General Questions
| 1. Where is your datacenter located? | |
TX, United States.
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| 2. Do I have access to the tech support center 24 hours 7 days a week? | |
Yes
our technical support center is open 24 hours 7 days a week to provide
service for our customer round the clock. You can receive Help desk service from our 24 / 7 available customer support team for immediate problem resolution.
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| 3. How long does it take for my account to be setup after signing up? | |
Your
account will be setup immediately after sign-up. You will receive an
account information email within 24 hours after signing-up. If You Do not receive an email from us in 24 Hrs You Should immediately Contact Us.
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| 4. Do you offer web designing, maintenance and programming services? | |
We
regret that we are unable to offer these services at this time.
However, a great and easy to use webdesign software called RV Site Builder
comes free of cost with your hosting account. It allows you to create
professional looking websites without any programming knowledge or
webdesign skills. |
| 5. Do you place advertisements on customer's websites? | |
We
do not advertise on our customers websites.
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| 6. Is the data center completely owned by you or do you co-locate? | |
The data center is fully owned by us and we do not colocate.
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| 7. How to Upgrade to a bigger hosting plan? | |
To upgrade open a support ticket at our Help Desk.
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Email Accounts
| 1. What is a mail account? | |
A
mail account is a "mailbox" that holds your emails on the server until
you view them (download them) with an email program. An email program
is software that runs on your computer, such as "Outlook Express" or
"Eudora" or "Pegasus Mail". There are literally thousands of other
email programs available; we recommend that you use "Outlook Express",
as it comes free with every Microsoft Windows installation.We Offer Unlimited Email Accounts.
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| 2. Do you offer auto responders? | |
Each
of our plans comes with auto responders for Email. An auto responder is
an email address that sends an automated response back to every email
address it receives a message from. You will be able to define the
subject and content of the email that gets sent back from your hosting
control panel.
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| 3. Do you offer email redirects? | |
Yes
we offer this feature. It is an email address that - contrary to the
mail account that we described above - does not have a mailbox, but
rather forwards emails to another email address or set of addresses.
Email
redirects can also be used to generate alias names for your mail
accounts, for instance, let's say you have created a mail user like
described above. You created the user "info" with an email address of
"info@yourdomain.com" (please note that in this FAQ, we use
"yourdomain.com" as a placeholder for your real domain name). For this
email address, you could add an email redirect name of
"myname@yourdomain.com" that forwards email to your mail account
"info@yourdomain.com". |
| 4. Do you offer web mail? | |
Yes,
you will be able to access your email from the web from any remote
location that has a connection to the Internet. We offer pre-installed
webmail facility. |
| 5. What is SPAM? | |
'SPAM'
or 'Unsolicited Commercial email' is e-mail that is both unsolicited by
the recipient and sent in substantively identical form to many
recipients. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE).
Some definitions of spam specifically include the aspects of email that
it is unsolicited and sent in bulk. We do not tolerate the sending of
unsolicited commercial email or "SPAM" at all. |
| 6. What is the policy on "SPAM" and "unsolicited emails"? | |
We
do not tolerate the sending of unsolicited commercial email or "SPAM"
at all. We reserve the right to immediately terminate any domain
without warning, without refund, that sends out unsolicited commercial
email. NOW... if you wish to send email to people in OPT-IN lists, this
is allowed being that those individuals "ASK" to receive
advertisements, newsletters, or posts to services like Free For All
Pages. |
Services and Features
| 1. What is Linux Hosting? | |
In Linux hosting your website is hosted on Linux servers.
Windows
hosting is often mistaken as a "must pick" only because the operating
system you are running may be Windows. In fact, the majority of all
websites on the Internet are hosted on the Linux platform, so most
websites you have been visiting are likely to be hosted on Linux
servers.
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| 4. Do you offer any custom hosting packages? | |
All
plan features are pre-defined and can only be extended with account
upgrade. Upgrades are immediate and do not affect your hosting.
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| 5. How can I make a payment? | |
We
accept Paypal which accepts major credit cards such as Visa, American Express, Discover and
MasterCard. Since credit card transactions are immediate and fully
controlled by the credit card owner, you can perform immediate signups,
upgrades, downgrades, receive refunds and choose which card should be
billed at any time.
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| 6. Do you support ASP? | |
ASP and ASP.NET are Not supported on any of our Plans.
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| 7. Do you support PERL? | |
PERL
is fully supported with both Linux platforms. The
majority of existing CGI programs (generally perl scripts) that are
available on the Internet have been developed on UNIX platforms and
hence tend to install and operate much more smoothly under UNIX/Linux.
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| 8. Do you support 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. This feature is supported by all
Linux and Windows hosting solutions.
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| 9. Do you support Macromedia Shockwave and Flash? | |
These
Multimedia utilities are fully supported by any of our hosting plans.
All Flash and Shockwave technologies are supported so you can feel
comfortable when you host Flash and Shockwave movies. Even if the
complete websites are designed in Flash it will run perfectly on our
servers.
