Domain Registrations & DNS FAQ's

• Can I register my domain name anywhere?
• Can you host .ca? .nl? .us? others?
• I have more than one domain, can I host them both with a shared plan?
• Can you register .us, .biz, .tv, .ws, .name etc domains?
• Can I have more than one domain with my account?
• What is domain parking?
  

CGI, Perl, Sendmail FAQ's

• What is the path of sendmail?
• What is the path to my cgi-bin directory?
• What is the path to perl?
• What version of Perl are you running?
• Where should I put my Perl scripts?

Account FAQ's

• Do you limit the size a file can be?
• I'm moving from an old host, how do I get my files switched over to your server?
• What are the name server settings?
• What is the directory I need to upload my files to?
• I need a user login screen of some sort (password protection), can you do that?
• I don't have enough space/bandwidth for my account, can I upgrade?
• Can I preview my account before my domain's nameservers have propagated?
• How can I view my domain's Webalizer stats?
  

Password FAQ's

• Changing your Mail Administration Password
• Control Panel Password
• Creating secure passwords

PHP & MySQL FAQ's

• Creating MySQL databases
• How do I connect to the MySQL database remotely?
• Parsing PHP in .htm/.html files
• Troubleshooting "Cannot connect to the database" errors
• What does "Warning: main(): stream does not support seeking" mean?
• What is phpMyAdmin and how do I access it?

Other FAQ's

• How do I stream RealMedia audio/video files?
• Where are my raw access logs stored?

Subdomain FAQ's

• Do sub-domains have their own email access (POP and SMTP)?
• Is there a limit to how many sub-domains I can setup?
• My sub-domain isn't working! What do I do?

Control Panel FAQ's

• Accessing your control panel
• How do I create subdomains?
• How do I find the stats for a subdomain?
• How do I view a subdomain's Webalizer stats?

E-mail Services FAQ's

• Are there any limits I should know about on how many E-Mails I can send out?
• How can I access webmail outside of cPanel?
• How do I setup Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express with my account's email?
• How many E-Mail accounts can I setup?
• How many email accounts can I forward to with the email forward?
• My domain is working but my email is not, how come?
• Can ramwebhosting.com customers operate mailing lists?
• Can I forward to multiple e-mail addresses?
• Can I have auto-responders for my e-mail accounts?
• Can I limit the e-mail storage space of a particular account?
• Can I setup e-mail accounts for subdomains?
• Can I use Bigmailbox.com or Everyone.net?
• Creating an E-mail Account
• Does ramwebhosting.com support IMAP?
• How do I access webmail?

FTP & SSH FAQ's

• Anonymous FTP Information
• How do I create additional FTP accounts?
• How do I create an FTP account for a subdomain?

Dedicated Web Hosting

Choosing a Dedicated Web Hosting means, you could literally go crazy trying to compare all of the hundreds of Dedicated Web Hosting plans and providers on the market. To narrow down your options, talk to friends and business associates who have professional web sites.

Ask them which providers they use or recommend for Dedicated Web Hosting. A number of Internet sites, such as CNET and Epinions, allow users to share their thoughts about Dedicated Web Hosting companies, so their input could be valuable in your search also.

Once you've found a manageable number of potential providers, you can begin to compare plans. Here are a few things you should focus on:

Dedicated Web Hosting: Money Back Guarantee - Many providers offer a 30-Day money back guarantee so that you can try their service risk free. Always look for this option so you don't get stuck with a service you're unhappy with.

Dedicated Web Hosting: Storage Space - This is the amount of room you will have for your site. Of course, you don't want to pay for room you don't need, but you also want room to grow. If you've a small site in mind 10-30 Mega Bytes should be sufficient to begin with.

Dedicated Web Hosting: Bandwidth/Data Transfer - Data transfer (bandwidth usage) refers to how much data/information is sent to or received from your hosting account on the server over a specified period of time. Usually it is measured monthly.

How much Bandwidth Do I need? for Dedicated Web Hosting

The more visitors to your site, the more bandwidth you'll require. Small sites can usually get by with 1 Giga Bytes per month (1 GB/month).