 What
is a web site?
A web
site is your opportunity to be seen on the World Wide Web. It is a
physical space on a computer (web server) that is connected to the
internet. Your web site is where you store your web pages that make
up the content of information about your business or organization.
Through the domain name (URL), such as yourname.com, anyone can access
your site and learn about you. Whether your site is strictly information
based, or complete with online ordering features for your product,
visitors will have access to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If
you have a business, you can use the internet to approach consumers
you might not be able to reach through conventional advertising and
media vehicles. The World Wide Web is your link to worldwide exposure.
It
is important to remember that if you intend to have your site accessible
24/7, it is wise to host it with a company that dedicates all of
its bandwidth to hosting. siammedia.com is such a company. Our network
is not bogged down by users trying to access the Internet, rather
we are dedicated to serving up your content and providing you with
all of the special features you need to professionally host
your site.
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Why
do I need a web site? |
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What's
a domain name? |
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How
do I transfer my site to siammedia.com? |
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Can
I pay with credit card or do I need to issue a cheque? |
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When
you say annually, do you mean pay you all the money up front, or pay
monthly for one year? |
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What
steps do I need to take to set-up a virtual domain at siammedia.com? |
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What
is the time needed to make space on your server available? |
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Do
you offer dial-up Internet access? |
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Does
siammedia.com support Macintosh systems? |
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Whom
can I contact by phone or e-mail if further questions come up? |
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Are
your servers connected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? If not, when
and why are they disconnected?
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What
web server do your servers run? (Apache, Netscape, or...?) |
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What
are your server types: NT? UNIX? Both? Other? |
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What
do Autoresponders do and are they included? |
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What
programs can be used to access e-mail (pine, elm, Netscape mail, etc.)? |
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Can
I access my domain address with or without the "www"? |
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What
is an email alias and is it unlimited? |
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Do
you have a database system? Cold Fusion? mSQL? Other? |
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Do
you have FTP and FTP Anonymous access? |
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Do
you have a limit on the FTP transfer? |
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Do
you use Netscape's SSL technology? |
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Are
your virtual servers able to work with old and text-mode browsers
such as Lynx, or will users with those browsers not find our index.html
when putting in only www.ourdomain.com (in other words, are they truly
virtual)? |
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I
would like to know if you support VRML 1.0 and 2.0 mime types wrl
and mus? |
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Does
each virtual server have its own log files? |
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Do
you provide a CGI-BIN personal directory? |
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What
is CGI access? |
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Which
languages are supported in CGI (e.g. Bourne shell, Perl, Java)? |
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How
can I manage my e-mail users (add/remove/update). How can I setup
mail redirection for my users? |
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Do
you charge additional fees for hosting a secure web site? |
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Can
I set up forms for secure transmission? |
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What
cgi scripts are preinstalled? |
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Does
siammedia.com offer SSI? |
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What
version of Perl does siammedia.com use? |
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Can
we set up password protected areas with .htaccess? |
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May
I promote my web site with bulk email? |
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Do
you host foreign domains? |
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Do
siammedia.com servers support IMAP? |
