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Glossary of Terms
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| Active Server Pages |
| Abbreviated as ASP, a specification for a dynamically created Web page with a .ASP extension that utilizes ActiveX scripting -- usually VB Script or Jscript code. When a browser requests an ASP, the Web server generates a page with HTML code and sends it back to the browser. ASP.NET is the latest version that Frontpage fully supports. |
| ActiveSync |
| Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync is a protocol that allows applications to talk directly to the Exchange Server. Powered by Frontpage's Mobile Messaging Service, your ActiveSync enabled-device can synchronize with your e-mail, calendar, and contacts. It's easy to read all your e-mail, including HTML messages and attachments. |
| Aggregated Exchange mailbox space |
| Aggregated disk space expands your storage capacity by giving you the freedom to set your own storage space limits for mailboxes based on the total storage space available from all users. This means that each mailbox can have its own disk quota uniquely set to better adjust to your company’s storage needs. Combined disk space allows administrators to control allocations and set limits for each mailbox user. |
| Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Shield |
| Frontpage mail servers have anti-spam and anti-virus protection to significantly reduce the amount of spam and viruses you might receive through any email that you might receive. Anti-spam and anti-virus partners include Declude, Trend Micro and Symantec. |
| ASP Components |
| An ASP component saves ASP programmers
invaluable time because the component has properties, methods, and events
which the programmer can code against. This decreases the amount of coding
that needs to be written. ASP components are made by a variety of companies
and need to be installed on a web server for them to be accessible by ASP
programmers. Frontpage support numerous ASP components. See what is included in
the 20 ASP Basic Pack and the 40 ASP Pro Pack. |
| ASP Mail |
| AspMail is used on more ASP installations than any other commercial or free product. Used on 1000's of Web sites around the world, this component allows you to send SMTP mail directly from a Web page. ASP Mail is fast and has very low CPU utilization. |
| Automated Order Confirmations |
| The order confirmations are sent out automatically to your customers after placement of their order. When customers receive these emails they feel informed that you did receive their order and may be less likely to contact you, which in turn saves you a great deal of time. |
| Backup |
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To copy files to a second medium (disk or
tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails. Incremental - only
the files that have been modified since the time of previous backup are
copied. Full - all files are backed up regardless of whether they have
been modified since the last backup.
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| Bulk Stock Updates |
| The shopping cart allows you to bulk change any table. This is primarily used to bulk change products. If a match during the update is found for a product record then the import facility will automatically update this product. If no match is found the product is added. |
| Business Mail |
| You can create business mail accounts for your web site, such as sales@yourdomain.com, to maintain a professional image. You can send, and receive, textual messages, including attachments, to your customer's email account. Every hosting plan includes numerous email accounts that can be created. Anti-spam and anti-virus protection is included. You can also use your favorite email program (such as Outlook or Eudora) to access your mail. |
| CDONTS |
| CDONTS stands for Collaboration Data Objects for Microsoft Windows NT Server. CDONTS is a COM component that exposes the following object interfaces: 1) the NewMail object and 2) the Session object. The NewMail object is the object that is most frequently used. CDONTS is primarily used by ASP web developers as a thin client for mailing Web forms. |
| Coupon Manager |
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The Coupon Manager feature allows you to reward customers with discounts.
