What is Web Hosting?
WebCare Web Hosting
WebCare hosts websites for its clients. Like all our services, our hosting provides value for money, backed by great service. We use CPanel for our client interface which gives easy access to a whole range of very important features like:
- Setting up your email accounts
- Checking your web statistics
- Backing up your website
- Forwarding emails
- Redirecting pages of your website
- Setting up an email autoresponder
- Managing Add On Domains and Sub-Domains
- Installing Scripts and Programs
How Much Space do I Need?
A very common question that our clients and internet business students ask is "how much space will I need to host my website?". The answer for the vast majority of websites is "Not very much!". To be more specific, the largest site we host uses 51mb of space and the smallest website uses less than 2mb. The average site uses about 12mb! We allocate 200mb to all our clients to start with, and when their needs change, we can quickly allocate more space at a small additional charge.
How Much Bandwidth do I Need?
This is another common question and the answer is very similar. For most websites, particularly in the time after their launch, they will not need very much bandwidth. Again, looking at our client records, our most popular client uses about 6% (120MB) of their 2GB (2000 MB) monthly allocation. The majority of our clients use about 50 MB (3%) of bandwidth per month! So, with an allocation of 2GB (2000MB) you will have plenty of room to grow your business. Of course, as soon as you need more bandwidth, we will immediately upgrade your account for a small additional charge.
What Else Do I Need to Know?
With any hosting account, you want to make sure that the "uptime" is as high as possible. Our servers have a 99.99% uptime guarantee - and they are backed up every 48 hours. So you are assured of continuity of service and risk management.
Where is the Server Located?
The server is located in the Fujitsu Data Center in Melbourne, Australia and is supported by staff based in Melbourne. This state of the art facility has multiple redundant features from power sources to data providers and switching equipment. The primary data supplier is Optus.
Using an Australian-based datacentre rather than the cheaper off-shore alternatives has two great advantages:a) Speed - If your visitors will be mainly from Australia, then the site will load much more quickly from an Australian-based server (simply because the data has less far to travel and there are fewer possibilities for data to be interrupted)
b) More Traffic - If you are targetting the Australian market, then a site hosted on an Australian ranking will have a higher ranking than one located on an offshore server (all other things being equal).
Type of Server and Software
Training Videos
We understand that "hosting" and all of the various things that you need to know to manage your website (email, FTP, redirections etc etc) are not necessarily easy to understand. So, we offer our clients more than 40 videos that show them how to use most of the features of their hosting account. Don't know how to set up a new POP3 email account? No problem - just watch our video and it will walk you through the process. Don't know how to set up Outlook to check your new email account? No problem - just watch the video. Want to know how to backup your website? Watch the video! And there's more than 40 for you to watch!
How Much Per Month?
Now to the big question, how much does it cost to host your website with WebCare?
For $10 per month, your account will have 200MB of space and 2000MB of bandwidth.
For $15 per month, your account will have 350MB of space and 3500MB of bandwidth.
For $20 per month, your account will have 500MB of space and 5000MB of bandwidth.
If you need more, just ask and we will work out a package to suit your needs.
Shared IP vs Dedicated IP Address
An IP address is the physical location of a website and is a series of numbers like: 203.123.45.67. In shared hosting, multiple websites share the one IP address. A dedicated IP address means that one site (or hosting account) has its own IP address.
A shared IP address simplifies the technical aspects of hosting a website, and also keeps the costs down! The problem with a shared IP is that if someone on the same IP happens to get in trouble for spamming or scamming, your IP can get banned or blacklisted. You may not know that this has happened until your site disappears from the search engines or your email starts getting blocked by ISPs.
A dedicated IP address is the preferred option for larger businesses, especially those with a merchant account. There is also the SEO or search engine optimizations concerns to consider. It has been identified that sites with a dedicated IP address do mysteriously better in the search engine results than those with shared IPs.
So which one to get? A shared IP address is included in our standard $10 package. A dedicated IP address costs $70 per year plus $35 to install. You can always start off with shared IP hosting, then upgrade to a dedicated IP address when your site grows.
What Do I Need to Do to Get Started?
If you want to use WebCare's hosting, just let us know what username and password you would like and we will set up your account straight away. We will then send you the details of your account set-up.
You will then need to re-delegate your domain name to the following:
ns1.webcare.prodns.net.au
ns2.webcare.prodns.net.au
If you have any questions or problems, just get in touch - we are only too happy to help. Call us for web hosting Adelaide, web hosting services Australia, Ecommerce web hosting Sydney, cheap web hosting Melbourne, discount web hosting Perth, moodle hosting and dedicated website hosting services.
Oh, and you also get Fantastico De Luxe Installed!
This is a huge collection of open source software that can be autoinstalled using Fantastico De Luxe. Installation takes only a few seconds and can easily be performed without the need for setting up MySQL databases, importing structure, chmoding files and without the need of other tasks usually associated with installations.
Please note: we do not support this software (unless we have installed it for you) and so you will need to refer to the package's website for all instructions and troubleshooting assistance.
The Fantastico Scripts package includes:
Blogs:
b2evolution (1.10.2) (website)
Nucleus (3.32) (website)
WordPress (2.3.3) (website)
Portals/CMS:
Drupal (6.1) (website)
Geeklog (1.4.1) (website)
Joomla 1.5 (1.5.1) (website)
Joomla (1.0.15) (website)
Mambo Open Source (4.6.3) (website)
PHP-Nuke (7.9) (website)
phpWCMS (1.1-RC4 Rev. A) (website)
phpWebSite (0.10.2) (website)
Post-Nuke (0.764) (visit site)
Siteframe (3.2.2) (website)
Typo3 (4.1.5) (website)
Xoops (2.0.16) (website)
Customer Support:
Crafty Syntax Live Help (2.14.6) (website)
Help Center Live (2.1.4) (website)
osTicket (1.3.1) (website)
PerlDesk (4.012.2) (Commercial, needs license) (website)
PHP Support Tickets (1.9) (website)
Support Logic Helpdesk (1.2) (website)
Support Services Manager (1.0b) (website)
Discussion Boards:
phpBB (3.0.0) (website)
SMF (1.1.4) (website)
E-Commerce:
CubeCart (3.0.17) (website)
OS Commerce (2.2 Release Candidate 2a + buySAFE) (website)
Zen Cart (1.3.8a) (website)
FAQ:
FAQMasterFlex (1.51) (website)
Hosting Billing:
AccountLab Plus (2.8 r14) (Commercial, needs license) (website)
phpCOIN (1.2.5) (website)
Image Galleries:
4images Gallery (1.7.6) (website)
Coppermine Photo Gallery (1.4.16) (website)
Gallery (2.2.4) (website)
Mailing List:
PHPlist (2.10.5) (website)
Polls and Surveys:
Advanced Poll (2.03) (website)
phpESP (1.8.2) (website)
PHPSurveyor (1.0) (website)
Project Management:
PHProjekt (5.2.2) (website)
dotProject (2.0.4) (website)
Site Builders:
Soholaunch Pro Edition (4.9.1 r10) (Commercial, needs license) (website)
Templates Express (website)
Wiki:
PhpWiki (1.2.10) (website)
TikiWiki (1.9.10.1) (website)
Other Scripts:
Dew-NewPHPLinks (2.0.1.0b SEF w/Thumbshots) (website)
Moodle (1.8.4) (website)
Noah’s Classifieds (1.3 [Patched-1]) (website)
Open-Realty (2.4.1) (website)
phpAdsNew (2.0.11-pr1) (website)
PHPauction (3.2) (website)
phpFormGenerator (2.09c) (website)
WebCalendar (1.0.5) (website)