What is SQL Server Hosting ?

The phrase SQL server hosting can refer to a MySQL or MSSQL database software program that supports the Structured Query Language (SQL) or it could mean a dedicated database server with a version of SQL loaded on it. There are several versions or dialects of SQL as a software program, including MySQL, MS SQL (which also is called Microsoft SQL server) and PostrgreSQL. All of them use the standard SQL language as a base, but then add their own unique extensions to create a unique SQL server language.

SQL Server as Database Server

As a database server, SQL dedicated server, is among the most popular in use. A SQL server is relatively inexpensive compared to other database servers, such as Oracle, and is capable of handling most databases. Oracle still has an edge over SQL server in very large databases.

SQL server is growing very rapidly in client/server systems that use distributed databases. A SQL server can be used simultaneously by many users on a local area network or linked via the Internet.

WebHosting UK provides variety of Intel powered Dell SQL servers. We have expertise in setup and management of SQL Servers, particularly in complex clusters. SQL server hosting database is much more dynamic than a web site, so we take care of the complete SQL server configuration and maintenance allowing you to focus on the management of your business-specific content.

For more information about SQL server hosting, please contact our sales department.

Q. Should I opt for a Dedicated Linux server or a Dedicated Windows server ?

Ans: If you specifically require ASP, ASP.NET Framework, Windows IIS Web Server, ASP.NET Ajax extensions, ODBC, MS SQL, MS ACCESS server, Remote Desktop Access or any other Microsoft products then you will probably want to opt for a Windows server. Otherwise, Linux server is a far more reliable, secure and economical solution.

WebHosting UK provides variety of Intel powered Dell Linux/Windows Dedicated Servers in UK.

Dedicated Linux server options include cPanel, Plesk, Linux CentOS, Linux Fedora Core, Linux Debian, RHEL and FreeBSD.

Dedicated Windows server options include Plesk control panel, Windows 2003 Standard, Windows 2003 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008.

General FAQs for Windows Reseller Hosting

1. Does your reseller hosting require a static IP address for remote SQL Server access?
Ans: It is not necessary to use a static IP address for remote SQL Server access, you can connect to MS-SQL database using our shared servers IP address from anywhere with any type of internet connection.

2. Will we be able to import data from Access DB’s where required?
Ans: Our Windows server support MS Access database, you can simply upload your .MDB file under your Web-root folder.

3. Is MS-SQL Database included in the reseller package?
Ans: Yes, you can host your MSSQL database with us, it’s included in your windows reseller hosting Package.

4. How long will it take to set up our hosting?
Ans: Account setup will take only 10 to 15 minutes after verification of payment is done.

5. Do you offer a service to move our sites from their current hosting?
Ans: Moving your data would depend on the control panel you are using with your present reseller hosting provider, the number of individual domain accounts to be moved & size of the total data.

6. Do you offer a Database backup service - if yes how frequent is the backup & how much does it cost?
Ans: We provide MSSQL 2005 express, which comes with its own management interface called SQL-Express Management Studio. This allows you to manage the administration of your databases. You would have to raise a helpdesk ticket to request a backup to be taken and/or restoring a backup for you. There are no charges involved in this.

7. What type of control panel comes with windows hosting?
Ans: Our Windows hosting plan comes with Plesk 8.4 (the newest stable version). The additional components which are included with Plesk are as follows.

Dr.Web 4.33.1.3290

MySQL 5.0.51

BIND DNS Server 9.4.1

Windows Firewall Service Pack 2

Microsoft FTP Server 6.0

MailEnable Standard 1.981

ASP 6.0.3790.3959
ASP.NET 3.5
ASP.NET 3.0
ASP.NET 2.0
ASP.NET 1.1
Perl v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

PHP 4.4.8
PHP 5.2.6
SSI 6.0.3790.3959

Spam Filter:
SpamAssassin 3.2.3

MySQL Web Admin:
PhpMyAdmin 2.10.1

Microsoft SQL Web Admin:
ASP.NET Enterprise Manager 0.1.3
MyLittleAdmin 2000 2.7.r124, 2005 3.1e

AWStats 6.6 (build 1.887)
Webalizer V2.01-10-RB02 (Windows NT 5.2 Service Pack 2) English

Horde IMP H3 (4.1.4)

Microsoft FrontPage 5.0.2.6738

phpBB Forum Hosting

phpBB is the most popular open source forum/message/bulletin board software available on the Internet. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. phpBB forum is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. From it’s inception in 2000, phpBB has been a great community software with the right balance of features and usability.

phpBB has a key feature set which includes the following, among others:

• Powerful Permissions System
• Private Messaging
• Search Functions
• Customizable Template and Language System
• Multi-database Support

Do you offer phpBB hosting ?

