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| 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
Standard,
Professional.
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| Add-ons |
| Yahoo! offers interactive features like guestbook,
counters, and stock quotes, which are simple to add to your web
site. Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard,
Professional.
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| Backups and restores |
| 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
Standard,
Professional.
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| Business Edition
email accounts |
| Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition is included with
Business Standard (25 separate email accounts)
and Business Professional (35 separate
email accounts). Each account comes with 25 MB of storage and the
web interface is ad-free. With Yahoo! Mail - Business
Edition, you can also use your favorite email program (such as Outlook®
or Eudora®) via SMTP and POP. Business Starter
offers Personal Address email accounts.
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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.
Available in Standard, Professional.
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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. Available in Standard, Professional.
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| Data transfer
(bandwidth) |
| Whenever a visitor comes to your site, data is
sent from our 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. The more visitors you have, the
higher data transfer limit you'll need. You can always buy additional
data transfer as your site grows. Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Default
delivery |
| 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 Standard,
Professional.
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| Disk space for
storing files |
| Your web site consists of text, graphics, sound,
or video 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 or more disk
space. You can always buy additional disk space as your site grows.
Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 - Starter, Standard,
Professional.
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| Email accounts |
| Create
multiple email accounts for yourself, friends and associates with
your own domain name, such as you@your-name.com, business@your-name.com,
and family@your-name.com. Business Standard
and Business Professional include Yahoo!
Mail - Business Edition, featuring Default Delivery.
The Business Starter package provides
email for your domain name through Yahoo! Personal
Address.
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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 - Starter, Standard and Professional.
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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 - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Email storage |
| When you receive email, the messages occupy disk
space on a server. The more email you get, the more storage
space you need. Yahoo! Web Hosting packages offer different amounts
of email storage space. Packages that include multiple email accounts
give you an amount of storage for each account. Offered in all packages
-Starter, Standard,
Professional.
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| Email tagline suppression |
| To ensure the professional appearance of your
business email, Business Edition email messages
do not include Yahoo! advertising taglines. Recipients see only
your unique email address (chiefwidget@widgetdesigns.com) and the
custom email signature you create. Offered in Standard,
Professional.
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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 -Starter, Standard,
Professional.
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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 -Starter, Standard,
Professional.
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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. All Yahoo! Web Hosting packages
support FrontPage 2002® -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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. Mutli-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 -Starter, Standard, Professional.
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| Gigabyte |
A byte is the smallest unit of data
measurement in computers. The following conversions give you an
idea of how big a gigabyte is:
1000 Bytes (B) = 1 Kilobyte (KB)
1000 Kilobytes (KB) = 1 Megabyte (MB)
1000 Megabytes (MB) = 1 Gigabyte (GB)
Yahoo! Web Hosting uses gigabytes to measure data
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Megabyte |
A byte is the smallest unit of data
measurement in computers. The following conversions give you an
idea of how big a megabyte is:
1000 Bytes (B) = 1 Kilobyte (KB)
1000 Kilobytes (KB) = 1 Megabyte (MB)
1000 Megabytes (MB) = 1 Gigabyte (GB)
Yahoo! Web Hosting uses megabytes to measure disk
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Password-protected
user accounts |
| 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 photos or other information
that you want only your family to see. You can place all these photos
and web pages in a folder (called a subdirectory on a web site)
and give your family members usernames and passwords so they can
view the special area. You could also create a subdomain, such as
family.mydomain.com, that can only be accessed by entering a password
you provide to the user. Offered in all packages -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Perl |
| 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.
Offered in Standard, Professional.
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| Personal
Address |
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The Business Starter package comes with Yahoo! Mail Personal Address.
With Personal Address, you get up to 10 addresses to match your domain,
such as you@yourbusiness.com. Personal Address is also integrated with
your current Yahoo! Mail account, so it's incredibly easy to use.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| PHP/MySQL |
| 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 do many of the same functions
as C and PERL - connecting to a database, reading and writing files,
etc. 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. Offered in Standard,
Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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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 -Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Security |
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Offered in
all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional:
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| Search |
| You
can place a customized search engine on your site so visitors can
easily search for information on your site. You
can customize the search box as well as the results page. Offered
in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| SiteBuilder
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SiteBuilder is a free, full-featured application you can use to build and
manage your web site. SiteBuilder is fast and easy to use. And since it's a
downloadable application, you can use SiteBuilder even when you're offline.
SiteBuilder's patent-pending technology allows you to use standard word
processing commands and drag-and-drop editing to build your web pages, so
absolutely no programming knowledge is required! Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Site
Wizards |
| SiteWizards
enable you to create a professional, multi-page web site without
any HTML coding. There are 20 business-oriented designs, including
generic product or service templates, that let you publish a professional-looking
site quickly. Pages can be customized further using other tools,
such as File Manager or Page
Builder. Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| SSL - Secure Socket Layer |
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SSL is an accepted standard for transferring information securely across the Internet. It encrypts data passed between the server and the browser, so that unauthorized parties cannot interpret sensitive, confidential or personal information, such as a phone number or address. Offered in Business Standard and Business Professional.
Offered
in Standard, Professional.
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| Subdomains |
| A
subdomain is also known as a "third-level" domain and
is a great way to create memorable web addresses for various areas
of your site. For instance, Yahoo! uses subdomains for its services,
such as mail.yahoo.com and music.yahoo.com. Offered
in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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| Surveys |
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Create interactive surveys, polls, or feedback forms for your web site. Part of Communication Tools package that helps learn more about your customers. Available in Standard, Professional.
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| Tools |
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All Web Hosting packages give you free, web-based tools to help
you design and manage your web site:
- Use Yahoo!
PageWizards to quickly customize
templates and create stylish web pages.
- For more
advanced design, use Yahoo! PageBuilder
to create a web site even if you don't know HTML.
- With File
Manager, you can create, edit, copy, rename, and delete
your HTML files, as well as see your disk space usage and site
statistics.
- Use Yahoo!
SiteWizards to create a professional,
multi-page web site without any HTML coding.
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| Toll-free 24/7 phone support |
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Toll-free technical phone support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Offered in - Standard, Professional.
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| Vacation
responders |
| All
your email accounts can be set up to automatically respond to incoming
messages. This is a good feature to use if you're on vacation, if
you don't check your mail frequently, or if you would like to create
an automated response to frequently asked questions, such as pricing
or hours of operation. Offered in all packages - Starter,
Standard, Professional.
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