Email Configuration
Use our vast range of features to configure your email settings.
| Email Summary |
| This feature allows you to view all your current email settings in one easy view. |
| Email Forwarding |
| This feature allows you to forward any email address @yourdomain.com to any email address you choose, for example a hotmail or yahoo.com address. You can forward one address to up to three different addresses. |
| Catch All Email Forwarding |
| This feature allows you to forward all email from your domain to any email address you choose, for example a hotmail or yahoo.com address. |
| Mail Boxes |
| This feature allows you to add mail boxes to your account. A mail box stores mail on our server until you download it using an email client like Outlook Express. |
| Email Filter Logs |
| This feature allows you to set logs for your special filters (junk mail) to be sent to one of your email addresses. |
| Email Distribution Lists |
| Email distribution lists allow you to have a simple form on your website that your users can subscribe or unsubscribe their email address from. You can then send an email to all members of the list using our simple system. |
| Email Autoresponders |
| This feature allows an email address on your account to automatically respond with a specific message. |
| Junk Mail Filters |
| Junk mail filters use special technology to strip out junk mail before you receive it, this feature also allows you set an address to send the junk mail to so that you can check this address to ensure only junk mail is being caught. |
Web Tools
Why not use some of our helpful utilities to manage your account?
| Scheduled Tasks |
| This feature allows you to enable a program to run automatically on the server, you can set your program to run hourly, daily, weekly or monthly. |
| Microsoft FrontPage Extensions |
| If you have used Microsoft FrontPage to design your website you will need to install the Microsoft FrontPage Extensions. You can also remove the Extensions using this tool. |
| Website Password Protection |
| This feature allows you to password protect a directory on your website. Only people who have the password will be able to access the area. |
| MySQL Databases |
| MySQL is a true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. SQL is the most popular database language in the world. MySQL is a client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries. |
| Change Your Password |
| This feature allows you to change your password for FTP, FrontPage and SSH. |
| Back Up or Restore Your Website |
| This feature allows you to download your website as a zip file, you can use this feature to make a regular backup of your website in case you lose any data. |
| Sub Domains |
| Sub domains allow you to have a new web address for separate areas of your website, for example you could have support.yourdomain and point this at your yourdomain/support/ directory. You can use sub domains in conjunction with additional FTP accounts, creating in effect simple hosting accounts with a sub domain and an additional FTP accounts. |
| SSH Server Access |
| SSH server access allows you to log directly into the server your website is hosted on. You can manipulate your website files using Linux commands. This feature is for advanced users. |
| Additional FTP Accounts |
| Additional FTP accounts are most commonly used to give others access to an account for the purpose of sharing a web development project - without giving them control over the entire website. By restricting their access to their home directory, you can ensure they can only modify files within this particular space. |
| Site Submission |
| Submit your site to 10 search engines including Google, Go and Infoseek! |
| IP Address Blocking |
| This feature allows you to block certain IP addresses from visiting your website. |
| Website Directory Auto-Indexing |
| This feature allows you to either show the content of your web directories as file listings or show them as a 403 forbidden error. |
Website Diagnostics
A range of easy to use tools to help you with your website.
| Web Space Checker |
| Check how much web space you have used on your whole account or specify a directory within your account to check. |
| Module List |
| View a list of the Perl and PHP modules installed on your web hosting server. |
| Paths and Versions |
| View a list of the the paths to common programs and see their relevant version number. |
| HTML Validator |
| Validate the quality of your HTML using this handy HTML checker. |
| Perl Validator |
| Validate the quality of your Perl using this handy script checker. |
| Ping, Trace & Nslookup |
| This feature allows you to ping, trace or nslookup an IP address or hostname. |
| Raw WHOIS |
| This feature allows you to view the full WHOIS output of a domain name. |
| HTML Tidy |
| This feature will try to tidy up the layout of a HTML page. |
Javascript Maker
Javascripts are great little tools to drop into your website to make it more interactive.
