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Linux web hosting (sometime referred to as LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) solutions are suitable for webmasters who use Linux hosting features, such as Perl programming, PHP programming and MySQL database. .
Creative Web Hosting provides Linux shared hosting on Red Hat Enterprise with the Cpanel™. Contact us for Linux web hosting prices
The Cpanel™ control panel allows you to maintain your hosting account using a comprehensive set of features which include the ability to manage your MySQL databases, manage database users & passwords, password protect web directories and maintain email accounts.
Linux Shared Web Hosting Features and Their Meanings
There are so many features in the shared Linux / cPanel hosting accounts, that whether you are a novice or expert, you might have trouble working out what these features do or what their meanings are in general. So, when you look around for a new web host or website hosting package, then knowing the meanings of these features becomes very important.
Now, if you know about certain features, then you could benefit yourself in the future when trying to carry out a task. The names of some features are abbreviated; like File Transfer Protocol is shortened down to FTP; knowing these different abbreviations can also help when trying to fix a certain problem or when searching around for a web hosting package since you are able to apply your knowledge without the need for a search engine
cPanel
cPanel is the web hosting control panel which is used by many website hosting providers, including creativewebsols, to provide Linux based hosting to the customers. cPanel also has a reseller client built which allows reseller clients to host multiple domains which have their own dedicated client account. Reseller clients are also able to allocate their specified resources amongst their clients in the form of web hosting packages.
Add-On Domain
It attaches another domain to your existing website hosting package. You are able to maximize the use of your website hosting package by attaching a number of domains to it, by using the add-on domain features.
Now, you can cut down costs, if you host several different websites on the same shared hosting package, since you won’t have to buy a new hosting package every time you want to host or start another website.
With the add-on domains, you can’t create separate client accounts for each domain. If you want a separate client account for each domain then you should opt for a reseller hosting package.
Sub Domain
A sub domain is a domain which is created under an existing domain. Sub domains are a good way of giving different sections of your website their own identity since they have their own top level address; the company or personal identity of the website is still kept.
Fantastico
Fantastico is an auto-script installer which allows you to install certain scripts within your website without the need for any technical knowledge. It is an optional premium plugin of Creative Web Hosting. Some hosting companies provide it with their shared and reseller website hosting packages; others also provide it with their dedicated and Virtual Private Server (VPS) server packages for free, although some companies do charge for it.
Server Side Scripting Languages
Server side scripting languages require a certain program to be installed on the server to allow them to run. They normally carry out complex tasks such as adding, removing and updating database data as well as sending emails automatically and displaying the current time and date on a website.
MySQL Databases
MySQL is an open source database program which is normally used in conjunction with the PHP scripting language. It is supported on nearly any shared cPanel web hosting plan. There are quite a few PHP based applications which utilize MySQL, since it is an open source. There are also quite a few free tools which you can utilize to manage your MySQL databases.
POP3/SMTP Email Accounts
Email accounts are what you use to send and receive email. You are able to create email accounts within your shared hosting package. You can create email accounts with any name under your domain. POP3 stands for ‘Post Office Protocol Version 3′ and is the technology which is used by most email servers and clients to retrieve email. SMTP stands for ‘Simple Mail Transfer Protocol’ and is the technology which is used by email servers and clients to send email.
Mailing List
A mailing list is used to send an email or message to a group of people, without the need to enter all their email addresses. If you use a web page front end mailing list, then you can let your clients or members of the general public subscribe to your mailing list. This can be helpful if you are aiming to message a large customer base or if you want your mailing list to grow.
Spam Assassin
Spam Assassin is a spam filtering server which is built in most Linux email server installs. With cPanel installs, it has a web age front end within the cPanel client for each email account so that clients can customize the Spam Assassin settings.
Auto Responders
Within any shared cPanel hosting package you are able to setup auto responders for any email address. An auto responder is a message which you can choose to be sent on receipt of an email. Auto responders can be helpful, for example you might want to setup an out-of-office one which can be sent to anyone who sends you an email whilst you are on a business trip or are away from a computer meaning that you can’t check your emails.
Email Forwarder
An email forwarder is an email account which doesn’t physically exist since any email messages which are sent to it’s address are always forwarded to another specified email address. Email forwarders can be helpful if you don’t want the hassle of having multiple email in boxes to check, or if you are running multiple companies within the same industry and want certain issues such as billing and support to be centralized to one or two email in boxes.
