How Much Server Space And Features Do You Need?

You need to determine what the use of this site will be.  Is it to show off family pictures, run an eBay business, or for a full online e-commerce site. 

The following items are common to all our Hosting packages.

Pictures:  A typical full size picture takes up to 1 megabyte of space.  We also recommend you limit the number of pictures on any single page to a maximum of 6.  This is so your page will download to someone who is using a dialup connection.  Any larger than that, and they will simply lose interest and go away.  You can also create Thumbnails - small pictures that when clicked on become large - so your page will load faster.

Text:  Experience shows most people don't or won't read through volumes of text.  Therefore, bullets or short statements are often much more effective.

Page Size.  From the above, the average webpage can take up to 5 megabytes of space, and if you allow for that, you can judge the amount of space you'll need on our servers.  Example:  10 pages @ 5 megabytes per page = 50 megabytes, which is our Economy site.

Email.  Nothing says that you've arrived like your own email name at your own website!  Our packages offer differing amounts of email names, in this format:  yourname@yourwebsitename

For the Standard and E-Commerce packages

Database with MySQL.  This allows you to upload pictures and build pages on-the-fly.  Your page will remain the same, but you can easily change pictures by simply uploading a new one.  You won't have to rebuild a page just because a simple change has to be made.

CGI-Bin allows you to run executable programs

osCommerce Shopping Cart allows you to set up a store on the internet where your customers can select and pay for your items.