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Wave2Wave Communications, Inc. Continental Plaza - 6th Floor 433 Hackensack Avenue Hackensack, NJ 07601 | |
| Corporate | 877-WAVE2WAVE |
| Fax | 201.968.1886 |
| info@wave2wave.com | |
Friday May 9 2008
Hosting Frequently Asked Questions
What is Wave2Wave Web Hosting?
Why should I outsource our company's Web Hosting to Wave2Wave?
What do you mean by redundancy?
What are the cost benefits of outsourcing our Web Hosting to Wave2Wave?
Does Wave2Wave design websites?
What tools can I use to edit my website?
Notes about coding your website for our server
Will I need to upgrade my website, as new software versions are available?
What is a web server?
Is your web server shared?
What is FTP?
Can I use CGI and/or Microsoft FrontPage extensions?
What is SSL Secure Server?
What is Microsoft Active Server Pages?
Do you support e-commerce?
What is Wave2Wave Web Hosting?
Web hosting is simply the storage and delivery of your website to people requesting your pages over the Internet. Wave2Wave Web Hosting is one of our value-added services that provides a home for your website on our web servers allowing your company to have a presence on the Web while providing a domain name that establishes and reaffirms your company's brand name.
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Why should I outsource our company's Web Hosting to Wave2Wave?
Wave2Wave will provide your company with greater hosting reliability, flexibility and technology. Our system is built with extensive redundancy alleviating problems due to service failure. Wave2Wave continues to integrate the latest technologies keeping your business on the cutting edge.
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What do you mean by redundancy?
The Wave2Wave Web Hosting system is built with extensive software and hardware backups. Our Network Operations Center has two separate servers that mirror each other for complete redundancy. In the unlikely event that one of our web servers fails, our backup server will activate, so you will never lose your website connectivity.
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What are the cost benefits of outsourcing our Web Hosting to Wave2Wave?
You will not have to purchase, install or manage a web server system because Wave2Wave already has a turnkey system in place for you. By outsourcing your Web Hosting services to Wave2Wave, it will provide cost savings against purchasing expensive hardware/software equipment and additional upgrades, allowing your internal personnel to focus on your core business.
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Does Wave2Wave design websites?
We do not currently have an in-house web design team, we do however have ties with a few web design firms that do quality work and can produce whatever you want. Feel free to contact your Account Executive for a referral.
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What tools can I use to edit my website?
Any HTML editor can be used. Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage are the preferred editors of many of our customers.
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Notes about coding your website for our server Your website will be hosted on a UNIX server. Please note when creating hyperlinks in your web pages that file names are case sensitive. In addition, the homepage must be named 'index.asp' (not 'index.htm').
Will I need to upgrade my website, as new software versions are available?
No. Wave2Wave automatically and seamlessly upgrades your website software.
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What is a web server?
Web servers are computers connected to the Internet specifically designed and configured to store websites.
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Is your web server shared?
Yes, our web server is a shared server and your website will be allocated server space based on the Wave2Wave Web Hosting Package you choose. You will have full 24/7/365 FTP access to your space on our server.
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What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard Internet protocol. It is the simplest way to exchange files between computers on the Internet regardless of the operating system. FTP servers which allow "anonymous FTP" permit any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the "FTP" archives and download files. Our web server is configured to allow users to upload files to their website only. In order to transfer files, you will be given an account and password. This is the only way you can transfer your web pages to the web server.
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Can I use CGI and/or Microsoft FrontPage extensions?
Yes. CGI and Microsoft FrontPage 2000 extensions can be used. The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard for interfacing external applications with information servers, such as HTTP or web servers. CGI is basically a script that processes data supplied by a web page and sends it to the user.
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What is SSL Secure Server?
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. SSL encrypts the connection between the client (customer) and the web server. It is a technology used to securely transfer data over the Internet through your website. For example, with SSL your customers can submit encrypted information such as credit card information into your website.
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What is Microsoft Active Server Pages?
Microsoft Active Server (ASP) Pages is a scripting language developed by Microsoft Corporation. It enables you to build sophisticated applications within your website. For example, you can build database applications with ASP.
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Do you support e-commerce?
While Wave2Wave doesn't actually offer credit card transaction processing, we do enable e-commerce. Customers wishing to enable e-commerce through their website would add SSL as a feature to their Web Hosting Package. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypts communications between a customer's browser and your website, so the customer can safely transmit credit card information, without it being intercepted in transit.
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