| Access logs for
seeing who visits your site |
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Access logs record data about who visits your site. The logs
include information such as the referrer, IP address, and type
of browser. You can specify the number of days logs are kept before
they are deleted. Offered in all packages.
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| Ads on your web site |
| No ads for third parties will appear on a web site you create with Yahoo! Web Hosting. Your entire site can be dedicated to promoting your own business. Offered in all packages.
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| Add-ons |
| Yahoo! Web Hosting offers interactive features like guestbook,
counters, and stock quotes, which are simple to add to your web
site. Offered in all packages.
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| Backups and restores |
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A snapshot is a record of your web site at a particular
point in time. Hourly, daily, and weekly snapshots are taken of
your web site. You have the option of restoring files from any of
these snapshots. Snapshots are kept for 30 days before being recycled.
Offered in all packages.
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| Bulletin Board |
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An open -source bulletin board package that allows you to add an electronic
message center or community forum to your site.
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| Yahoo! Business Mail |
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Yahoo! Business Mail is included with Web Hosting.
Web Hosting offers 1,000 Business Mail addresses with unlimited storage and virus and spam protection. You can also use your favorite email program (such as Outlook® or Eudora®) to access your mail. You can purchase additional email addresses for each plan if needed.
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| Calendars |
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Web-based, multi-user calendars are a great way to share information and promote events or appearances. Plus, you can let visitors to your site schedule appointments with you during times you make available.
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| Content Management System |
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Allows you to create a highly-customizable web portal with message boards, polls, articles and dozens of other additions.
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| Database |
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All Web Hosting plans support MySQL, a popular open-source database. You can create personalized content for returning web site visitors based on profiles stored in your database.
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| Data transfer (bandwidth) |
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When a visitor views your site, the text, pictures, and other files that make up your web pages are transmitted to your visitor's computer. Data transfer is a measure of the total amount of information your visitors view each month.
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| Default
delivery |
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Allows you to collect mis-addressed messages (e.g., wrongname@your-name.com) and have them delivered to a specific email account like you@your-name.com. Offered in all packages.
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| Disk space |
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Disk space is space you rent on the Internet to store all your web site's content. Web Hosting now offers unlimited disk space.
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| Domain name |
| A domain name is also called a web address. Like
a memorable street address, it can help people find you online.
You can register your own name, your company's name, key words to
describe your business, or even a short phrase - whatever will make
your web address easy to remember for your friends or customers.
Once your domain is registered, you can build a public web site
at your own web address (e.g., www.my-domain.com) and create
a personalized email address (e.g., me@my-domain.com). Offered
in all packages.
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| Domain locking |
| Domain locking is a security feature that prevents your domain name from being transferred to another domain registrar and ensures that no one can modify your name servers without your permission. When you sign up for a domain name, your domain is automatically locked.
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| Email addresses |
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An online address you can use to send and receive email, such as pat_smith@widgetdesigns.com. The Web Hosting plan includes 1,000 email addresses, advanced virus and spam protection, and the ability to access email using applications like Microsoft Outlook.
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| Email forms |
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Email forms are used to let site visitors contact you directly from your website. Email forms are easy to setup and require minimal HTML programming skills. Available in all packages.
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| Email Marketing Tools |
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Campaigner email marketing tools allow you to create, send and measure permission-based email campaigns. Create basic or
advanced campaigns in HTML or text, send them to a targeted permission-based list, and view online reports. Offered in all packages.
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| 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 sales@your-name.com to forward all messages
to your account you@your-name.com. These forwards can be
added or deleted at any time. Offered in all packages.
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| Email storage |
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When you receive email, the messages occupy disk space on a server. Yahoo! Web Hosting packages offer sizable storage with unlimited disk space per email address. Offered in all packages.
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| Email tagline suppression |
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To ensure the Professional appearance of your
business email, Business Mail email messages
do not include advertising taglines. Recipients see only
your unique email address (chiefwidget@widgetdesigns.com) and the
custom email signature you create. Offered in all packages.
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| Error pages |
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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. A "401 authorization required"
page is only displayed if you have set up a password-protected
area for your site and a visitor
enters the wrong login information. A custom error message can
help visitors enter the correct login information. Offered in
all packages.
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| File Manager
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| The File Manager is a web-based tool that allows
you to create, edit, copy, rename, and delete HTML files. File Manager
also provides information about your disk space
usage, and it links to other useful tools and popular features such
as add-ons and Site Statistics. Offered in
all packages.
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| 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. FrontPage 2002 supports collaborative web authoring and more. Offered in all packages.
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| Multi-user FTP for putting files
on the server |
| FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. FTP is a convenient, easy way to send multiple or large files across the Internet. It is a very useful tool for building and editing your web site. Multi-User FTP gives you the ability to assign permissions to someone else to FTP pages to your site or you can even restrict it to a specific directory.
Offered in all packages.
