Feature Glossary

Advanced WWWCount Counter

Full featured advanced counter that is highly customizable allowing you to change digit formats, colors, time, and adjustable data counts.

Anonymous FTP
Allows visitors to upload and/or download predetermined files from designated directories without usernames or passwords.  This is different than a regular FTP account
Autoresponders
Sends an automated email response to incoming mail sent to a specific address. 
Bulletin Board
Web message forum. With admin program for your WWWBoard.
Cgiemail
Allows you to custom build email results from a web page much like a mail merge letter.   For example, subscribing to our mailing list on the left uses Cgiemail to send a letter to you for confirmation of your subscription.
Customizable Missing Docs Page
By placing a file in your main directory called missing.html you will be able to provide a customized page to any browser that requests a file which does not exist on your server.
CyberCash
Used for secure processing of credit card transactions.  It actually takes the payment information and sends it via the banking gateways to obtain real-time approvals for credit cards and checks.  You receive CyberCash installed with our Platinum Plan (ask us for more details)
Disk Space
Used to store everything related to your web site such as your regular html files, images, multimedia files, anonymous ftp files, POP mail messages, cgi scripts and any other files that make up your web site.

Domain Name/Registration
SpringWeb now can register your domain (up to 67 characters, including .com, .net or .org) at $32/domain for one year or $58/domain for 2 years ($29/year)

You no longer need to pay domain registration fee to InterNic (NetworkSolutions) at $70 for the first two years.

Email Accounts (POP3)
These are your email boxes on our server that can be accessed directly to retrieve your mail using such programs as Outlook Express and Netscape Mail.  Each POP3 has it's own password to ensure privacy. 
Email Aliases
Your main POP account for your domain allows the system to capture any name that may be sent to your domain name.  This means as long as the @yourdomain.com is proper, any name in front of it will be delivered to your main POP account.  Each alias can be forwarded or redirected to any other address of your choice.
Email Forwarding
Any email address at your domain may be configured to forward to any other real internet email address.  For example sales@yourname.com can forward to you@aol.com if you like.
Email Mini Mailing Lists
Allows you to provide your customers an email address that they can send to and be added to your personalized mailing list.  The system is capable of multiple lists.   The lists can be up to 1000 names and you can email a message up to 75k to the lists you create.
Free For All Links Page
Visitors add links to any web site onto list.
Formmail
Get the contents of any form mailed to you.
FrontPage Extensions
This is Microsoft's simple editor that requires your own FrontPage 98 software.  It's designed for non-programmers and includes many of it's own scripts including counters, search engines, etc.  You should either plan to use CGI based applications or FrontPage.  FrontPage does not provide the ability to edit or maintain files in your home directory and does not upload in true ascii. 
FTP Account
Used to upload and download files to and from your web site. You have unlimited access to your account 24 hours a day.
Guestbook
Visitors sign-in to your web site leaving a message to let you know what they thought of your site.
Java Chat Rooms
Real time chat via a Java applet that allows several people to send messages to the room.
Majordomo List
This is a very flexible tool for interacting with your customers or clients.  In simple terms its an interactive style news letter that allows all subscribers to distribute information.  there are many configurable features including automatic subscribe and unsubscribe and much more.  Each list can email up to 1500 emails per day.  If you require more, email your requirements to us and we can provide a quote.

Monthly Traffic
Your monthly traffic is the sum of outward-bound, inward-bound, email and anonymous FTP traffic. Each time a web page, image, audio, video, and other elements of your web site is accessed by your visitor, traffic is generated.

( 95% of our accounts do not go over 3/gigs/month. Only 2% of my customers go over 6/gigs/month.).

mSQL Database
A database engine used for accessing individual records.  We have support for creating a simple searchable database.  This does not include any web based interface, only the creation of the database itself. Max. 15MB space for each mSQL (Gold).

Online Training Courses
Receive unlimited access to over 180 course offerings via your web browser by DPEC.   Unlimited access is provided at no extra charge to Platinum account holders.   It can be purchased as an addon to any account for only $18 per month.  Take a demo (some features disabled in the demo): Windows 98: What's new in Windows 98

View the course catalog here!

Password Protected Web Directories

Allow only authorized users to get into Password Protected Web Directories.

Example:

Try to access this directory by using the following user-name and password:

user-name: guest

password: guest

Random Text Displayer
Have visitors see random messages you have saved in a text file.
Raw Stats/Graphic Stats/Advanced Stats
You have access to a raw access log so you can analyze your site's usage with any program you desire.  Graphical stats are a detailed graphical and tabular view of your web site's traffic grouped by weeks, days, and hours in an easy to read format.   Advanced Stats (AXS 2.0) are provided and installed FREE for Gold and Platinum accounts.   This is a free script that is highly configurable which includes referrer information.
Real Audio/Video
A client-server based system where both the browser and server must have Real Audio/Video components to provide streaming media to visitors at your web site without waiting for the clip to download.
Search Engine
Perform keyword searches of web site.
Secure Server (SSL)
One method of ensuring that information entered through your web site is protected.   Information submitted via a secure form is sent to the server in encrypted mode.   This is most commonly used for credit card transactions.  SSL is available for free for Gold account. Our Platinum Plan includes your very own Secure Server that matches your domain name.
Server Side Includes (SSI)
Allows the server to parse special page commands.  As an example if you had a footer you wanted on all your pages that may change from time to time, you can create a text file with the desired footer and place it in your document.  On each page you put a simple include to read the file and place it at the bottom of the desired pages. 

Shopping Cart
Keeps track of what your customers have ordered online as they add and remove items.   When a customer is ready to check out, the program tallies the order for processing. 

With COMMERCE.CGI, you can have your catalog up and running in literally a couple of hours. The easy to use Store Manager will even allow you to add and remove products from your inventory right through your web browser. It supports SSL.

To get your store up and running you only need to create a front page, one header and footer file for the dynamically created product pages, and set a few pieces of data, such as your e-mail address and inventory through the browser interface. Best of all, Gold account receive this cart installed for FREE.

Simple Counter
Graphical count of visitors to your web site that appears on your web page.
Site Submission
Submits your site information to a database of over 1700 search engines, link engines, and directories.  Receive a report of each. More Info! 
Telnet Account
Real Time access to your server to run programs and install scripts.  Silver, Gold, and Platinum accounts provide Telnet access.  Most cgi scripts can be installed without Telnet unless you need it for debugging purposes. 

 Volano Chat

Volano has made all that possible with their new chatroom available now through SpringWeb.  The world's most influential companies and organizations use VolanoChat to interact with their customers and to improve their business communications. VolanoChat comes standard in six languages. Support for any other language is provided just by editing a single text file. All character sets are supported including Japanese, Hebrew and Chinese.

Web-Based Telnet
Invoke a telnet session directly from your web browser.  No need for any other applications.

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