Anonymous FTP Access
Anonymous FTP allows visitors to FTP into your account and download files without a login or password. People who are uploading files through anonymous FTP into your account will be required to use a login and password. You can create a message file that will display your message when someone uses an FTP software program to access your FTP site.
Autoresponders reply to incoming e-mail messages automatically. An autoresponder could be used to send "more information" to persons that send e-mail to a specific address, such as info@whateveryouwant.com. If you have ever sent an e-mail and had an automatic reply to your e-mail (within 5 minutes), you probably received a message automatically generated by an autoresponder.
Chicago Construction Network provides you with unlimited autoresponders for your website.
All customers have access to a personal cgi-local directory in which users can place their own custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts are often used to accomplish tasks which are not supported by HTML such as a hit counter or guestbook. The cgi-local directory can be used to set up scripts that you write or find elsewhere on the web. We offer over 20 pre-configured scripts, available free for your use. These include a text-based hit counter, a graphical counter, guestbook, bulletin board, form mailer, random image/sound script, and more.
Bandwidth is the amount of data a user transfers across our DS3 line. When anyone accesses a users website, the transfer of data (HTML files, images, sound files, etc.) is involved. Many hosting services charge you based on your data transfer; however, at Chicago Construction Network, we allow our users to have unlimited data transfer. Thus, we do not penalize you for having a successful, high volume website!
Webspace is the amount of disk storage space you are allowed on the server. Do not confuse webspace with bandwidth. Webspace is the amount of storage space for your files where bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from your account to people requesting those files. Chicago Construction Network allows you to have 350 Megabytes of space for each account. This webspace is used for files needed for your website and include HTML files (.html, .htm, .shtml), images (.gif, .jpg), executables and compressed files (.exe, .tar, .zip) and other files (.cgi, .pl, .txt). 350 Megabytes of webspace is quite a lot of space and should be sufficient for all of your files.
Domain Name Registration
Chicago Construction Network offers virtual domain hosting accounts which means you can have your own website address or "domain name" (example: yourname.com). We can handle U.S. domain name registration or transfers on your behalf (ie: .com, .net, .org). The InterNIC charges $70 to register a domain name which covers the first two years. They currently bill at a rate of $35 per year thereafter.
You will have unlimited access to your account via File Transfer Protocol 24-hours a day to setup and maintain your web site. You can work on HTML documents, graphics, and scripts locally and then upload files to your web site when ready.
We can install FrontPage extensions on your account. This allows you to use the easy-to-use Microsoft FrontPage program to create and maintain your web site. You may request that FrontPage extensions be installed within your web site when placing an order for our hosting services. Microsoft provides direct support for all FrontPage users.
Once your domain name is active worldwide, you can receive all e-mail addressed to your domain such as webmaster@yourname.com, sales@yourname.com, etc. By default, all e-mail addressed to your domain will forward to your real e-mail address (POP3 account) which is your_login@yoursite.com. For convenience, specific mail forwarding options are available if you need specific addresses each to be forwarded to different addresses on the internet. For example, e-mail addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could forward to an account at AOL, but sales@yourname.com could forward to a Prodigy e-mail account.
Clients of Chicago Construction Network are entitled to unlimited e-mail forwarders.
POP3 E-mail Accounts
In addition to mail forwarding, users have the option to retrieve e-mail directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using an email program such as Eudora. Each of our plans includes 100 individual POP3 accounts which all have a unique login and password. Clients of Chicago Construction Network can configure their POP3 accounts from their Personal Control Panel. Multiple POP3 accounts work well if you need e-mail addresses for several people within your organization.
Progressive Networks' Real Audio and Real Video system is a client-server based streaming media delivery system for the Internet. Providers of news, entertainment, sports, and business content can create and deliver audio-based streaming multimedia content through the Internet to audiences worldwide. We not only provide the server extensions but also include step by step instructions to include Real Audio/Video in your web pages.
InfoChat is a real-time, live chat interface you can quickly and easily add to your web site. It is written in JAVA so it is compatible with the vast majority of web browsers without the need for any plug-ins. Clients of Chicago Construction Network can enjoy unlimited Java Chatrooms on their account for no additional charge.
The Personal Control Panel
The Personal Control Panel at Chicago Construction Network allows you to administer your account and setup new features without any programming experience that would otherwise be needed. These features include setting up a guestbook, bulletin board, autoresponders, password protection of directories, e-mail forwarding, 404 error page, random image/sound features. Version 3.0 of the PCP has over 20 features for you to use.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) allows users to collect data such as credit card information in a secure environment. Our secure server is run by Apache-SSL with 128 key PNP encryption. Information submitted via a secure form is sent to the server in an encrypted mode. Users may choose to research methods such as encrypted email (PGP), CyberCash, or other solution for retrieving such information from their web sites.
Multiple domain name pointing is having several virtual domains point to the same IP address. Both of which take you to the same website. Keep in mind that the InterNIC will bill you $70 for each domain name you register.
We use a website statistics program called HTTP-Analyze which will keep key statistics on your website. This comprehensive statistics program keeps over 50 pieces of information pertaining to your website, including your volume by month, week, day, and even hour. The program even keeps track of the places that have linked to your website and other important information.
Telnet is a separate protocol that allows users to access their accounts. Telnet has some very powerful uses but is more complicated than the popular File Transfer Protocol. All accounts all have access to Telnet that is configured with a special ctsh shell.
TrueSpeechTM
TrueSpeech is a high quality speech compression which compresses speech down to as much as 1/40th its original size. Since regular speech files are normally large, compression using TrueSpeech enables them to be transferred faster and more easily. Support for TrueSpeech real-time audio is available for use in your web pages.
File Manager
File Manager allows users to access their files on the server using Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer or any other browser rather than the File Transfer Protocol. Users can upload, delete, view, and change the permissions on files and directories. The File Manager is integrated into The Personal Control Panel.