Disk Space
The more disk space you have the more files, pages, emails, and more everything your account will be able to store on our server.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth can be best described as gas for a car. If your website runs out of bandwidth nobody will be able to visit it. 1GB of bandwidth is equal to over 100,000 hits. The average account with us uses less than 2 GB of bandwidth a month. Your bandwidth number used will reset back to zero on the first of every month.
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
This is our 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, in which we promise your website(s) will be up 99.9% of the time. Read more about this guarantee here.
Free Website Transfer (Covered to 250 MB)
We will transfer your site(s) as long as it is under 250 MB.
Parked Domains
Parked domains are secondary domains that point to your main website / domain. They function exactly as your primary domain would.
Addon Domains
Add-On domains are fully functional domains hosted under your main account. Think of it as hosting unlimited amount of websites under your current account. It will act as its own website, can have e-mails, sub-domains, and its own FTP username/password.
Sub Domains
A normal domain name looks like www.domain.com a sub domain looks like sub.domain.com For example forums.nixism.com is a sub domain name of our site www.nixism.com
FTP Accounts
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. Having multiple FTP accounts will allow you to give friends and employees their own FTP account. This will allow you to give them as little or as much access to your website as you choose.
Anonymous FTP
Anonymous ftp allows the public to upload, download, or view files in a specified directory. (no login required)
Fantastico De Luxe (w/50 Pre-Installed Scripts)
All accounts come with Fantastico De Luxe which allows you in just a few clicks install many of the most popular open source PHP scripts available. Fantastico also lets you upgrade the scripts in just a few clicks making keeping your scripts up to date as easy as just visiting Fantastico once a week.
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Ruby on Rails pre-installed with all plans. Ruby on Rails is a web application framework written in Ruby, a dynamically typed programming language similar to Python, Smalltalk, and Perl.
CGI
CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. CGI is one method by which a web server can obtain data from (or send data to) databases, documents, and other programs, and present that data to viewers via the web.
More simply, a CGI script is a program intended to be run on the web. A CGI program can be written in any programming language, but Perl is one of the most popular. On our servers you will get a cgi-bin directory that your scripts should normally be uploaded to, however your CGI scripts will work both inside and outside of this directory.
PHP 4 and PHP5
PHP is a server side HTML embedded scripting language. All accounts come with support for version 4.4.7 and 5.2.3.
Cron
Crontab is a process in Unix systems that uses a Daemon called cron to execute commands for the user at a certain time.
SSH (*Shell Access Form Required *special request)
We allow you to use the OpenSSH Protocol (using Jailed Shell) on all of our Shared servers to make it easier to develop and debug your files with such text editors as vim and nano. (To have this enabled on your account, you will need to submit a ticket. Then you will need to fill out a form, and then email it back to us.)
SSI
Server Side includes, refers to Perl based HTML commands that direct a server to generate on-the-fly contact for web pages.
Zend Optimizer
Zend Optimizer is a PHP accelerator that goes over code generated by the Zend run-time compiler and optimizes it for faster execution and performance. Zend Optimizer also allows you to run scripts encoded using Zend Guard.
Shell Access (*Shell Access Form Required *special request)
SSH (Secure Shell) allows you to use the command line of the machine on your account. It's exactly like Telnet only it's encrypted so all of the data being transmitted will be secure. You will need to download a SSH client to use this feature, we recommend Putty for Windows users. (To have this enabled on your account, you will need to submit a ticket. Then you will need to fill out a form, and then email it back to us.)
Python 2.2 Language Support
Python is a Object Oriented programming language that prioritizes readability over speed and expressiveness.
Imagemagick / GD
ImageMagick is a software suite that allows you to create and manipulate images in many ways. It's usually used by CGI scripts to create thumbnails, add watermarks, create galleries. It is also collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in any of the more popular image formats including GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, and Photo CD.
cURL Library
cURL is a command line tool that allows you to transfer files with a URL syntax. This is most widely used in CGI languages such as PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby.
ionCube Loader
Ioncube Loader allows scripts encoded by Ioncube Encoder to be ran.