| Break Frames |
| If a visitor comes to your site and is looking through frames, this script will automatically make the page break out of frames. |
| Bookmark Us |
| Allow your visitors to click one text link to quickly and easily add your site to their favourites (Netscape users won't get any errors but instead get a message reminding them to bookmark). |
| Set Home Page Link |
| Allow the visitor to set your site as their home page with a link. This works best in Internet Explorer, but also displays the appropriate information based on browser type. |
| Logo Branding |
| Have you seen the floating logo on the Geocities site? How would you like to have your logo floating in the corner of the site? This script does just that! |
| Frameless Popup |
| Launches a popup window without the windows frame or title bar (Internet Explorer). In other browsers it launches a standard popup window. |
| Browser Entry |
| If you maintain a different page for Internet Explorer and another for Netscape browsers, you should use this script. Quite simply, it sends the right browser to the right browser optimised page. |
| Language |
| Redirects a user to the page based on their language. For example, English language user browsers, which report the language as EN in most cases can be redirected to an English page, while Spanish language user browsers, which report the language as ES it most cases can be sent to a separate Spanish page. |
| Avenue Search |
| This search form gives you the possibility to search the 42 most popular search engines and directories. The form is transparent, so you can paste it right on your website to fit your design and it is only one line of HTML code. |
| Popup Page |
| Once your page loads, after the number of seconds you define, a popup window will open. |
Web Resources
Software, clipart, web art, photos, web design templates and banners and more, all to help you design your website.
| Free Software |
| A selection of free software to help you manage, design and implement your website. |
| 5 Web Hosting Templates |
| Our 5 professional web hosting templates which include many sub pages will help you develop your new hosting company website quickly and easily. |
| Handy Links |
| Some handy links to help you develop and manage your website. |
E-commerce
Why not let us lend you a helping hand in getting your business online!
| Secure Server Access |
| This feature allows you to accept data securely via your website. We have activated this feature automatically for you. |
| Accept Credit Cards Online! |
| This feature allows you to signup for an Internet Merchant account with WorldPay. |
| Zen Cart |
| Zen Cart is a popular shopping cart program that puts the merchant's and shopper's requirements first. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| osCommerce Shopping Cart |
| osCommerce is a free fully featured shopping cart solution that includes many features including templates, customer logins and support for Paypal and Worldpay. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Agora Shopping Cart |
| Install AgoraCart a free fully featured shopping cart solution. |
| CubeCart Shopping Cart |
| CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP & MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
File Manager
Features
Our File manager has a great range of features to help you manage your files and folders online, including:-
- Download files to your computer
- Change file and folder permissions
- Create new and edit existing text files
- Create new and rename existing directories
- Rename, delete, move and copy files
- Upload files from your computer (ASCII and binary)
- File listing filter with wildcards
- Email files
- Upload files from another FTP server
- Transload (get a file from URL and upload to your FTP server bypassing your local machine)
- Browse directories
Access Your File Manager
Simply select the FTP account you would like to access.
Website Reporting
This area includes some great features on analysing the visitors to your website.
| Generate Google Site Map |
| Having your website listed in Google is vital. Google has a special tool called Google Sitemaps which generates a list of all the files on your website and sends them to Google. This allows Google to ensure it finds all of your web pages and files. The software to generate a Sitemap is quite complicated but we have made it easy! |
| Webalizer Graphical Statistics |
| Webalizer is a highly detailed and easily configurable web site statistics package that analyses the access log files that we automatically create for your website. |
| AWStats Graphical Statistics |
| AWStats is a powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web server statistics, graphically. |
| Log File Download |
| This feature allows you to download your server access log as a zip file, you can then manipulate the file locally on your PC to get any specific data you need. |
| Graphical/Text Access Counter & Hits Logger in One |
| This feature allows you to add a plain text or graphical counter to your website, you also get a full set of statistics for the page the counter is on. |
CGI/PHP Scripts
CGI/PHP Scripts make your website come alive with interactive features for your visitors to use.
