3A Web Hosting - Web Hosting and Design in South Wales

Hosting Accounts

3A Web Hosting offer one of the most competitively priced web hosting service in the UK.
Some features vary depending on the hosting package. See the price list for details.

Hosting account features

Generous Web Space Allowance
All of our accounts offer a generous allowance of web space on our servers, with all accounts being upgradeable should you require this in the future as your site expands. Every domain name hosted by us has its own FTP account which you can use to upload the files for that domain.

Bandwidth Allowance
Each time your website is accessed data is transferred across the Internet, and our transfer limits are one of the most generous around. Your account is allocated up to 1Gb per month, and less than 1% of our customers exceed this. If you require hosting for a larger site that you know would be exceeding this limit, we can easily accommodate you and will be happy to arrange a price for you. Please contact us for details. Data transfer can be monitored in real-time via your control panel. Should you exceed your limit you will be advised of this. Occasional slight exceeding of your limit may be ignored, but if this appears to be abused then you will be asked to upgrade to the most appropriate package that reflects your bandwidth usage.

Unlimited Autoresponders
Autoresponders reply to incoming email instantly and automatically. You can set up an unlimited number of autoresponders.

POP3 & IMAP Mailboxes
A number of POP3 & IMAP Mailboxes are included (dependant on account type) so you may direct all mail to your domain as you wish.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3) and IMAP (Internet Messaging Access Protocol) mail servers store incoming email messages until users download them to their computers. In addition to storing incoming email messages, the IMAP server allows users to archive email messages in folders, share mailboxes with other users, access multiple mail servers at one time and more efficiently access email attachments

Unlimited Mailing Lists
Mailing lists enable single messages to be delivered to multiple recipients in an organisation. An unlimited number of email lists can be created on your account. Mailing Lists are commonly used to circulate topic discussions. A mailing list includes a set list of members. Whenever a list member post an email message to the mailing list email address, that email message is distributed to all list members.

Web Based Control Panel
We use the latest version of Ensim's Webppliance Professional control panel software. Your own personal control panel is accessible via http://yourdomain.com/Admin From here you can manage all aspects of your accounts via an easy to use online interface which will allow you to configure e-mail, passwords, sub-domains, administer databases and much more.

Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
FrontPage 2002 extensions are installed on our web servers. This allows you and your customers to take advantage of the dynamic features and publication wizard in Microsoft's web page authoring software. Please note that if this is enabled on your account then FTP will be disabled as FTP access will corrupt the Frontpage Extensions

Sub-domains
Subdomains allow you to separate your hosting account into sections in the format
http://sub.yourdomain.com. All sub-domains have full CGI support, are administered via your site control panel and their bandwidth is calculated as part of the total domain usage. the number of subdomain included vary depending on account type. Please see the price list.

Sendmail SMTP Server
Sendmail is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) mail server that routes SMTP email messages through the Internet to be stored on a mail server, such as POP3 or IMAP. SMTP is the most common email protocol on the Internet. All accounts have SMTP enabled on them as standard so you don't have to worry about changing e-mail account settings if you're regularly changing ISP's

Online File Manager
Enables you to access, create and remove files and directories on your domain through a graphical web-based interface. Allows uploading / downloading of files from any web-based interface - ideal for changing your site if you're on the move and do not have access to an FTP client

Backup / Restore Manager
Although we perform regular backups ourselves of all accounts, you may also wish to keep your own backup copy of your site, for example in the event that you are making some major changes to your domain and you may need to revert back to the old version. The backup / restore manager allows you to back up and restore your domain data to a local or remote system by either downloading the backup file or sending it to a specified FTP server. The backup saves your home directory data, email & settings, web site content and MySQL database. Regular scheduled backups are also available

User Accounts
You can create separate accounts for each of the users of your domain. As opposed to having to configure email aliases and routing yourself, your users have access to their own control panel where they can configure such items themselves, thus reducing the workload of the site administrator. You may also assign them web space under your domain where they then get their own FTP login details to upload their files. Users' web space is viewable in the form http://mydomain.com/~user. Bandwidth and disk usage for user accounts is monitored along with that of your main account

Vacation Autoresponders
Vacation Autoresponders create automated email responses that replies to incoming email messages during times when the user is not available to check and reply to email messages. This feature is most commonly used when a user intends to be unavailable for an extended period of time.

Webmail
Squirrel Mail is an email client that uses IMAP to provide your email account users with access to their email messages directly over the Internet. This means that you can send and receive e-mail from any browser or computer, very much like Hotmail.

CGI Scripting In Perl
Each account you create is equipped with its own CGI directory, allowing you to install and develop your own CGI scripts. We support the three most popular CGI scripting languages, Perl, C/C++ and Python.

Server Side Includes
Server Side Includes enable the addition of dynamic elements to HTML web pages. Automatically insert dates and file information as well as calling external programs such as hit counters.

PHP Scripting
PHP is a powerful server side scripting language ideal for the creation of dynamic data driven web sites.

MySQL Database Server
MySQL is a widely used relational database management system for SQL databases. A relational database stores data in separate tables rather than in one big table. A database management system allows you to add, access and process data stored in an SQL database. phpMyAdmin is provided with your account to allow you to set up, configure and view your databases.

FunkBoard Message Forum
All accounts have the option to have FunkBoard, A bulletin-board forum system built using the PHP language, installed on their account.

FunkGallery Photo Gallery
All accounts have the option to have FunkGallery, A PHP based photo galelry, installed on their account.

Password Protected Directories
Restrict access to certain areas of web sites, configure as many usernames, groups and passwords as required. Applications include sites where membership is required to view certain content or the creation of an extranet. Password protected directories require authentication using a username and password before files from them can be downloaded via the web. Please note, this facility does not work in conjunction with Frontpage Extensions

Real-time Web Site Statistics
View real-time usage statistics for your web sites, see how many people are visiting your sites, where they come from, what search keywords they use to find you and more. Your can access statistics for your sites via your control panel.

Customised Error Pages
Replace the standard uninformative error responses of your server with a customised page of your choice. Encourages surfers to stay on your site when an error occurs.