IMAP
IMAP is used by email clients to retrieve email from email servers. IMAP stands for ‘Internet Message Access Protocol’. It is different to POP3 since the message is actually still held on the email server when being read at first, once you have read the message you can then choose to download the email or not. Unlike POP3, IMAP requires a continuous connection to the server to allow you to read your emails.
File Manager
Linux web front end comes with a file manager to allow you to manage the files in your website remotely without the need for direct FTP access. It can be useful to use if you are in an Internet Cafe or using a computer where you are unable to access your website for a reason such as port 21 (the port used by FTP) being blocked by the router or firewall on the connection that you are using.
FTP Access
FTP stands for ‘File Transfer Protocol’ and is the standard which is used by website designers and developers to transfer files to and from their assigned website space. In most cases you require a user name and password to be able to gain access to the space which is normally protected. In shared Linux web hosting you are able to create and managed multiple FTP accounts and restrain their access to a certain part of your web space or FTP space.
PHPMyAdmin
PHPMyAdmin is a web frontend for the management of MySQL databases which are contained within your shared cPanel website hosting account. This utility can be helpful if you travel a lot and need instant or quick access to the administration of your database.
SSL Certificates
SSL stands for ‘Secure Socket Layer’ and are certificates which encrypt the data which is transferred between your website and the client which is browsing your website. With shared hosting packages, SSL certificates come in two forms - Shared SSL certificates are applied to one address, which is normally the host name of the server. Dedicated SSL certificates are completely different since they can be applied to your own domain, and should be used if you want to keep your corporate identity when having visitors buy products off your website.
Server Side Includes
Now, if you know about certain features, then you could benefit yourself in the future when trying to carry out a task. The names of some features are abbreviated; like File Transfer Protocol is shortened down to FTP; knowing these different abbreviations can also help when trying to fix a certain problem or when searching around for a web hosting package since you are able to apply your knowledge without the need for a search engine
cPanel
cPanel is the web hosting control panel which is used by many website hosting providers, including creativewebsols, to provide Linux based hosting to the customers. cPanel also has a reseller client built which allows reseller clients to host multiple domains which have their own dedicated client account. Reseller clients are also able to allocate their specified resources amongst their clients in the form of web hosting packages.
Add-On Domain
It attaches another domain to your existing website hosting package. You are able to maximize the use of your website hosting package by attaching a number of domains to it, by using the add-on domain features.
Now, you can cut down costs, if you host several different websites on the same shared hosting package, since you won’t have to buy a new hosting package every time you want to host or start another website.
With the add-on domains, you can’t create separate client accounts for each domain. If you want a separate client account for each domain then you should opt for a reseller hosting package.
Sub Domain
A sub domain is a domain which is created under an existing domain. Sub domains are a good way of giving different sections of your website their own identity since they have their own top level address; the company or personal identity of the website is still kept.
Fantastico
Fantastico is an auto-script installer which allows you to install certain scripts within your website without the need for any technical knowledge. It is an optional premium plugin of Creative Web Hosting. Some hosting companies provide it with their shared and reseller website hosting packages; others also provide it with their dedicated and Virtual Private Server (VPS) server packages for free, although some companies do charge for it.
Server Side Scripting Languages
Server side scripting languages require a certain program to be installed on the server to allow them to run. They normally carry out complex tasks such as adding, removing and updating database data as well as sending emails automatically and displaying the current time and date on a website.
MySQL Databases
MySQL is an open source database program which is normally used in conjunction with the PHP scripting language. It is supported on nearly any shared cPanel web hosting plan. There are quite a few PHP based applications which utilize MySQL, since it is an open source. There are also quite a few free tools which you can utilize to manage your MySQL databases.
POP3/SMTP Email Accounts
Email accounts are what you use to send and receive email. You are able to create email accounts within your shared hosting package. You can create email accounts with any name under your domain. POP3 stands for ‘Post Office Protocol Version 3′ and is the technology which is used by most email servers and clients to retrieve email. SMTP stands for ‘Simple Mail Transfer Protocol’ and is the technology which is used by email servers and clients to send email.
Mailing List
A mailing list is used to send an email or message to a group of people, without the need to enter all their email addresses. If you use a web page front end mailing list, then you can let your clients or members of the general public subscribe to your mailing list. This can be helpful if you are aiming to message a large customer base or if you want your mailing list to grow.
Spam Assassin
Spam Assassin is a spam filtering server which is built in most Linux email server installs. With cPanel installs, it has a web age front end within the cPanel client for each email account so that clients can customize the Spam Assassin settings.