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| 10. Do you support SQL databases? | |
Mysql
and PostgreSQL server are fully supported by both our Linux and Windows
hosting plans. MySQL is the world's most popular Open Source Database,
designed for speed, power and precision in mission critical, heavy load
use. Its software architecture makes it extremely fast and easy to
customize.
Owners of Windows platform plans can also host MSSQL
databases - a comprehensive database software platform providing
enterprise-class data management. It enables you to build and manage
extensive, well-performing database software applications that you and
your visitors can use to take your business to the next level. |
| 11. Do you support SSL? | |
Yes
we do support SSL. With a SSL certificate you can have a secure
encrypted website. You Have To purchase your own. You can buy certificates from
www.thawte.com, www.verisign.com or many other providers.
The
SSL security protocol provides data encryption, server authentication,
message integrity, and optional client authentication for a TCP/IP
connection. Because SSL is built into all major browsers and web
servers, simply installing a digital certificate turns on their SSL
capabilities. |
| 12. Do you provide website traffic statistics? | |
Yes |
| 13. What are your DNS servers? |
Please
note that you will have to use the nameservers associated with the
control panel you are hosted on. Each control panel has two configured
nameservers. In order to confirm which nameservers you should use
please refer to the email sent to you at the time of your account
creation.
Our nameserver adresses are as follows: NS1.MYDOSTY.COM
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| 14. Can I host an on-line store? | |
Yes,
we offer osCommerce shopping cart pre-installed - Open Source based
online shop e-commerce solution. It features a rich set of
out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store
owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum
effort and with no limitations. osCommerce has attracted a large
community consisting of over 134,400 store owners and developers
worldwide. Add-ons are being contributed on a daily basis, with over
3,900 add-ons available to date. These add-ons are created by the
community to extend the features it offers. osCommerce is a PHP based
software that uses a MySQL database server backend. With no special
requirements, it is able to run on any of our Linux or Windows hosting
plans.
There are also many other available open source and paid shopping carts available that are compatible with our hosting plans. |
| 15. Can I accept payments on-line on my site? | |
Yes,
without any limitations. Be aware that you may need to register a
merchant account with an online payment gateway (such as paypal.com,
authorize.net, verisign.com, nochex.com etc) to accept credit cards on
your site. |
| 16. Do you support SFTP or SMTP over SSL? | |
These features are not supported at the moment. |
| 17. Do you have CRON support? | |
Yes, CRON is fully supported and manageable through convenient control panel interface on any of our Linux hosting accounts. |
| 18. Can I install PHP PEAR module? | |
PHP
PEAR module is just a set of PHP includes. You can download it from
PEAR repository (http://pear .php.net), extract from archive and upload
to the place where your site application can locate it. |
Domains and Subdomains
| 1. What is the difference between a domain and a sub domain? | |
The difference between a sub domain and a domain name can be explained easily.
While
a domain name is a full website address, totally independent of other
domain names, a sub domain depends on a domain name. If for example
"yourdomain.com" is your domain name, then http://yourdomain.com and
http://www.yourdomain.com would be your domain name's address. A sub
domain name would be a name *under* your domain name, something like
"subdomain.yourdomain.com". Its address would then be:
http://subdomain.yourdomain.com and
http://www.subdomain.yourdomain.com. It can say anything you want
instead of "sub domain" and the nice thing is that unlike a full domain
name, a sub domain does not need to be registered.
We offer Unlimited subdomains.
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| 2. Can I have a subdomain such as "something.yourdomainname.com"? | |
Yes,
you will be able to have your own sub domain, such as
something.yourdomainname.com. A sub domain is basically a subdirectory
or folder created inside your FTP area which is a fully operating Web
site. The main benefit of a sub domain is that it doesn't require
domain name registration and fees that are associated with a full
domain name.
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| 3. Do all plans offer static dedicated IP addresses? | |
Yes! Your Yearly hosting plan comes with full set of static dedicated IP addresses, one per domain name that you host.
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| 4. How many subdomains can I add on your plans? | |
There is no limit to the amount of sub domains you can create. |
| 5. Do you offer private domain registrations? | |
We do not offer this feature at the time, but you can change your domain contact information as you like. | |
| 6. How long does it take for my domain name to resolve properly (to start working)? | |
It
takes 24 to 72 hours for the nameserver changes to take effect. While
your domain is in transfer, you can feel free to use your sites
dedicated IP address to upload and test features on your website.
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| 7. How much does it cost to register new domains? | |
The
cost of registering a new domain depends upon the TLD (top level
domain) being registered. TLD's are .com, .net, .org, etc. When you
register a new domain, you have to select a TLD under which the domain
will be registered, such as domain.com, .com being the TLD.
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| 8. Do you host all type of domains? | |
Yes we can host all type of domains; there are no restrictions on that at all.
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| 9. How much bandwidth or data transfer can I use with your plans? | |
You
will be allowed to use as much bandwidth as allotted by the hosting
plan and you can increase your bandwidth limit via the customer control
panel by upgrading your account.
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| 10. I have two domains can I host them with one hosting plan? | |
Yes, all of our hosting plans allow for multiple domain hosting.