Perl 5.8
Perl is a CGI scripting language used primarily by many older scripts but is still widely used. It's one of the most popular languages alongside Python and PHP.
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Encryption
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a method of ensuring that information entered through your Web site is protected from prying eyes.
24/7/365 Server Monitoring
Our monitoring system checks each server every 30 seconds 24/7. This way we know of problems before they affect your site. This is how we maintain our 99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee.
Intrusion Detection System
Intrusion Detection System is a defense system, which designed to detect, report, and terminate unauthorized activity on servers to increase server security.
Firewall
Firewalls are designed to increase server security by preventing unauthorized access to or from a server.
Fast Reply Support
We offer many ways for our customers to get in direct contact with us. For more information on how to get in contact with us, go here.
Daily & Weekly Backups
Full backups are made weekly, monthly and backups of new/changed data made nightly. Please read our terms of service for more information of our backup policy.
Active Community
Nixism has a very active community, in which you can receive a lot of help. On our forums you can post testimonials or your pre-sale questions. Go here to check out our community.
MySQL Databases
MySQL is the world's most popular open source database. Many forums and other database driven programs require MySQL to run. We use version 4.1.21 at this time. Each account has unlimited MySQL databases. MySQL is a open source database engine used by a majority of web applications (PHP, CGI, etc..) to store data. You can manage your MySQL databases by logging into CPanel (http://www.yourdomain.com:2082) and clicking on the "MySQL" button.
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin allows you to easily manage your entire MySQL databases using a simple interface.
PhpPgAdmin
phpPgAdmin is a web application, written in PHP, for managing PostgreSQL databases.
24/7 FTP Access
You have unlimited access to your account, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This allows you to set up, change, or maintain your Web site at any time of the day or night.
Web-based Control Panel
All of our shared web hosting plans come equipped with cPanel. cPanel allows you to monitor the amount of bandwidth used, space used, create e-mail addresses, sub domains, MySql databases, and much more instantly!
Password Protect Directories
Directories can be password protected without any hassle within seconds from your control panel. Choose who can view parts of your web site by password protecting your directories and folders.
Microsoft® FrontPage® Extensions
If you use Frontpage to create and edit your website, you can use it's built in functions to publish your website to our servers.
Web-based File Manager
File Manager is a very powerful feature. It allows you to manipulate all the files in your web site. You are able to upload, create, delete, and move your files.
Detailed Traffic Stats (AWStats, Webalizer, Analog)
WireNine provides you with a detailed Web site activity report, including both graphical and raw numbers, grouped by weeks, days and hours. This information can be used to track how many hits you are getting, where those hits are coming from, which page is the most popular, how much data transfer is occurring, and more.
Access to Raw Log File
A raw log file contains detailed information about your site's activity in raw Web server format. You can download the raw access logs that contain all the recorded hit information that your site has received.
Instant Site Backups
Backing up your entire website including mailboxes and databases is easy with our instant online backup facility. Backups can be taken and stored on the server or your local hard drive and instantly restored at any time via your Web Control Panel.
Customizable Error Pages
Using our advanced control panel you can make a custom error page for anyone who visits a not existant page of your site.
Cron Job Editor
Cron gives you the ability to run programs based on the system clock. A crontab/job is a scheduled task that you want to automatically run at a scheduled time.
FFMPEG
FFmpeg is a collection of software libraries that can record, convert and stream digital audio and video in numerous formats. It includes libavcodec, an audio/video codec library used by several other projects, and libavformat, an audio/video container mux and demux library. The name of the project comes from the MPEG video standards group, together with "FF" for "fast forward".
FFMPEG-php
FFmpeg-php is a PHP extension that adds functions for accessing and retrieving information from movies and audio files. ffmpeg-php provides access to the many audio and video formats supported by ffmpeg.
MPlayer
MPlayer is a free and open source media player distributed under the GNU General Public License. The program is available for all major operating systems, including Linux and other Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Versions for OS/2, AmigaOS and MorphOS are also available. The Windows versions works, with some minor problems, also in DOS using HX DOS Extender. A port of DOS using DJGPP is available too.