The discounts can either be limited to specific products or categories or
unrestricted. Coupons can have a limit so that they cannot be used more than
the number of times specified. Coupons can have a start and end date. You
can discount to the total price, to specific products or to a specific category of products. Coupons also have the following attributes: 1) a name that you define when you create a coupon; 2) a start date; 3) an ending date; and 4) a use count. |
| Cross-Sell Engine |
| The automated cross-selling engine can help boost your customers' spending per visit by dynamically suggesting related products to purchase. |
| Custom Component Objects/DLLs |
| This allows you to install your own custom component objects and DLL's that are often used by ASP and ASP.NET developers. This is only available on dedicated hosting solutions. |
| Customer Based Pricing |
| Customers can be separated into types such as retail (normal price), wholesale and distributor. Each can "see" a different price for the same product. Wholesale and distributors would login before they browse your online store so they can see their reduced pricing, while your normal retail customers can simply browse your store without logging into the store to see your regular pricing. |
| Customer Ratings |
| Frontpage web hosting customers are periodically asked to review and rate their web hosting plan on a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest). The plans are rated by the following criteria and then averaged for a total: 1) overall 2) features 3) value 4) met needs |
| Customizable Error Pages |
| You can create personalized error pages to end visitor confusion and direct people to new pages. A "404 not found" page is displayed when a visitor tries to view a page that doesn't exist or has been moved. Instead of a generic "page not found" message, you can tell visitors where an old page has moved and how to find the new content. |
| Customizable Site Search |
| Microsoft FrontPage web development tool allows you to place a search engine on your site so visitors can easily search for information on your site. |
| Data Transfer (bandwidth) |
| Whenever a visitor comes to your site, data is sent from Frontpage web servers to your visitor's computer. This data can be composed of web pages, images, movies, sound files, programs, compressed files, or anything else on your site that can be viewed or downloaded by visitors. All this requested data added together equals your total data transfer (also called bandwidth or traffic) per month. |
| Dedicated MySQL Server |
| MySQL databases are hosted on optimized and secure dedicated MySQL servers. We DO NOT host MySQL on the same boxes as customer websites! |
| Dedicated SQL Server 2000/2005 |
| SQL databases are hosted on optimized and secure dedicated SQL 2000/2005 servers. We DO NOT host SQL on the same boxes as customer websites! |
| Default Delivery (Catch-All / Nobody Account) |
| Default delivery, most often referred to as a "catch-all" or "nobody" account, will act as a "catch-all" account for any non-specified or misspelled email addresses, as long as the domain name is correct. You will be able to retrieve these messages at the mail account you specify as the catch-all. |
| Digital Delivery of Products |
| Digital delivery of downloadable goods allows your customers to immediately receive the product upon completion of purchase. There are three methods. 1) Auto attachments - attach the product to the customer confirmation e-mail. 2) Auto generation of download links - displays the hyperlinks to the products. These hyperlinks allow the customer to immediately download their purchase. 3) Generation of secure download links - improve the digital delivery by adding these extra facilities. Customer never sees the real location of the product and therefore cannot bookmark them. Customer may within limits you set, login and download the product gain if it is lost. Limits can be set on the number of times a product can be downloaded or a date after which no downloads are possible. Limits can be altered using browser based administration. Enables logging of downloads. |
| Disk Space |
| Your web site consists of text, graphics, sound, video or database files that occupy disk space on a server. If you already have this data on your computer, check the combined size of those files to help you select a hosting package with enough disk space. You can always buy additional disk space or switch plans as your site grows. |
| Domain Name Registration |
| Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.fpweb.net/support/, the domain name is Fpweb.com. A domain name allows someone to access your web site through a web browser. If you need a domain name, Frontpage offers very low pricing on domain name registration. |
| DotNetNuke |
| DotNetNuke is an open-source content management system ideal for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, and online publishing portals. DotNetNuke is built on a Microsoft ASP.NET (VB.NET) platform, and is easily installed and hosted with most of our hosting plans. DotNetNuke requires a SQL server database to function. Fpweb Web Hosting |
| Email Accounts |
