The Unix Starter Plan is ideally suited to the small business and home user alike, including everything needed to get your organisation on the Internet quickly and hassle free. Should your needs grow you can upgrade you account at any time, all aspects of which can be configured via our unique control panel interface.

 

A comprehensive description of each feature included with the Unix Starter Plan can be found below. You may also wish to see our other hosting plans. If you have any queries or need advice deciding which option best suits your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us.

100MB UNIX Disk Space 100 megabytes of disk space on our Internet servers in which to place your web site files and store your emails. This is usually more than sufficient to store hundreds of web pages with graphical content and email for 20 people.

20 POP3 Mailboxes A POP3 mailbox is essentially a password protected area where mail is stored until you are ready to read it using a mail client such as Microsoft Outlook. You can create a mailbox for each person or department in your organisation.

20 Autoresponders
Autoresponders reply to incoming email instantly and automatically. You can set and change the text of the reply and the trigger address whenever you like. Autoresponders are ideal for customer service or informing people when you are away.

Multi Recipient Address
A multi recipient address enables a single email message to be delivered to multiple recipients in your organisation. MRAs are ideal for distributing staff bulletins and memos quickly and efficiently One multi recipient address can be created on your account.

Unlimited Email Addresses
Configure as many email addresses at your domain name(s) as required. Mail to any address can be sent either to a POP3 mailbox on our server or forwarded to an existing email address elsewhere. Mail sent to an address for which you have not configured a specific destination can be sent to a default location.

Domain Name Registration Or Transfer
Host an unlimited number of domain names on your account. If you do not currently have a domain name, we can register a name of your choice. Alternatively, you can transfer an existing domain name on to your account. See the domain names page for further information.

Web Based Control Panel Manage all aspects of your account via an easy to use online control panel, configure email options, register and set up domain names, install cgi scripts, administer databases and more.

Microsoft 2000 FrontPage Server Extensions FrontPage 2000 extensions are installed on our web servers. This allows you to take advantage of the dynamic features and publication wizard in Microsoft's web page authoring software.

CGI Scripting In Perl and C
CGI scripts are small programs that run on the server to add interactivity to your site, your account is equipped with its own CGI directory, allowing you to install and develop your own CGI scripts. We support cgi scripts written in Perl and precompiled C.

Server Side Includes
Server Side Includes enable the addition of dynamic elements to your HTML web pages. Automatically insert dates, file information and other HTML documents.

PHP4 Scripting PHP is a powerful server side scripting language ideal for the creation of dynamic data driven web sites. The latest release, version 4 is installed on our servers.

Graphical Web Site Statistics View real-time usage statistics for your web site, see how many people are visiting your site, where they come from, what search keywords they use to find you and more.

Password Protected Directories
Restrict access to certain areas of your web site, configure as many usernames and passwords as required. Applications include sites where membership is required to view certain content or the creation of an extranet.

Customised Error Pages
Replace the standard uninformative error responses of your virtual server with a customised page of your choice. Encourages surfers to stay on your site when an error occurs.

Unlimited FTP Access
Round the clock unlimited access to your account to upload files and make changes to your pages.

Search Engine Submission Submit your site to the worlds major search engines with one click, enabling your customers to find you on the Internet.

SPAM Filtering
Unsolicited commercial email commonly referred to as SPAM is the Internet equivalent of junk mail. Our mail servers consult with a world wide database of known spammers and will refuse email sent from them. This reduces the amount of junk mail in your inbox increasing your productivity.

Email Virus Protection
Computer viruses distributed through the email system can cause untold harm to users unfortunate enough to receive them. Our mail servers scan your emails for known viruses alerting you to the danger before damage is done.

2000MB Monthly Data Transfer
Each time your site is accessed data is transferred across the Internet, our transfer limits are high, less than 1% of our customers exceed them. Data transfer can be monitored in real-time via your control panel, should you exceed your limit, simply pay a small surcharge of £15 per 1000MB.

Telephone Technical Support If you should run into difficulty with your account, telephone technical support is available. We also offer a comprehensive online support centre and email technical support.

Online Knowledge Base
A wealth of information, instructions and tutorials are available at any time from the online support centre. Context sensitive help is available at any time from within the control panel.

State Of The Art Data Centre Your sites are hosted on powerful servers housed in our own, on site data centre.

Daily Data Backup Each one of our servers runs a RAID disk failure protection system. In addition, all data is backed up to our Storagetek Timberwolf DLT library each night.

Instant Account Activation Place your order online or call our sales office and your account will be set up within seconds. You can begin to use your account immediately.

7 Day Money Back Guarantee If you are not completely satisfied with our services within the first 7 days of use, we will refund you in full.