Yes. WebHosting UK offers the best web hosting for phpBB Forum sites with great features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! phpBB comes standard with every webhosting.uk.com hosting package with both PHP5 and MySQL5 a perfect phpBB hosting environment. Its fully scalable and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB forum can be installed with just one click from our cPanel or Plesk Control Panel with no hassle and no coding experience necessary. phpBB forum can be installed upon client request for all our cPanel hosting and windows hosting customers.

WebHosting UK phpBB Hosting Features:

• Instant phpBB Account Setup
• Free phpBB Installation
• Easy phpBB Account Upgrade
• phpBB Optimized Servers
• PHP 5.x and MySQL 5.x
• Fantastico auto-installer - Install phpBB in just a few clicks
• Stable, Secure and Reliable phpBB forum hosting service
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Additional phpBB Hosting Services:

We are proud to host more than 5,000 Forum sites! and we make the process quick, easy and painless for everybody. We provide FREE and professional 24/7 phpBB hosting support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such phpBB forums and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you. Don’t be fooled by other hosting providers, we promise the best service, because we can deliver it!

osCommerce Website Hosting

osCommerce is the most popular open source, front-to-back, on-line shopping cart application that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved.

Do you offer osCommerce Hosting ?

Yes. WebHosting UK offers you everything that you will need for creating and maintaining your online web store. WebHosting UK offers the best web hosting environment for osCommerce websites with exhaustive features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! osCommerce comes standard with every webhosting.uk.com hosting package and it can be installed with just one click from cPanel or Plesk Control Panel with no hassle and no coding experience necessary. osCommerce can be installed upon client request for all our cPanel hosting and windows hosting customers.

From the minute you sign up online, you are in complete control. Design your site’s skin, re-direct traffic to your site, manage payments and fulfill all orders from a user-friendly owner console. With osCommerce, everything is screen-driven. Simply follow the directions, navigate and click to select from a full palette of options and within a couple of hours, you’re not just on-line – you’re in business!

WebHosting UK osCommerce Hosting Features:

• Instant osCommerce Account Setup
• Free osCommerce Installation
• Great osCommerce tutorial
• Easy osCommerce Account Upgrade
• osCommerce Optimized Servers
• Fantastico auto-installer - Install osCommerce in just a few clicks
• Stable, Secure and Reliable osCommerce hosting service
• Secure transactions with SSL support.
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Dedicated SSL and IP Address:

SSL certificate is a must for osCommerce site as it ensures that the confidential information like credit card numbers and bank account information entered by your customers remains secure. All our cPanel and windows osCommerce hosting plans include shared SSL certificate but shared SSL doesn’t look good for big sites with big products. We recommend Dedicated SSL for e-commerce website. We provide dedicated ssl for £39.99 per year with free dedicated ip. Our Technical support team take care of the SSL installation on your website. Each osCommerce hosting plan can have its own Dedicated SSL Certificate and IP address.

Payment Gateways:

osCommerce supports number of online payment gateways like 2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net etc. To accept payment from your online osCommerce web store you will need a merchant account from these payment gateways. osCommerce also supports offline payment processing like cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing etc.

Additional osCommerce Hosting Services:

Webhosting UK hosts several thousands of websites which work on osCommerce. We provide FREE and professional 24/7 osCommerce Support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such websites and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you.

Mediawiki Web Hosting

MediaWiki is a free and open source wiki package originally designed to work with Wikipedia. It is written in PHP and and uses a MySQL database. A wiki is software which offers its registered users or anyone the flexibility to come together and create, edit, link to each other, and organize content on various subjects on a website. Contents on most wiki sites are usually used as reference material by many. Wikis are also used as a medium to create collaborative websites and to enhance the popularity of community websites. Nowadays numerous online industries deployed wikis for their internal knowledge management as well as a content management system. MediaWiki is the most popular and recognizable wiki engine.

Do you offer Mediawiki Hosting ?

Yes. WebHosting UK offers the best web hosting environment for Mediawiki websites with exhaustive features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! All our Linux/Windows dedicated servers have been tweaked to get the maximum experience out of your Mediawiki website. Mediawiki comes standard with every webhosting.uk.com hosting package with both PHP5 and MySQL5 a perfect Mediawiki hosting environment. Mediawiki can be installed with all our cPanel hosting and windows hosting package with no hassle and no HTML and PHP coding experience necessary. Mediawiki can be installed upon client request for all our cPanel hosting and windows hosting customers.