| Email is short for electronic mail. It allows the sending, and receiving, of textual messages, including attachments, to another email account (also called an email address). Every hosting plan includes numerous email accounts that can be created. Create multiple email addresses for yourself, friends and associates with your own domain name, such as you@yourdomain.com, business@yourdomain.com, and family@yourdomain.com. Anti-spam and anti-virus protection is included. You can also use your favorite email program (such as Outlook or Eudora) to access your mail. |
| Email Aliases |
| Email alias is not a real email account. Instead it is an address that forwards all email it receives to another email account. For example, if you establish an email alias called info@yourdomain.com to go to johndoe@yourdomain.com, then all email sent to info@yourdomain.com will be automatically forwarded to johndoe@yourodmain.com. In this case, 'info' is called an alias of 'johndoe'. You can also setup an email alias so that email is forwarded to an account outside of your domain name as well. For example, you can setup info@yourdomain.com to go to johndoe@yourisp.com. |
| Email Forwards |
| Email forwards enable you to have email messages redirected to a specific email account. For example, you can set up the email account info@yourdomain.com to forward all messages to your account you@yourdomain.com. These forwards can be added or deleted at any time. |
| Email Storage |
| When you receive email, the messages occupy disk space on a mail server. You can then use an email program (i.e. Outlook, Eudora, Netscape Mail, Pegasus) to retrieve your mail from the mail server, which essentially stores the email messages on your computer for viewing at anytime. This removes the email messages from the mail server and frees more disk space on the mail server allowing you to receive more emails. |
| Enterprise Manager |
| SQL Server Enterprise Manager is the primary administrative tool for Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 and provides a Microsoft Management Console (MMC)–compliant user interface. Frontpage offers a free alternative for all users via their control panel. |
| Export order data to external business systems |
| You can export orders and database tables at anytime and integrate those with your external business sytems. This service maximizes infrastructure investments you've already made, speeds your business processes, and eliminates duplication of effort. |
| Firewall |
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A firewall is simply a program or hardware
device that filters the information coming through the Internet
connection into your private network or server(s). If an incoming
packet of information is flagged by the filters, it is not allowed
through. A firewall device acts as a barrier to keep destructive forces
away from your property. You can use a firewall to protect your private
network or server(s) from offensive Web sites and potential hackers.
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| Flash |
| A bandwidth friendly and browser independent vector-graphic animation technology. As long as different browsers are equipped with the necessary plug-ins, Flash animations will look the same and will work within your web site hosted at Frontpage. It is recommended that you have a link on your web site to the free Macromedia Flash player so web site visitors can download and install Flash if they need it. |
| FrontPage |
| Microsoft FrontPage is a software program for creating and managing web pages. You can work exclusively in the familiar Office interface without having to program, or take direct control of your HTML code. Microsoft FrontPage versions 98/2000/2002/2003 are fully supported by Frontpage and guaranteed to work. Learn More |
| FTP Access |
| Short for File Transfer Protocol, the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP access means you can use a FTP application to upload files to your web site at anytime of the day or night. FrontPage users typically do not require this because FrontPage has a built-in Publish Web feature that essentially replaces the need for FTP. Multi-user FTP means you can request additional FTP accounts for your web site. |
| Full Text Search |
| The full text Search feature of Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 allows you to perform fast and flexible queries against indexes built on unstructured text data. A common use of full text Search is that of the search engine for web sites. Learn More |
| Gift Certificates |
| Customers can buy and send electronic gift certificates from your site and the recipient can redeem the gift certificate value during the checkout process. You can see how many times a gift certificate was used, which orders they were used for and how much in each order. |
| iFilters |
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iFilters are special little programs that contain the information needed to pull the text content from proprietary files (.pdf, .zip, .chm, .vsd). Once you get the data out, you can work with it in a number of ways. Free Ifilters on our Windows SharePoint Servers (WSS) include: PDF (Adobe), ZIP, CHM (Compressed HTML help file), and VSD (Visio). Contact us if you need one not shown. |
| Inventory Stock Control |