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| 11. How can I add more domains and sub domains to my hosting account? | |
This
task can be performed via the customer control panel.
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Front Page & FTP
| 1. Do you support FrontPage and can I use it to upload to your servers? | |
We support Frontpage 2003, Frontpage 2002, Frontpage 98 and Frontpage 97.
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| 2. What is FTP? | |
FTP
means File Transfer Protocol and is an internet protocol with which you
can transfer files over the Internet. It is fast, reliable, convenient
and secure.
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| 3. What does "unlimited FTP accounts" mean? | |
You
can create a certain number of FTP user accounts on any of our Linux
hosting accounts (depended on the plan). Each FTP user can have
separate access information. Because of this great feature you could
offer small hosting services to mini websites that do not need their
own domain name.
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| 4. What is difference between FTP Service (Virtual FTP) and FTP sub-accounts? | |
FTP
sub accounts are the simplest way to authorize your friends and
colleagues to work with particular directories of your account. Each
FTP user can be given a separate username and password, which gives
full FTP permissions to a single directory, without giving access to
the parent directories, or the control panel. No dedicated IP is
required for FTP sub accounts. Each FTP sub account has a login which
is different from yours.
Virtual FTP provides more possibilities
than FTP sub-accounts. You can give your authorized Virtual FTP users
access to more than one directory and specify a different set of
permissions for each directory. Virtual FTP users log right into your
root, but can enter only those directories you allow them to enter.
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| 5. Can I upload my websites using FTP? | |
Yes,
you can upload your website using FTP protocol. The hostname (also
called destination address / target address / ftp address, etc.) for
your account is always ftp.yourdomain.com or the IP address (looks like
this: "100.200.150.250") Please note that ftp.yourdomain.com will not
work before you have changed the nameservers of your domain name to
ours. To connect please use the username and password you received in
your account information email. The directory that you should upload
your HTML files (the web pages) to is /yourdomain.com/
The directory that you should upload your cgi-scripts to is /yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/.
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| 6. Which FTP program would you recommend? | |
If
you dont have a FTP client already, we recommend using FileZilla - a
free, fast and reliable FTP client with lots of useful features and an
intuitive interface. You can download FileZilla at http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
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Hosting Policies and Security
| 1. Do you allow hosting of adult websites? | |
We do not tolerate any kind of adult material on our servers.
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| 2. Can I host or relay live radio or live tv station? | |
Live broadcasting and relaying is not supported at this time.
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| 3. Is my Macintosh machine compatible with your hosting plans? | |
Your Macintosh or Apple machine is fully compatible with our hosting plans.
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| 4. Do you offer dialup internet services and virtual private network access? | |
Mydosty is not an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and does not
offer dial-up service. This means you cannot dial into our servers via
a modem or connect via Virtual Private Network and get on the Internet
that way. This service is provided by commercial outlets such as AOL,
Prodigy or EarthLink. We will be happy to refer you to a dial-up ISP if
you need assistance. You must have Internet access if you wish to
retrieve your Email or work on your web site.
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| 5. Can I access my account using telnet/SSH? | |
Remote
interactive access, via telnet or SSH only functions under UNIX/Linux,
however this service is not supported due to security considerations. |
| 6. How can I cancel my hosting account and request a refund? | |
If you decided to cancel your hosting account, simply contact our representative via our helpdesk interface.
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| 7. Do you offer a 30 day money back guarantee? | |
Yes, Mydosty Hhosting proudly offers its subscribers a "30-Day Money Back
Guarantee." This guarantee allows subscriber to purchase Mydosty Hosting services with full confidence and zero-risk.
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| 8. What is the uptime of your servers? | |
We
guarantee that your hosting account will be up and running at least
99.9% of the time of any 12 month hosting period. If we fail in any
given month, you receive one full free month of hosting service. The
above will be honoured if the interruption is on our network or
servers. There are many reasons why servers appear to be down at times
and these could be possible problems with the ISP (your broadband or
dialup provider)or defunct routers on a main network responsible for
covering a specific area of the world. One way to determine if the
problem is on our network is to simply do a traceroute using online
service or software that you may already have.
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| 10. What kind of backup policies do you have in place? | |
We perform daily on-site backup via our own custom-made backup solution.
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| 11. How is your network and server infrastructure setup? | |
Our
network infrastructure is powered by CISCO routers and switches. For
our main fibre-optic connections we use two Cisco 12,000 routers for
fastest packet delivery, efficient and smart routing and for rock-solid
stability. As a matter of fact, our CISCO router did not go down for
the last 750 days (that's over 2 years of uninterrupted, constant
routing).
The robust exterior-independent design of our data
center allows us to serve the needs of our clients regardless of what
happens in the outside world. Our facility is climate sealed from the
outside and climate controlled from the inside to ensure maximum
security against server heat-outages. Even thunderstorms or hurricanes
cannot hurt us. They've been here, done that, and not a single one of
our servers was ever affected.
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| 12. How can I submit a suggestion or claim? | |
We
value all feedback we receive from our customers and do all we can to
address them immediately. You can submit your suggestions and claims
24x7 via our Contact Us Page. |
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