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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, - Premiere Melbourne web hosting firm now offers highly affordable worldwide web hosting services.

Cmather.com, one of Melbourne Australia’s premiere Web hosting firms, is pleased to announce that it has extended its Web hosting services to customers outside of Australia. Cmather.com has built a reputation of providing high-quality, affordable Web services, including Web hosting, Web design and domain name management services.
"We’re very pleased to expand our Web-hosting services internationally," says Chris Mather, Group Operations Manager for Cmather.com. "Reliable Web hosting is a requirement in today’s competitive business environment. The Web enables businesses to operate around the clock, which means that downtime is the ultimate disaster."
Cmather.com offers its clients robust hosted Web server solutions on hardware that never exceeds 25% capacity. "Some Web hosting companies try to put as many clients on a Web server as possible. That approach may provide low-cost Web hosting, but it also ensures that each hosted site will receive degraded service and also deliver slow responses to waiting customers," says Mather. "At Cmather.com, we add infrastructure as needed to deliver the best possible service to each client we serve."
Mather points out that this attention to detail allows Cmathers.com to offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee. The hosting servers at Cmather.com are connected to a fibre-optic OC3 backbone that delivers a data transfer rate of up to 250 Mb/s. "The bandwidth out of the data centre is just as important as the capacity of the hosting servers. We monitor every area in which a bottleneck can potentially occur and eliminate potential problems before they affect our clients."
Cmather.com offers up to 50 GB of Web hosting space, completely customisable to the hosting needs of the customer; data transfer plans of between 15GB and 900 GB; up to 2,500 unique email addresses per domain; unlimited email forwarding; SSL, CGI-BIN, MySQL and PHP support; free blogs, shopping carts and forums; free setup, free dynamic content and free pre-installed scripts; and outstanding live customer support available 24/7, all at an extremely affordable annual rate.
About Cmather.com
Cmather.com is an international Web hosting service located in Melbourne, Australia and manages more than 2,000 domains. Cmathers.com Web hosting servers welcome more than 4 million visitors each month from over 110 countries. For more information about Web hosting services available through Cmather.com, please visit the company’s Website.

Xlinesoft announced today PHPRunner Version 5.1 has got all great reviews with its new features. PHPRunner new features include a menu builder, validation plugins, edit controls, and time picker just to name a few.

Develop complete dynamic database driven sites in minutes by the click of your mouse.
Xlinesoft software Development Company designed PHPRunner, A PHP Code Generator, for entry level website designers that do not have an extensive knowledge of PHP programming. With PHPRunner, the entry level web designer can create a complete dynamic database driven website in minutes. This automated PHP Code Generator

creates every page starting with authentication login, auto email for activation, administration and also generates several different 3D bar charts for graphical statistics. PHPRunner now has optimized wizard navigation to enhance faster performance with generating reports and many other wizard interfaces with smart database synchronization.
Sergey Kornilov, Xlinesoft Company Owner, said one recent customer review got his attention:
Customer Review
Dear Sergey, I am amazed with phprunner capabilities. I run a small private owned design and hosting company and manage IT solutions for a handful of clients all by myself. One of my clients run the osCommerce shopping cart and asked if I could provide a way to let their employees add product HTML details with images but not let these employees have access to admin section of the cart. I went searching on Google for “php code generator” and found PHPRunner.
PHPRUNNER WAS HEAVEN SENT!
Let me tell you what I created. I added a simple include statement in product details page to include the contents of one table field of mysql database. I started a new project in PHPRunner and created the table with only 2 fields product id and product html. I generated an administrative backend where employees register, receive activation email, login to account and add/edit html product descriptions with the web based fckeditor that can be included on a textarea. Not only can they login, I also created permission levels so the site admin can set permissions of access as admin, publisher, or editor. I did not count the files after it was complete but by looking there must have been 1000 files or more. COMPLETE AND FINISHED IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR! PHPRunner was heaven sent! Thank you so much for developing this awesome software.
Xlinesoft software development
Xlinesoft.com is a software development group. The company focuses on providing innovative, powerful yet easy-to-use Internet-related software products. These products focus on helping users to make Web authoring easy. For more information, you can contact us by email or call toll free at 1-888-290-6617. Download our PHP Code Generator Free Trial at www.xlinesoft.com/phprunner .

Contact Information:
Xlinesoft
3404 Brightfield ct
Contact Person:
Sergey Kornilov
Phone: 703-585-8376

Priced at $147 for an owned license, iScripts Supportdesk 4.0 is distributed with full source code (like all other iScripts products) that enables users to customize and adapt the software as needed. The latest version has been in development for nearly a year and was released as a public beta in June. The help desk software is available at http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk

Key features of iScripts Supportdesk 4.0 include an AJAX-based user interface, email piping (with SMTP/POP3 support), a built-in spam blocker, and robust, built-in knowledgebase functionality. A more thorough listing of features is available at http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk/features.php.

