Standard Features
Generous Quotas
Our 200MB webspace quota, together with a data transfer limit of 4GB/Month, allows for even the biggest website to be stored on the server.
100% Carbon Neutral Hosting
All NSDesign Linux servers are housed in the Coreix data centre in London, the first UK data centre to voluntarily offset all the CO2 emissions caused by running the centre.
Reliable LINUX servers
Industry standard Linux servers running on Intel processors, to ensure maximum reliability and performance. This account is recommended for both novice and power users!
Unlimited FTP accounts
When you open your account, you will be issued with a user name and password for FTP which grants access to all the files on your account. Extra FTP logins can be created as required via the control panel.
Unlimited Sub-Domains
Any number of sub-domains (i.e. clientname.yourname.com) can be setup on your hosting account. Each sub-domain is mapped to a corresponding directory of your main account, which makes for simple but effective domain management. Sub-domains can be combined with FTP accounts to give your users their own webspace!
Unlimited Email Accounts
Configure as many email addresses at each of your domain name(s) as required. This includes pop mailboxes, forwarders, autoresponders, mailing lists, spam filters and webmail!
Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions
FrontPage extensions are installed on our web servers. This allows you and your customers to take advantage of the dynamic features and publication wizard in Microsoft's web page authoring software.
CGI Scripting
Each account is equipped with its own CGI directory, allowing you to install and develop your own CGI scripts. We support the following CGI scripting languages, Perl and TCL. We also support Shockwave and Flash Development. SSI (server side includes) are also supported.
Ruby on Rails Support
Ruby is a pure object-oriented programming language with a super clean syntax that makes programming elegant and fun. Rails is an open source Ruby framework for developing database-backed web applications.
PHP Scripting Capabilities
PHP is a powerful server side scripting language ideal for the creation of dynamic data driven websites.
Unlimited mySQL Databases
mySQL is a powerful database engine designed to provide fast access to stored data. You can create as many mySQL Databases as you need. Online Database management includes full access to PhpMyAdmin.
Real-time Website Statistics
View real-time usage statistics for your website, see how many people are visiting your site, where they come from, what search keywords they use to find you and more. Full access to raw website logfiles are also available.
Password Protected Directories
Restrict access to certain areas of your websites. Applications include sites where membership is required to view certain content or the creation of an extranet.
Customised Error Pages
Replace the standard uninformative error responses of your virtual servers with a customised page of your choice. Encourages surfers to stay on your site when an error occurs.
Fantastico Scripts
The Fantastico suite, featuring a collection of Advanced "auto-install" cgi-scripts including OS Commerce, phpBB2, PHP-Nuke, 4images Gallery and many more is available as standard.
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Advanced Features
Linux accounts cater for the more advanced user with features such as File Manager, Online backup, cron jobs, mime types and apache handlers... All these advanced features are free!
CPanel - On-Line Control Panel
Configure everything yourself with the Industry Standard 'CPanel' Control Panel which puts you firmly in control!
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Pro-Active Security Protection
All our Linux servers are protected by a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application, in addition to ModSecurity - a web application firewall engine.
Pricing
Our standard pricing for the Linux Standard Account is shown below. Prices shown exclude VAT and cover a one year period.
| Linux Standard with Global Domain Registration/Transfer |
£39 |
| Linux Standard with UK Domain Registration/Transfer |
£29 |
| Linux Standard with Euro Domain Registration/Transfer |
£59 |
| Linux Standard (No Domain) (domain remains at alternative host) |
£25 |
Note that you can also upgrade your basic domain registration to include this account at any time. Email accounts@nsdesign.net for more info on how to upgrade.
Optional Extras
The following extras are not included as standard, but can be added to your account at any time.
Secondary DNS and Mail Server [more info on secondary dns]
Dedicated SSL Certificate [more info on ssl]
Extra 100MB Webspace
Extra 1GB/Month Data Transfer
Multi-Domain Upgrade: Host an additional 5 "add-on" domains and 5 "parked" domains on your account.
Remote Backup [more info on remote backup]
The above extras (with the exception of the dedicated SSL) are all charged at £10 (plus VAT) each per annum, and can be purchased online.