| Locked Area Lite 5-0 |
| Locked Area Lite 5-0 is a sophisticated password protection and membership management system that gives your users access to a password protected members area. Locked Area Lite manages the users login details and allows the webmaster to email and manage users from a simple web interface. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Form to Email |
| This feature allows you to implement forms on your website and receive the results via email. |
| Photo Gallery |
| This feature allows you to run an online photo gallery, great for sharing your holiday snaps! |
| Free For All Links Page |
| This feature allows visitors to your site to add a link back to their website. |
| Website Search |
| This feature allows you to have a search box on your website to help visitors find the web page that they need. |
| Guestbook |
| This feature allows your visitors to leave their name, email address and some comments about your website. |
| E-Blah Discussion Board |
| E-Blah is one of the best discussion forums available, it has hundreds of features and is a great feature for any website. |
| Web Postcards |
| This feature is a great traffic booster, it simply allows your visitors to send their friends a personalised postcard from your website. |
| Web Auction |
| Interested in running a website like Ebay? Start the simple way with this powerful Auction system. |
| Domain Name Checker |
| This feature allows your website visitors to check the availability of a domain name. |
| 404/500 Error Page |
| Our file not found and server error pages can be configured to email you when an error occurs. |
| Banner Advert Manager |
| Install a powerful banner advertising program to allow you to run banner adverts on your website, and includes statistics and reports on the success of your banners. |
| Java Clock |
| This feature enables you to install a Java clock for use on your website. |
| Web Calendar |
| Web Calendar is a web-based calendaring and scheduling system for managing personal, group and corporate events over the internet. It is a full featured online application that allows you to keep track of your personal appointments, group projects and company meetings. |
| Web Survey |
| This feature allows you to have a survey on your web page, once a visitor has voted they may see the results of the survey so far. |
| Internet Countdown |
| This feature allows you to have a countdown to a specific date on your webpage. |
| Random Text Displayer |
| This feature allows different pieces of text to be displayed each time a web page is loaded. |
| Random Images Displayer |
| This feature allows you to show a random image in any webpage from a store of images you specify. |
| Tell-A-Friend |
| Our tell-a-friend feature allows people visiting your website to fill in a simple four field form and have a link to that page of the website emailed to their friend. |
| Web Ring |
| A Web Ring is a great way of getting more traffic to your website. It allows webmasters of similar sites to your own to add their link to the ring then each webmaster displays the ring (a system of links) on their site. |
| Trouble Ticket Express |
| This feature is great for helping you to deal with your customers requests in a streamlined and efficient manner. |
| Classified Adverts |
| This feature allows you to run classified adverts on your site, this allows your visitors to advertise goods or services they have for sale. |
| WordPress Blog |
| WordPress is arguably the most popular blogging software available today! It's easy to install and use and will allow you to have a great looking blog in minutes. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Joomla CMS |
| Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Mambo CMS |
| Mambo is a full-featured content management system that can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Geeklog - The Ultimate Weblog System |
| Geeklog is a 'blog', otherwise known as a Weblog. It allows you to create your own virtual community area, complete with user administration, story posting, messaging, comments, polls, calendar, weblinks, and more! Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Nucleus Weblog |
| Nucleus offers you the building blocks you need to create a web presence. Whether you want to create a personal blog, a family page, or an online business site, Nucleus CMS can help you achieve your goals. |
| phpBB(V2.0.23) |
| phpBB(V2.0.23) is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package. phpBB2 has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| RoundCube |
| RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking. |
| Gallery |
| Share your pictures with others or view them over the internet. Upload your pictures while on holiday so you can take more. Create groups of people who can see different sets of pictures eg you might let your football team see pictures from matches etc. |
| MediaWiki |
| A collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites. Work with others to maintain information. For example if you run a business you can share information with your colleagues at the same time as documenting it for yourself. |
| SugarCRM |
A Customer Relationship Management application - This application lets a business keep track of its relationships with its customers. Users can manage customer accounts, contacts, sales leads, calls, meetings etc. A dashboard showing the most successful leads, the sales pipeline, and the month-by-month outcomes for opportunities in the pipeline can be displayed.
This feature will use one of your MySQL databases.
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| Openads |
| Openads is a hugely popular advert server designed for web publishers. It gives you the tools you need to make the most from online advertising. With Openads you will be able to manage sophisticated advertising programs and stay in control of all the advertising on your websites. |
| Drupal |
| Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users easily to publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Drupal is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
| Coppermine |
| Coppermine is an online picture gallery with loads of great features, you can customise Coppermine to fit into your website. Please note that this feature will use one of your MySQL databases. |
WebMail
We offer one of the most powerful and flexible WebMail systems, features include your own address book, search features, customisable interface and scheduling.
Log-in Now
You can use our easy to use WebMail system from any Internet connection in the world, simply select the mail box you would like to log-in to and click "Log-in Now". Alternatively you can specify a username, password and server name for any POP3 compliant server in the world.
Web Builder
| Website Builder |
| Website Builder is a fully featured Website-building tool designed to let anyone create professional, multi-page Websites. It features vibrant, professional designs and pre-built templates to speed your website development. It is both easy and powerful. |
Support Database
Welcome to the Host Dreams Support Database, we have listed answers to the most frequently asked questions below. We are constantly updating the database so please check here before you contact customer services. |