“iScripts Supportdesk 4.0 goes above and beyond in creating opportunities to reduce cost and increase efficiency for customer support departments. With tools like remote desktop sharing and integrated live chat, technicians using the system can begin to understand customer usage patterns and ultimately improve customer service.  It translates into real, long-term cost savings in customer service,” said Aji Abraham, founder and CEO of iScripts.com.

Real time desktop sharing, a core component of the iScripts Supportdesk 4.0, is uncommon in help desk software. The functionality helps to reduce issue resolution time significantly, when compared to help desk, live chat or phone support options alone. This help desk is developed with the insight from providing outsourced technical support to millions of hosting customers through it’s sister company http://www.SupportPRO.com

In addition to iScripts Supportdesk 4.0, iScripts.com offers a variety of other open source web applications. It’s products include iScripts SocialWare (social networking software), iScripts AutoHoster (web hosting script), iScripts EasyCretae (Online website builder software)iScripts GoStores (online store builder software), and iScripts Backuper (online data backup platform).

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Web based software applications company. We develop social networking software, multi vendor shopping cart , help desk, hosting manager , online store builder, online site builder, online backup platform and more. All PHP web scripts are open source.

For years, ASP has been one of the most popular server-side scripting languages and for good reason. It is easy to learn, can be based on either Visual Basic scripting or Java scripting, and it runs on any Windows based server. But therein is the problem. It only runs on Windows based machines. With the growing popularity of UNIX and Apache based web servers, a new open sourced scripting language was needed. Out of this need grew PHP. PHP runs on all of the widely used web servers, including Windows. It also works with most of the common databases, such as MySQL, and can handle ODBC for any other database with an ODBC driver.

With more and more applications being driven to the World Wide Web, server-side scripting languages like PHP make sense. In a server-side scripting language, all of the processing takes place on the server. This means that the developer can create a fully scalable application at the source and have full control over the environment. The user, on the client side, enters data and clicks a button. This sends a request to the server with the form data embedded in the request. The server then takes this request, passes it on to the PHP translator that evaluates and processes the information, then returns simple HTML back to the client.
PHP uses a combination of HTML, scripts and tags to create code that is easy to structure and read. Anyone with knowledge of HTML and a scripting language such as Javascript or VBScript will be up and running in no time. And there is no shortage of places to learn PHP on the Web.

If you need a fast, open-source, easy to learn scripting language for your website, PHP is the way to go.

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There are many web hosting companies available willing to host your website for various monthly fees. Most of these fees are based on bandwidth usage, storage usage and anything else they can think of to add on fees.

Each company offers similar packages which include add-ons like support for programming languages such as PHP, ASP, Perl, database support such as MySQL or even a shopping cart for those of you interested in selling items from your website. If you have a need there is probably a company able to meet it for you and if not you may have just found yourself a business opportunity.

Don’t want to to pay the fees? Then I have a possible solution for you and I say possible because it will take a little patience to set everything up but if you’re willing I’ll show you how to setup your own computer to host your webpage yourself for free. Well not actually free you will still have to pay for the electric and your time to set it up but pretty close to free.

In order for you computer to act as a server it needs to be setup like one. And this is How. Every computer running Windows probably has a built in server that just needs to be started but I prefer using Apache Web server. Don’t panic it is also free.

Many of you may have read or heard how difficult it is to setup Apache server on your computer and not to discount those unfortunate soles in any way but there is a much easier way to install Apache along with several other items that may come in handy as your knowledge increases. (MySql, PHP, phpMyAdmin, Filezilla FTP Server, and Mercury Mail Transport System). Now all of these additional programs are beyond the scope of this article but I wanted to at least mention them.

Sound scary? Take some deep breaths or maybe count to 10 because it’s really not that bad. Okay here we go!

Setting up the Apache Web Server On your computer!

Apache is an open source software that is free for everyone to use and the best place I�ve found for downloading the program is ApacheFriends.org.

Apache Friends have an installation package available for download that takes all the headaches out of the setup process and pretty much does it all for you. To get started click on the link below and download (based on your computer’s operating system) the right version of what is called ? XAMPP

They have a download for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris. I downloaded and setup the installation package for windows so there might be some differences between my version and the one you will need however there is instructions available for each platform.

To get the ball rolling create a folder on your C drive called x or maybe xampp. x is shorter and to the point so I’ll use that. Now we need to double click the xampp installation package that we previously downloaded. The program start and ask you to select your language, once selected click next and then you’ll be prompted to enter in the path or location of the folder we previously setup.( “c:\x”) then click next. Here you will be prompted to create an icon on the desktop etc.