Auto Responders
Within any shared cPanel hosting package you are able to setup auto responders for any email address. An auto responder is a message which you can choose to be sent on receipt of an email. Auto responders can be helpful, for example you might want to setup an out-of-office one which can be sent to anyone who sends you an email whilst you are on a business trip or are away from a computer meaning that you can’t check your emails.
Email Forwarder
An email forwarder is an email account which doesn’t physically exist since any email messages which are sent to it’s address are always forwarded to another specified email address. Email forwarders can be helpful if you don’t want the hassle of having multiple email in boxes to check, or if you are running multiple companies within the same industry and want certain issues such as billing and support to be centralized to one or two email in boxes.
IMAP
IMAP is used by email clients to retrieve email from email servers. IMAP stands for ‘Internet Message Access Protocol’. It is different to POP3 since the message is actually still held on the email server when being read at first, once you have read the message you can then choose to download the email or not. Unlike POP3, IMAP requires a continuous connection to the server to allow you to read your emails.
File Manager
Linux web front end comes with a file manager to allow you to manage the files in your website remotely without the need for direct FTP access. It can be useful to use if you are in an Internet Cafe or using a computer where you are unable to access your website for a reason such as port 21 (the port used by FTP) being blocked by the router or firewall on the connection that you are using.
FTP Access
FTP stands for ‘File Transfer Protocol’ and is the standard which is used by website designers and developers to transfer files to and from their assigned website space. In most cases you require a user name and password to be able to gain access to the space which is normally protected. In shared Linux web hosting you are able to create and managed multiple FTP accounts and restrain their access to a certain part of your web space or FTP space.
PHPMyAdmin
PHPMyAdmin is a web frontend for the management of MySQL databases which are contained within your shared cPanel website hosting account. This utility can be helpful if you travel a lot and need instant or quick access to the administration of your database.
SSL Certificates
SSL stands for ‘Secure Socket Layer’ and are certificates which encrypt the data which is transferred between your website and the client which is browsing your website. With shared hosting packages, SSL certificates come in two forms - Shared SSL certificates are applied to one address, which is normally the host name of the server. Dedicated SSL certificates are completely different since they can be applied to your own domain, and should be used if you want to keep your corporate identity when having visitors buy products off your website.
Server Side Includes
Server Side Includes are pages which are included into other pages within a website. The code is processed on the server and the website visitor is unaware that there might be other pages merged into the one which they are viewing. This technology can be helpful, for example if you want to use one header and footer around your whole website, all you have to do is create 2 files and then ‘include’ them in the chosen places on the main pages on your website. If you want to change the header or footer at a later date, then the changes will be applied to every page on your website since they will still be getting the header and the footer from the same location.
GD Image Library
The GD Image Library generates images on the fly. It is best known for it’s compatibility with PHP. The core application is written in C, and is mainly used for the generation of image thumbnails, graphs as well as other types of graphics.
Password Protected Directories
In Linux web hosting, it is possible to create password protected directories for you via the use of the .hta and .htpassword files. The .hta file is used to store the user names of people who are allowed to access the protected area of the website, and the .htpassword file is used to store the password of those users who are authorized to enter the protected area.
Multimedia Support
It is very important to have any type of multimedia when you are looking for hosting. The most common type of multimedia that is used on websites is known as ‘Flash’. Flash is supported by the client machine which is accessing your website. Adobe flash player is free, and available for most operating systems, so it is a good choice and can work for most of your visitors.
Advantages of Linux Shared web hosting
- Linux is an open source software product and thus it does not need the high licensing fees that other operating systems do; Thus Linux shared hosting is more cheaper than windows.
- A Linux website can easily be converted to a Windows website without much hassle. Also, the website can easily be changed as the requirement of the user grows.
- Linux web hosting is very economical as Linux is a free operating system. Usually, only the cost of distribution is borne by the host or owner.
- When the scripting language like PHP, My-SQL, or Perl etc. are required for your website then Linux server hosting is the most reliable and cost effective solution for you. Unless heavy load of scripting language, this will not be traceable.
- There are many kinds of databases that run on Linux hosting, but the most widespread most likely among web host providers are m-SQL, My-SQL and Postgre-SQL. These databases are relational by nature, and permit vastly optimized communication with your website for rapid reclamation of data.
- By lots of circles Linux web hosting is supposed to be much securing than windows hosting, and for that reason only Linux server hosting is also the more popular choice for web designers and programmers.
