Domain Name Registration
UK Domains (.co.uk etc) £20 including all fees (2 years)
US Domains (.com etc) £25+vat including all fees (1 year)

Domain Transfers
your domain name can be transferred to one of our servers at a cost of £15, on top of this you will have to rent webspace to hold your site and email facilities, see a list of packages bellow or email us with your requirements so we can build a package that suits your needs.

Hosting Packages
All packages have a one time set up fee of £25

Basic - £120 p.a. Domain name Registration 3 Email addresses 3 Email Fwd 10Mb Webspace	Standard - £150 p.a. Domain name Registration 10 Email addresses 10 Email Fwd 20Mb Webspace	Premiere - £200 p.a Domain name Registration Un Email addresses Un Email Fwd 50Mb Webspace
Options Frontpage Extensions - £25+vat p.a. Webstats - £ 15 p.a Basic Security - £15 p.a Advanced security - £120+vat p.a Virus Scanning - £30 p.a. Domain transferal - £20

Email Forwarding [Back to Top]
Aside from Email forwarders that come with the packages additional forwarders can be added to your account

Frontpage 2000 Support [Back to Top]
We offer full support for Microsoft Frontpage 2000 extensions.
Websites designed using FrontPage need to have FrontPage extensions installed on the server to allow publishing via FrontPage and for certain FrontPage specific components to operate such as the hit counter and search facility.
The FrontPage 2000 extensions are backward compatible with all versions of FrontPage.

Web Stats [Back to Top]
You can view real-time information about the visitors to your website.. The Who's On report showcases the Live Stats interface. It displays the activity going on at that exact moment in time on your Web site. It also provides a way to zoom in on a single session in progress.
First it tracks who is using the Web site right now. Click the "Refresh" button and you're likely to see new users show up on the Web site.
Second, the Who's On report solves the corporate identity, geographic origin and machine name of the IP Address of the user in real-time if available. This information is not always available immediately because a global search may be required to locate it.
Even more detailed information is available by clicking the magnifying glass adjacent to any IP Address. This will display a Session Breakdown that shows everything the user has done during their time online. As well machine name, what organization they are from, where they are located, the time they have spent online, how many hits they have made, how many kilobytes have been moved, their Browser tag and who referred them to the Web site are shown.

Full CGI Support [Back to Top]
You can use your own CGI programs developed in any programming language such as Visual Basic or Delphi.

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Databases [Back to Top]
You can create MSSQL Server databases on your account and have full control of them via the Microsoft Enterprise Manager or ODBC.
MSSQL Server is the most powerful database available for the web today and is the solution used by many Corporate and Financial institutions worldwide.Microsoft SQL Server is a high performance database which can be used in place of Access databases for your websites.
MS SQL Server databases can be used in your ASP/Perl/iHTML scripts through the use of an ODBC datasource.

Note: You will need a good understanding of MSSQL in order to use an MSSQL database on your website. Although 1st-Host provides the service, we do not provide consultancy on setting up your database free of charge

ODBC Database support [Back to Top]
Your website can use any ODBC compliant database such as Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel

Dial up Accounts [Back to Top]
1st-hosts dial up accounts are available charged at local telephone rates, unmetered access will soon be available, if you wish to be notified when this service is available, email us and we will add you to our mailing list.

SSL [Back to Top]
SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) is a protocol which encrypts data between the web browser and server. This is especially important for sites such as online shops where customers are asked to enter their credit card details. Typically a normal website sends all these details in "clear text" (no encryption) and it is possible for a third party to "sniff" these details during transmission. SSL cures this problem by encrypting the information with a key which only only the webserver can decrypt. There are various strengths of keys available. The 1st-Hosts SSL server uses 128 bit encryption from Thawte.

Secured URLs can be determined by a padlock in the bottom left screen of the web browser. Here, visitors can click this to view information about the URL they are viewing.

For the sake of efficiency and speed, only put pages which will be used to collect sensitive information onto the SSL server (such as HTML forms). There is a 10mb quota set per SSL folder.

This 1st-Hosts SSL server is a shared server meaning that the URL used to access your secured area will always be https://vault1.secured-url.com/yourfoldername

URL Security [Back to Top]
URL security provides a method of password protecting sections of a website. When the user attempts to visit a secure area they will be prompted for a username and password which they must enter in order to be granted access to this site. For example, you can create a "members only" section on your website or an area just private to yourself.
URL Security comes in two flavours: Basic and Advanced. Basic URL security validates users from a text file only whereas advanced can validate users through the use of a text file or an ODBC datasource