At the bottom of this screen the software will provide options for installation. You can install either or all of Apache, MySQL, and Fileszilla. I selected all of them and then clicked install but you begin with only setting up Apache if you like. At this point you will see the software begin to install and once it’s finished you will receive a message stating “Installation Complete” and a popup box asking if you would like to start the Xampp Control Panel now? Click yes.

Xampp Control Panel should now open and if we look at it we can see that Apache has the word “Running” beside it. MySQL and Fileszilla will to if you installed them as well. If the word “Running” is not there you can click on the button labeled start beside each one to get them running.

Once these are running you should be able to open your web browser and type http: //localhost/xampp/splash.php to see a page that was created through the installation process. Feel free to explore the different information that is available by selecting your language.

Now your all setup and rolling right? Okay maybe not yet.Where do we put the web pages we have created?

If you navigate to your C: drive and then locate and open the folder we called x you will see several folders along with a number of files. For now we are going to be interested in the folder called “htdocs” this is where you will keep the index.htm or start page. If an index file already exists then rename it for now and then open up notepad and type the following.

THIS ACTUALLY WORKED!

Then save it as index.htm or index.html file. Now let’s try out our new web server by opening up your web browser and typing in http: //localhost/index.htm, http: //localhost/index.html or just type in http: //127.0.0.1 which is sort of an alis for your computers home ip address. If the words above in bold displays then it’s working and your all set.
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Just finished your first website? So it’s the time to look for some hosting and make a choise. Your first qustion probably will be whether to choose free or paid hosting service. Let’s have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of these solutions.

Free web hosting:

* (+) It’s for free. You don’t need to pay for domain name.
* (-) Your URL will be something like username.vpshostingsearch.com or vpshostingsearch.com/username. As I noticed above, the advantage is that you don’t need to pay for domain. But note that if you move your website to another provider in the future you can loose some or all your traffic (there are some solutions how to solve this problem but it is not the point of this article).
* (-) Your provider will probably include ads to your pages - usually 1 or 2 banners, sometimes popup windows. If you plan to use banner exchange on your site read carefully their Terms and conditions. Some free hosts doesn’t allow it.
* (-) Free hosts usually allow lower bandwith then paid hosts and a lot of them don’t offer futures like PHP and MySQL.

* (-) A lot of free hosts change their Terms and conditions during some time. If your free host offers hosting wihtout ads now, don’t be surprised when banner or popup appears on your site in the future.
* (-) Sometimes happens that free hosts cancel their free service and longer offer paid hosting only. In this case you have only 2 choises - pay them or loose your website.

Paid web hosting:

* (+) You can host your own domain. If you decide to change the web hosting provider in the future, you easily transfer the domain to the new provider and don’t loose your traffic.
* (+) Most paid hosts offer 24/7 support via email or live chat and some of them provide toll-free phone support.
* (+) You can expect better uptime then on free host. Some paid hosts offer uptime guarantee.
* (+) Paid hosts usually offer enough disk space and bandwith. Futures like PHP and MySQL are standard. Even if you are not programmer you can download plenty of free PHP scripts from internet.
* (-) Paid hosting coast money :o)

Before you make the decision if choose free or paid host you should answer this question: How big ambitions do I have with my website? If you are starting small personal page for your friends consist of a few *.html files then free host will be sufficient. In case you plan to run serious business website, need PHP, database and don’t want ads on the site I recommend to look for quality paid host.

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There are literally hundreds of thousands of web hosting companies out there. Many of these companies offer both Windows hosting and Linux hosting plans. Windows plans usually cost more because of the license costs imposed by Microsoft. Knowing this, how can you know when you need Windows hosting and when Linux hosting will work just as well or better? Keep reading to find out.

Windows operating systems are found on something like 95% of all personal computers in the world. With such a total dominance, Microsoft Windows is top of mind to most new people looking for web hosting.

In the web server world though, Windows based servers are behind less than 20% of all websites on the internet. This is according to the latest web server survey from Vpshostingsearch.com. By choosing a Linux hosting plan, you will find yourself in good company.

When do you have to use Windows Hosting?

1. .NET technologies including ASP.net are not available on Linux platforms. If you have a website built with Microsoft .NET technologies you will have to choose a Windows hosting plan. In fact, if you need ASP without .NET features, most Linux hosting plans do not offer support for it.

2. Access Databases are only available with a Windows hosting plan. Access runs on a Microsoft Windows platform and cannot run on a Linux Operating system.

3. MSSQL is an enterprise class database put out by Microsoft. If you need an enterprise class database there are some alternatives that run on a Linux platform but if you need Microsoft’s MSSQL database, a Windows hosting plan will have to be your choice.

4. If you are using Microsoft’s Sharepoint services like some of the Sharepoint features found in Frontpage 2003, a Windows Hosting plan is your only choice.

What is the advantage to choosing Linux Hosting?

