Web Hosting

Bringing a website or a web application to the Internet, requires a huge investment. An investment not only in servers and telecommunication, but also in specific knowledge of security, installing and maintaining web servers and mail servers.

AWARE's Shared Hosting Services are for customers that want to take advantage of what the Internet has to offer but don't want to bear the high cost of investing in technological infrastructures. Our Shared Web Hosting Service offers an economical way to benefit from the Internet by securely "sharing" a server with other AWARE customers.

Our Shared Web Hosting Service offers extraordinary uptime reliability and customer support and knowing how critical the Internet is to your business applications, we perform proactive maintenance of our web servers and daily backups of our systems.

Whether your business is new to the web or you're looking to transfer your account, AWARE Shared Web Hosting Service offers basic introductory features to meet your needs:
Domain Name Registration

AWARE offers virtual domain Web hosting accounts, which means you can have your own Web address or "domain name" (e.g.: www.yourname.com). AWARE can handle domain name registration or transfers on your behalf (i.e.: .com, .net, .org, etc.). The InterNIC charges $70 to register a domain name, which covers the first two years. We currently bill at a rate of $35 per year thereafter.

We can also provide you with the appropriate name server and technical contact information to assist you in registering a domain name yourself. You can also have additional domain names (sometimes called domain pointers) point to your account for an additional charge of $10 per month plus a $20 one-time set-up fee.

Disk Storage Space

Disk storage space refers to the amount of server disk storage specifically allocated to your account. This space is used to store your html files, graphics, audio clips, POP mail messages, PDFs, and other files that make up your website. Your Shared Hosting Account includes a specified allotment of 50 MB of disk storage space but additional space can be purchased for any account.

POP Accounts and Web Mail

In addition to mail forwarding, users have the option to retrieve e-mail directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using an email program or through a browser with web mail. Each account has a specified number of configurable POP accounts.

CGI script support

All customers have access to a personal cgi-local directory in which you can place your own custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts are often used to accomplish tasks, which are not supported by basic HTML such as a "hit" counter or guest book. This directory can be used to set up scripts that you write or find elsewhere on the web.

FTP Access

You will have unlimited access to your account via FTP 24-hours a day to set up and maintain your web site. You can work on HTML documents, graphics, and scripts locally and then upload files to your website when ready.

Anonymous FTP

Enabling anonymous FTP allows visitors to access your website to upload and/or download files without a unique ID and password.


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