Q. What are the name servers for my account?

You should change your DNS “Domain Name Servers” to the following:

NS1.1SHOTHOST.COM – NS2.1SHOTHOST.COM – NS3.1SHOTHOST.COM – NS4.1SHOTHOST.COM

Q. Can I host international domains?

Yes, we currently have clients that use .ca, .il, .tc, .nu, .ve, and many other international domain names.

Q. Do you offer NT or UNIX plans?

We offer UNIX web hosting accounts (Red Hat Linux). We do not handle Windows on any machines due to its overall instability and obsessive cost for licensing.

Q. How do I access my CPanel – Control Panel?

You can login to your Cpanel control panel at http://yoursite.com/cpanel where “yoursite” is your own domain name.

Q. How long does it take for my DNS changes to update world wide?

Normally you can expect to see your web site DNS to change within 24 hours once you have made the modifications at your registrar. However, we have seen it take up to 7 days in some cases where registrars and ISPs are a little slower.

Q. How long does it take to set up an account?

Orders can be set up in less than 5 minutes but not greater than 24 hours.

Q. How much Space and Bandwidth do I need for my site?

Think of your web hosting account as a sub-directory (or folder) on your hard drive.

To determine how much disk space you will need, In Microsoft windows simply open explorer or my computer and click on the folder that contains your web sites files.
Create a new folder for your web site if you don’t have one and then move all of files you plan to host on the web server into that folder.

All you have to do now is right click on your folder to check the size of that folder and now, you know how much disk space you will use on the server. This entire site is around two megs.

How much monthly (bandwidth)Data Transfer do you need:

Try using the following formula to estimate your site’s monthly data transfer.

[Average size of your web page(s) + any graphics included within] * [number of visitors you expect each day * number of pages each visitor will view] * [30 days in a month] = Total Monthly Data Transfer Usage.

For example: if we had a site with 30 pages averaging 8 KB each, 50 KB worth of images in each page, and 50 visitors each day who viewed an average of 4 pages, you would have the following formula:[8 KB + 50 KB] * [50 visitors * 4 pages] * [30] = 348,000 KB So we would be using 348,000 KB, or approximately 340 MB, of bandwidth each month. Well within the limitations of our hosting plans.

It’s hard to generalize how much data transfer a site will use without looking at it specifically, but in most cases it is very rare for a personal or small business site to use more than one gigabyte (GB) of data transfer in a month. Starting with a data transfer limit of one gigabyte per month is probably appropriate for most new sites. If your average web page is 20Kb in size. 1 Gig of transfer allows for well over 50,000 hits per month at that size! If your average page size is smaller obviously more hits per month.

Now video sites, forum sites, and the such will take more space and will also acquire more used bandwidth so please remember the above is a general guide to help you try to guesstimate what plan would be the best plan for your particular needs.

We have found that our Business Plan is very suitable for most start up on line web site businesses and it gives you plenty of room to grow with us.

Q. What version of MySQL comes installed on your servers?

\MySQL 5.0.87-community

Q. What version of Apache comes installed on your servers?

Apache 2.2.14

Q. What version of PHP comes installed on your servers?

PHP 5.2.11

Q. How much do you charge for domain registration?

Sorry but we don’t currently register domains, however we will start offering this service soon.