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| Guestbook |
| A guestbook gives your visitors a way to leave messages, comments or feedback. Site visitors can also view other guestbook entries.
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| Integration
with Yahoo! Mail inbox |
| Send and receive email from any computer in the
world through the Yahoo! Mail web interface. You can still use your
own domain name, but you don't have to
worry about configuring a new email client if you don't want to.
Offered in all packages.
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| Monthly service
fee |
| Yahoo! Web Hosting packages are offered for a
low monthly fee, conveniently charged to your Yahoo! Wallet - a free service that securely stores your credit card
information so shopping online is safer, easier, and faster. You
don't need to write a check each month because Wallet pays your
bill automatically.
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| Online Help site |
| Yahoo! Web Hosting features an extensive online
Help area where you can read instructions
for getting started and see answers to frequently asked questions.
Offered in all packages.
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| One-time setup fee |
| In addition to a monthly service fee, Yahoo! Web
Hosting packages require a one-time fee to set up your account.
This fee will be charged to your Yahoo! Wallet - a free service that securely stores your credit card
information so shopping online is safer, easier, and faster.
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| Page Builder
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| Yahoo! PageBuilder is a free, full-featured web
page building program. You don't need to know HTML or how to draw
-- just use PageBuilder to drag and drop elements into your page,
choose colors and clip art, and create a personalized, interactive
web site. PageBuilder runs in web browsers capable of supporting
Java, such as Netscape® Navigator® and Microsoft Internet Explorer®.
Offered in all packages.
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| Page Wizards
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| Yahoo! PageWizards help you quickly choose and
personalize templates to create a stylish web page. PageWizards
take you step-by-step through the process of adding text and images
to your page. Offered in all packages.
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| Password-protected user accounts |
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Password protection allows you to control who
can view your site or various areas within it. For instance, you
may want to create a special area for documents or other information
that you want only your employees to see. You can place all these documents
and web pages in a folder (called a subdirectory on a web site)
and give your employees member usernames and passwords so they can
view the special area. You could also create a subdomain, such as
sales.mydomain.com, that can only be accessed by entering a password
you provide to the user. Offered in all packages.
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| PayPal
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| PayPal is a payment method that allows you to sell individual products or accept donations on your web site. To display a PayPal "Buy Now" or "Donate Now" button, you simply sign up for PayPal, complete a form, and paste PayPal's HTML code into a page of your site. Please note: PayPal enables customers to make one payment at a time and does not include shopping cart functionality. For complete shopping cart functionality, upgrade to a Yahoo! Merchant Solutions package.
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| Perl |
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Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including web development, GUI development, and more. Yahoo! Web Hosting offers version 5.6.1. Offered in all packages.
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| Personalized
domain name |
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A domain name is also called a web address. Like a memorable
street address, a unique domain name allows people to find you
easily online. Yahoo! Web Hosting offers a personalized domain
name that includes:
· Your domain name (e.g., www.your-name.com).
· Matching email accounts (e.g., you@your-name.com,
business@your-name.com).
· Matching subdomains (e.g.,
photos.your-name.com, music.your-name.com).
Offered in all packages.
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| PHP/MySQL |
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PHP is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
PHP allows you to write many of the same functions as C and Perl, such as connecting to a database or reading and writing files.
MySQL® is considered the most popular open source database in the world. Fast and powerful, it is perfect for high-traffic,
heavy-load sites. Using PHP scripting to read and write to your MySQL database gives you ultimate control of your site.
Yahoo! Web Hosting supports PHP version 4.3.11 and MySQL version 4.1. Offered in all packages.
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| POP and SMTP email
access |
| You can send and receive your you@your-name.com
email from your favorite email program (such as Outlook or Eudora)
via POP and SMTP. SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, is a protocol
for sending email messages between servers over the Internet. Post
Office Protocol (POP) is a protocol used to retrieve email from
a mail server.
Offered in all packages.
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| Priority Email
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| If you have a question or need help, the priority
email form sends it directly to our Customer Care associates
for prompt follow-up and resolution. Offered in all packages.
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| Private Domain Registration |
All domain sellers are required to add your contact information to a public database. To help you protect your privacy, Yahoo! offers Private Domain Registration. With Private Domain Registration:
- Our partner Melbourne IT updates your listing with Melbourne IT's own generic contact information.
- Whenever someone looks up your domain and tries to contact you, Melbourne IT screens the call, email, or letter on your behalf.
- Melbourne IT forwards prescreened communications to you, so you can reply as you see fit.
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| Remote loading of
your files on another web site |
| Remote loading is linking to or accessing your
Yahoo! Web Hosting account files from a location other than your
Yahoo! Web Hosting site, such as an auction site. In other words,
you can host all of your images on Yahoo! Web Hosting, then reference
these images from any web site. Offered in all packages.
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| Scripting |
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All Web Hosting plans include support for the advanced scripting tools PHP and Perl. You can use these tools to develop a data-driven site or create advanced applications on your pages.
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