For a website to be available to the public, it needs to be hosted or stored on a server. We provide just that, and much more. Amber4's hosting is extremely reliable, with well-trained technical staff maintaining your website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This ensures that your site always remains online and accessible to the world at any time. We also offer a range of hosting packages to cater for the needs of any client, and each package comes with hundreds of useful features. In fact, we will allow you to customize your own plan to meet your requirements. If you are unfamiliar with the technicalities then we can assist you in choosing the best and most suitable features for your website. Below is a list of the key features that come with our hosting service:
Feature |
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Description |
| Storage Space |
* |
You will have ample storage space so that all your website images and documents can be stored without hassle. |
| Data Transfer |
* |
Data transfer is a measure of how much data can be viewed on your website. We offer data transfer for you to support large numbers of visitors. This is also known as Bandwidth. |
| Host Domains |
* |
This is the number of domains you can host within your plan. In other words, you can have more than one website on your plan without having to a separate hosting account. |
| Park/Point Domains |
* |
This feature enables you to point domain names to another one. For example, you could have your domain name example2.com point to example1.com. |
| FTP Accounts |
Unlimited |
This stands for "File Transfer Protocol". It allows you to create more than one FTP user with their own username and password. It is a method of uploading or modifying files on your account. |
| Email Accounts |
* |
Your account will have the option to add as many email accounts as you want. For example, you could have yourname@yoursite.com. This can also be configured for Outlook Express. |
| Email Aliases |
Unlimited |
This is also known as e-mail forwards. You can have an email address forward to another one. For example, have joebloggs@yoursite.com forward to joebloggs@hotmail.com. |
| Autoresponders |
Unlimited |
Autoresponders enable you to customize a message that sends to anyone who e-mails you. This is very useful if you are absent. |
| Web-Based Email |
Unlimited |
We give you the ability to login and check your e-mails via the web! |
| PHP |
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Having PHP installed is one of the most sought-after features of hosting. This enables you to use powerful and effective PHP scripts to create a better website. It is accompanied with PHPmyAdmin. |
| mySQL |
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mySQL (or My Sequel) is the most popular open source database, and it goes well with PHP (another great feature of our hosting). Allows you to create and manage databases easily within your control panel. |
| CGI/Perl 5 |
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Each account comes with a CGI-BIN folder for your CGI files. Furthermore, Perl 5 is installed on your account by default. |
| Easy Backup/Restore |
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Backup and restore your website or parts of your website easily via the control panel. |
| Frontpage Ext. (On Request) |
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This allows you to easily edit your website via Microsoft Frontpage. You can even use Frontpage's FTP feature to login to your website directly and make live changes! |
| SSI |
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SSI (Server Side Includes) enables you to call other applications/files from point A to point B. This is useful for websites that need frequent updating |
| Control Panel |
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Within your Control Panel, you can manage your users, mail accounts, passwords, files, databases and much more! You can even view your traffic statistics. This is easy to use and helps you have full control over your website. Click here to view the full list of features. |
| Fantastico |
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An extra feature to install free useful scripts. These include blogs, content management systems, customer relationship systems, discussion boards, e-commerce systems, guestbooks, image galleries, site builders and more! This feature is worth approximately £50 ($90)! |
| Fast Connection (100mbps) |
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Your site will be hosted on high performance machines to ensure fast speeds. |
| 99% Uptime Guaranteed |
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We guarantee that your website will be available 99% of the time, and probably more. |
| 24/7 Maintenance |
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Our servers are maintained constantly, day in, day out. Any problems that arise are noticed straight away and fixed as soon as possible. |
| Monthly Backups |
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Every month, all of the data on our servers is backed up for free.
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| Webpage Statistics |
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A large variety of information about visitors and other statistics is collected and viewable at any time. This is very useful for assessing website success. |
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| Key |
| * = This is a feature that can vary in amount, depending on client needs. For example, a client can ask for 1000 MB of storage space for their files. These varying amounts are what affects the overall price of the hosting. |
| Unlimited = When the amount of a feature is in unlimited supply. E.g. we allow unlimited FTP accounts to be created. |
 = A feature that is available for every client. |
On top of these features, we offer a 30 day money-back guarantee if you feel dissatisfied by our services. However, we are certain that you will be pleased with the quality of our hosting service.
(You don't need to have made your decision yet! Simply fill our the form for a free quote!)
Click to see the full list of features available with the Control Panel.