MEncoder
MEncoder is a free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool released under the GNU General Public License. It is a close sibling to MPlayer and can convert all the formats that MPlayer understands into a variety of compressed and uncompressed formats using different codecs.
Web Mail
We offer the ability to view your mail boxes from the web by accessing http://yourdomain.com:2095/ replacing yourdomain.com with your sites address. We offer both Horde and Squirrelmail which each provide a different feel for your web based email. Web mail is great for users who would rather have an interface like Yahoo, Hotmail, GMail ect. for their email opposed to having to store the email on your computer.
Email Alias
Mail box aliases will allow you to setup multiple email addresses to go to a single mail box.
Auto Responders
Autoresponders are E-mail messages that are sent automatically when an e-mail arrives for a specific E-mail account.
Mailing Lists
If you want to mail your contacts on a regular basis, add them to a mailing list so you can e-mail them faster and easier.
Spam Assassin
If you enable Spam Assasin it will block most spam from reaching your e-mail.
Mail Forwarding
Automatically forward E-mails sent to one account to any other E-mail account.
Anti-Virus & SPAM Protection
Every web hosting account comes with complete SPAM and VIRUS protection. This is designed to help you eliminate and remove up-to 98% of junk mail and viruses from your inbox. You can disable or enable virus and spam protection from your online control panel.
MX Record Modifications
You have the option to modify the MX record for your domain.
Default Catch-all Mailbox
A catch all email address will receive all emails delivered to non existent email addresses.
IMAP Support
We support Internet Message Access Protocol. "IMAP permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if they were local."
SMTP
We allow you to use our servers to send outgoing mail.
Hotlink Protection
Hotlinking is when another site is linking to your images or files. Hotlink protection will stop them from stealing your bandwidth.
IP Deny Manager
The IP Deny Manager allows you to quickly block IP's from accessing your website without any coding knowledge needed. This can be great for blocking malicious users on your site or even users that you simply do not want visiting anymore maybe due to a ban from the web site or just about any other reason you see fit to block an IP from visiting your site.
Instant Blogs
The below blogs (journals) can be installed with a click of the mouse.
b2 (0.6.1) (visit site)
b2evolution (0.8.6) (visit site)
Nucleus (2.0) (visit site)
pMachine Free (2.3) (visit site)
WordPress (1.0) (visit site)
Instant Portals
Install the below portals intantly.
Drupal (4.3.2) (visit site)
Geeklog (1.3.8-1sr3) (visit site)
PHP-Nuke (6.8) (visit site)
phpWebSite (0.9.3-2 english) (visit site)
Post-Nuke (0.7.2.6-1) (visit site)
Siteframe (3.1.2) (visit site)
Xoops (2.0.5.2) (visit site)
Instant Forums
You are welcome to install any forum you want with us. You will even be able to install phpbb, Invision, and Yabbse instantly using our control panel.
Instant PHPNuke
With a click of the mouse you have the ability to create a php nuke site.
Instant Counter
Put a hit counter on your site instantly.
Instant Guestbook
A guestbook that allows your friends to sign and leave messages.
Instant FormMail
Formmail is a form that will email you all the info when filled out.
Setup Fee
All of our web hosting plans come with a Waived setup fee!!
Price Per Month
This is the price you will pay monthly, if you ordered a monthly billing cycle.
Price Per 3 Months
This is the price you will pay every 3 months, if you ordered a quarterly billing cycle.
Price Per 6 Months
This is the price you will pay every 6 months, if you ordered a semi-annual billing cycle.
Price Per Year (BEST Value!)
This is the price you will pay every 12 months, if you ordered a yearly billing cycle.
Dedicated I.P. (limited to 1 per account)
Having a dedicated IP allows your site to have its own unique IP address that isn't shared with any other website. There are several benefits to this, including if a site gets blacklisted from a search engine or spam list it won't have an effect on your website. It's also required for private SSL (used when processing credit cards, E-Commerce, etc)