in your website directory.

Multimedia

Shockwave, Flash, Realvideo, and Realaudio are all multimedia tools that allow you to enhance the look, feel, and functionality of your website.

Weekly Backups

All user data is backed up once a week. This allows us to keep backups of user data just incase files aren't able to be recovered.

Detailed Statistics

We also know how important it is to each client that they have up to date information on how their website is performing. With Paradox Web Hosting you will have access to detailed site statistics which are run every night, so that they are up to date just for you.

Each site has its own protected stats directory which contains a main stats summary page (seen at right), and a page for each month with further detailed information with graphs and charts. Information such as hits, individual visitors, country's, top pages, top search engines, referrers, etc. is all displayed for each month.

POP Accounts

E-mail has exploded in popularity in recent years because it is fast, flexible, reliable and inexpensive. POP email accounts are individual email storage accounts (yourname@yourcompany.com). You can use an email program on your computer or use our built in web based email to check these accounts.

Email Aliases

Simply put, an email alias is another name that an email account will accept email for. Suppose, for example, John Doe has an email account of johndoe@yourdomain.com. John performs the CEO, sales and marketing duties of his company. Instead of creating separate email accounts for each duty, email aliases may be created. When a client then sends an email to CEO@yourdomain.com the mail gets directed to johndoe. Likewise for sales, marketing.

Each of our hosting plans allows any user to have an unlimited number of aliases.

Email Forwarding

Email Forwarding is the ability to automatically send (forward) incoming email to another email account. For example, if you have a email address for home, such as smithfamily@home.com, you can have your email account on your website forward its mail to smithfamily@home.com.

Catch-All Email Accounts

A catchall email is an email account that 'catches' any email not specifically addressed to another user. Having a catchall account insures that all mail addressed to your domain will be delivered to someone at your domain, even if the actual recipients name is misspelled.

Auto Responders

An auto responder is a message automatically sent to individuals that send you an email message. Generally this message is a confirmation that the senders message arrived however, an auto responder can be set to send any message you desire. Also, if you go on vacation, you can use an auto responder to let people know that you won't be able to reply to their emails for a while.

Mailing Lists

A list of email addresses identified by a single name, such as mail-list@yourdomain.com. When an email message is sent to the mailing list name, it is automatically forwarded to all the email addresses in the list.

Web Based Email

Our web based email system allows you to check your email through an web browser just by visiting our website. This is useful if you are needing to check your email and you are away from your home computer.

Personal Mail Server

Having a personal mail server for your domain name means your mail isn't sent under our domain name or your ISP's domain name, it is sent using your domain name. Sending mail in your domain name provides a more personal and professional image. You can also use your personal pop server address to check your mail. Your pop mail server is set to mail.yourdomain.com. There is generally a setting in most email clients that ask for the "pop server".

Shared SSL Space

Use our secure server (https://secure.paradoxwebhosting.com/~yourname/) to host your order forms or sensitive data. Includes up to 30MB of data storage and Perl/CGI/ASP/PHP support.

phpMyAdmin Access

Use of phpMyAdmin to administer your MySQL database. It is located at http://support.paradoxwebhosting.com/phpMyAdmin/. You will need to use your SQL username and password to access the system. For more information please visit www.phpmyadmin.net.

"We are so happy with the service you have given us that we had to drop you a line. Setting up the web-hosting portion of our business was one we had delayed and ignored. As you know, it was something we needed to do but were reluctant to attack it ourselves. It was with relief that we put it into your capable hands and were off and running in a very short time.

Then came the web site design. I really appreciate the input by your staff who took my initial drawings, ideas and text and formatted it to suit a web page. Your skill, determination and friendly attitude made this whole project enjoyable and successful."

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