| You have complete stock control features. All these features are optional and configurable: 1) Automatic stock decrementing on order completion. 2) You can prevent products from being listed if stock is below a specified limit. 3) Number in stock can be displayed in product display. 4) Low stock report is available in merchant administration. 5) You can display an out of stock message based on a limit you set. 6) You can limit the amount ordered to the current stock level. 7) You can set maximum quantity to be ordered. 8) You can set minimum quantity to be ordered. 9) You can limit quantities to specific multiples. |
| List Server -- Create Mailing Lists and Discussion Groups |
| A List Server (also called email mailing lists) is an outsourcing service for email marketing, email newsletters, and email discussion groups. Email mailing lists are easy-to-use and powerful. Use it for opt in email marketing and to create mailing lists and no-maintenance discussion groups. Look professional. No more giant cc: lists. Learn More |
| Live Web Site Statistics |
| This is an application called Live Stats which has charts and graphics that makes understanding your raw access log files a simple process. Gather, manipulate and report the make-or-break data that's crucial to your site's success. You can eliminate costly errors that might otherwise go undiscovered. You can focus your offerings. And you can target new customers with a laser-like certainty. Learn More |
| Log Files |
| Log files record data about who visits your site. The logs include information such as the referrer, IP address, and type of browser. All plans allow access to the raw log files that are retrievable within your web site in a folder that typically begins with W3SVC. Log files can be difficult to read, so most hosting plans include the Live Stats program that has charts and graphics that makes understanding your log files a simple process. |
| Memory |
| This is the amount of RAM your server will come pre-equipped. |
| Microsoft Internet Information Services 6 |
| IIS 6.0 is faster, more secure, more stable, and more scalable than any previous version of IIS, but IIS 6.0 is not available on any prior release of Windows. Almost anyone doing any type of web hosting on an older version of IIS will immediately see performance and stability improvements. IIS 6.0 will allow you to potentially host thousands more websites per server, and startup and shutdown times for IIS are dramatically faster. IIS 6.0 can serve static content up to 200% faster than IIS 5.0 and can better isolate your applications to keep the server healthy - even when an application misbehaves. |
| Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET |
| .NET is a unified Web development platform that provides the services necessary for developers to build enterprise-class Web applications. While ASP.NET is largely syntax-compatible with ASP, it also provides a new programming model and infrastructure that enables a powerful new class of applications. You can augment your existing ASP applications by incrementally adding ASP.NET 1.1/2.0 functionality to them. |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server |
| The Windows Server 2003 family takes the best of Windows 2000 Server technology and makes it easier to deploy, manage, and use. The result: a highly productive infrastructure that helps make your network a strategic asset for your organization. Windows Server 2003 is Microsoft's latest server operating system release. This version was originally going to be called .Net Server, but was renamed Windows Server 2003 shortly before release. This new operating system will eventually replace Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Servers and is now considered Microsoft's flagship server operating system product. |
| Monthly Hosting Fee |
| Frontpage hosting plans are offered for a low monthly fee, conveniently charged to your provided credit card during sign-up. |
| MS Access |
| MS Access is a database software application that ASP / ASP.NET programmers will often use to create a database and integrate it with their web site. Frontpage fully supports MS Access databases for use within web sites. FrontPage developers can also use MS Access databases within their web site. |
| MS SQL 2000/2005 |
| Microsoft SQL 2000/2005 is a complete database and data analysis application. Highly scalable, MS SQL is the perfect choice for handling your e-commerce site or enterprise application. MS SQL is capable of hundreds of thousands of transactions per day. ASP programmers will often use a SQL database for integration with their web site. Frontpage supports MS SQL 2000/2005 on many of its plans. |
| Multi-User Calendars -- Schedule Events and Appointments |
| Calendars are available within the Smartermail webmail application. |
| MySQL |
| Each account comes with a MySQL database, the world's most popular open source database, allowing you the freedom to run more web applications for your site. |
| Number of Products |
| You can have an unlimited number of products in your online store. Each product can have an unlimited number of attributes / features, such as size, color or style. You also have unlimited categories and unlimited subcategories. Products can be listed in multiple categories. A great feature is that you can allow user specified text for any products, such as the customer supplying someone's name to be engraved on a plaque. |
| ODBC/DSN |
| ODBC System DSN (data source name) points to a Microsoft Access database within a web site. The data source name is a textual string that is used to reference the data source by application programs, such as Microsoft Access. This is only used by ASP programmers who want a DSN to connect to their database within their ASP coding. |