All the major services you need to run an enterprise class website are available on Linux based systems for free. Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP are being used together to provide the infrastructure behind some of the most traffic intensive sites on the internet.

PHP runs better on a Linux server than on a Windows server. Having said that, unless you are putting a heavy load on your PHP scripts, this will not be noticable.

In general, Linux hosting plans are at least 20% cheaper than Windows hosting plans. If you don’t need any of the features mentioned above, Linux hosting is a fine choice for your needs.

For Microsoft specific technologies, Windows hosting plans are usually your best bet. For everthing else, Linux hosting plans will usually do quite well. With the cost savings usually found with Linux hosting plans, Linux hosting is usually the right choice for you.

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How To Select A Web Hosting Company

When starting out, it is easy to overlook some of the most important factors when selecting a web host while paying too much attention on great features which you may not need at the start.

For example, most new webmasters judge a web host by the amount of disk space they offer. The thinking is generally, the more the better. There are many other factors to take into consideration. Each factor can be weighed up according to the features each specific web hosting company offers. Each company may also offer several different plans. The features from plan to plan may also differ.

What factors do I weigh up?

Tech Support - I don’t know about you, but I like the feeling of knowing that support is available when I need it. Test different companies before you sign up by sending them an email with a question or two. If they respond quickly, this is a good sign.

Uptime - The more uptime they guarantee, the better. 99% uptime is the minimum acceptable standard. I look for 99% plus guaranteed uptime.

Disk Space - Decide how much disk space you will require. A web page with one logo does not take up much web space at all. Calculate how big your web site is in relation to the disk space alloted.

Bandwidth - This factor is usually overlooked until the bandwidth limit is reached. If you go over your alloted bandwidth, you will get a hefty bill. If you are running a site with lots of downloads, or a site with lots of images such at a photo post site, your bandwidth will be a lot higher than a site with mainly text.

CGI Bin - This is now standard with good hosting companies. If you do not have access to your own CGI Bin, you cannot install scripts and programs.

Perl - If you do not have Perl, you cannot run Perl Programs. Many good scripts that you buy or get for free are written in Perl. In my opinion, it would be a limitation not to have the latest version of Perl installed.

SSL - If you intend to accept credit cards orders directly from your website, you will need Secure Socket Layer included in your plan. This is one of those easily overlooked features. You might sign up for a plan that looks attractive for whatever reason, then down the track, you might discover that you need this feature. If it is not included in your plan, you might be gob-smacked if the extra monthly charge is $10.00. To use this feature you need a merchant account. There is no need to make this a priority if you have no merchant account because you can use a third party credit card processor.

SSI - Server Side Includes are great if you want to spend minimal time updating your site. Here’s how it works. My site contains SSI’s. The left and right nav menus and the little search engine in the left nav menu are “included” with an SSI command in the master page template. If I need to update one of the nav links, there is no need to edit all the pages that contain the menus. I just edit one file which contains the menu HTML and upload it to my site. It’s awsome.

MySQL - What scripts are you going to run? Some programs require a MySQL database to run. I had this problem with a particular web host. They wanted to charge me $10.00 per month for a MySQL database. WOW. I just took out a new plan with another hosting company for under 10 bucks a month and 5 MySQL Databases are included in the price. Say no more.

PHP - Many new scripts and programs require PHP support. Again, this feature can be a $10 extra but most good hosts offer it standard. Imagine if you do not have PHP support but the latest new free Toplist, Blogging script or Shopping Cart requires PHP. Again, this feature is almost standard these days.

Domain Name - What’s the point in buying web space if you cannot point your own domain name to the site? Some companies will help you register a domain name but you should compare prices and learn how to register your domain yourself. This way you are in control of your domain name if you ever change hosts.

FTP Access - Unlimited and unrestricted FTP access to your site is essential. You will need an FTP program to transfer files.

Control Panel - Not all control panels are the same. Some are easier to use than others. Some control panels the learning curve is steep while others are easy. If you select a plan where you cannot preview your control panel before you buy, you can always use the 30 day money back guarantee to get out if you are not happy. If they are not offering a working demo of the control panel, maybe they are not proud of it. In my experience, I have always been disappointed with the quality of the control panel when a demo was not available.

Statistics Program - A good stats program is handy if you want to keep an eye on how many visitors you are getting, where they are coming from, referrers, top entry and exit pages and so on. Some companies offer excellent stats programs as standard while others offer basic stats but you have to pay extra for advanced statistics. If you find a good hosting deal but the stats program is a bit basic, why not email the company and ask if they can install AWStats before you sign up.

Last but not least - Some deals may look good at first but if one feature that is important according to your needs is missing, then that deal may not be so good in your opinion. This does not cast a value judgment on any particular web host. The deal in and of itself may be good for me for example but not for you. So do your research and compare different companies and plans until you weigh up all the factors that are important to “your” needs.

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