| Offline Sharepoint Reader |
| Colligo Reader is a free download which enables end-users to easily download some or all of the content in a SharePoint site to their laptops and view it offline, rather than having to copy files one by one through a browser. It is a client-only application, so no server installation or changes are required and it will work with any Windows SharePoint Services V2 or SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site. Colligo Reader connects to a SharePoint WSS or SPS server using standard web services and site permissions, then downloads the content to a local file store on the Windows® file system which preserves document links. Document and list content can only be read offline in Colligo Reader. This makes Colligo Reader best suited for use with intranet portals (e.g. Sales, Finance, etc.) that contain mostly read-only content. |
| Order Management System |
| You can easily view all new orders. You can: 1) view a formatted order; 2) edit the order (alter and view individual fields in the database); 3) edit the customer record; and 4) delete the order. You also have access to detailed sales reports as well as customer reports that display a quick summary of your customers and their total purchases. |
| Outlook Mobile Access |
| Your employees can also stay in touch with colleagues and customers as they travel from location to location with their web-browser enabled mobile device and Outlook Mobile Access (OMA). With OMA you can establish a real-time connection to your Exchange Server. |
| Page Views |
| You can view the visitors to your web site using Live Web Site Statistics. Available for an additional charge on the Basic plan, and included free with the Pro and Pro Plus plans. |
| Password Protected User Accounts |
| Password protected user accounts are made available with FrontPage user accounts allowing FrontPage developers to create their own user accounts at anytime. |
| Payments Online |
| To accept credit card payments, you must have a merchant account to process credit card transactions online. Alternatively, you can accept payments through your online store with PayPal as PayPal fully integrates with your provided shopping cart. |
| Perl |
| We support Perl 5, one of the most widely used CGI scripting languages. Using Perl, you can integrate interactive functions into your site, such as forms and counters. |
| PHP |
| We support PHP 4, a scripting language similar to HTML. Using PHP, you can track and authenticate users, serve up XML pages, add additional functionality to forms, and much more. |
| Plesk Control Panel |
| Industry leading control panel allows you to manage all aspects of your web site or server including dns, email, database, and more... All from one convenient location, 24/7. Demo available. |
| POP and SMTP Email Access |
| POP (short for Post Office Protocol) is a popular method to retrieve email messages stored on a mail server. SMTP (short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a popular method for sending email messages between mail servers. Frontpage supports both POP and SMTP. |
| Priority Email Support |
| Frontpage hosting customers receive priority email support staffed by qualified technicians ready to help. Frontpage also has a 24x7 Help Desk that is the recommended method of sending support questions if you are unable to phone in for support. Frontpage contact us details. |
| Priority Toll Free Phone Support |
| Frontpage hosting customers receive priority toll free phone support from our US based expert engineers ready to help. 1 hour callback guarantee with "white glove" service. Frontpage contact us details. |
| Product Merchandising Page Templates |
| Product merchandising is a very important part of your online store. The default method of displaying products is one product per row. No HTML knowledge is necessary and you can control which fields are displayed, the sort order, number of products per page and fonts, colors, images etc. There is also HTML template formatting. This gives you full control over how the products get displayed. |
| Receive Orders via Email |
| You will be notified of customer orders via email. You can also login to the web based administrative area of your shopping cart to check new orders, and run sales reports, at anytime. |
| Regular Site Backups |
| Frontpage does regular site backups for shared hosting plans. |
| Remote Loading of Your Files on Another Web Site |
| Remote loading is linking to or accessing your Frontpage Web Hosting account files from a location other than your Frontpage Web Hosting site, such as an auction site. In other words, you can host all of your images on Frontpage Web Hosting, then reference these images from any web site. |
| Remote SQL Management |
| Connect to your MS SQL database with your choice of tools including our control panel, Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, or Visual Studio.NET, directly through ASP or ASP.NET applications. |
| Repeat Customer Recognition |
| The shopping cart has numerous facilities to
help your repeat customers. These facilities allow customers to quickly find
the products they want and quickly checkout. These include the ability for
customers to save and restore previous orders, as well as creating a wish
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