WebHosting UK Mediawiki Hosting Features:

• Instant Mediawiki Account Setup
• Free Mediawiki Installation
• Easy Mediawiki Account Upgrade
• Wiki-optimized Servers
• Stable, Secure and Reliable Mediawiki hosting service
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Additional Mediawiki Hosting Services:

Webhosting UK hosts several thousands of websites which work on Mediawiki. We provide FREE and professional 24/7 Mediawiki Support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such websites and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you.

DotNetNuke Hosting

DotNetNuke (DNN) is is an open-source and fully featured content management system (CMS) that can be used to build and maintain professional Web Applications. DotNetNuke is mostly used for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications. DotNetNuke is built on a Microsoft ASP.NET (VB.NET) platform, and is easily installed and hosted on Windows platform. DotNetNuke comes fully loaded with a set of powerful built-in tools. These tools are helpful to manage and customize site design, content, security and membership options etc. It also includes a multi-language localization feature.

Do you offer DotNetNuke hosting ?

Yes. WebHosting UK offers the most reliable and stable DNN DotNetNuke web hosting infrastructure on the net with great features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! All our Windows servers have been tweaked to get the maximum experience out of your DotNetNuke website. All of our windows hosting plan supports DotNetNuke and you can install DotNetNuke with just one click from our Windows Plesk Control Panel with no hassle and no coding experience necessary. DotNetNuke can be installed upon client request for all our windows DNN hosting customers.

From the minute you sign up online for the windows DNN hosting, you are in complete control. You will be able to administer the whole project through DotNetNuke’s own administration panel from within your web browser.

WebHosting UK DotNetNuke Hosting Features:

• Instant DotNetNuke Account Setup
• Free DotNetNuke Installation
• Easy DotNetNuke Account Upgrade
• DotNetNuke Optimized Servers
• Stable, Secure and Reliable DotNetNuke hosting service
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Additional DotNetNuke Hosting Services:

We provide FREE and professional 24/7 DotNetNuke DNN Hosting Support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such DNN websites and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you.

B2evolution Hosting

What is B2evolution ?

B2evolution is an open-source and powerful blog tool you can install on your own website. b2evolution is a multi-lingual, multi-user, multi-blog publishing system written in PHP. It’s one of the BEST and most comprehensive blogging software available for free in many different languages! It includes all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved and advanced features such as photo and file management, advanced skinning, multiple blog support as well as third party plug-ins among others.

Do you offer b2evolution hosting ?

Yes. WebHosting UK offers the most reliable and stable b2evolution web hosting infrastructure on the net with great features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! All our Linux/Windows servers have been tweaked to get the maximum experience out of your b2evolution website. b2evolution comes standard with every webhosting.uk.com hosting package with both PHP5 and MySQL5 a perfect b2evolution hosting environment. b2evolution can be installed with just one click from cPanel or Plesk Control Panel with no hassle and no coding experience necessary. b2evolution can be installed upon client request for all our cPanel hosting and windows hosting customers.

WebHosting UK b2evolution Hosting Features:

• Instant b2evolution Account Setup
• Free b2evolution Installation
• Easy b2evolution Account Upgrade
• b2evolution Optimized Servers
• Fantastico auto-installer - Install b2evolution in just a few clicks
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Additional b2evolution Hosting Services:

We provide FREE and professional 24/7 b2evolution hosting support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such b2evolution websites and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you.

SugarCRM Web Hosting

SugarCRM is one of the most popular and open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. SugarCRM easily adapts to any business environment and it is easily customizable and offers several deployment options.

SugarCRM Features

• Manage Users
• Manage Accounts
• Manage contacts
• Manage Opportunities
• Schedule Meetings
• Track Calls and emails
• Make notes
• View sales reports
• Charting Capabilities
• Alerts
• Manage Cases and Tasks

Hosting SugarCRM with Webhosting.uk.com

WebHosting UK offers the best web hosting for SugarCRM with great features, fast and secure servers, multiple add-ons and high quality customer service! All our Linux/Windows servers have been tweaked to get the maximum experience out of your SugarCRM website. We offer SugarCRM hosting on all our Linux Hosting and Windows Hosting Plans. SugarCRM can be installed upon client request for all our Linux hosting and windows hosting customers. We make the process quick, easy and painless for everybody.

WebHosting UK SugarCRM Hosting Features:

• Instant SugarCRM Account Setup
• Free SugarCRM Installation
• Easy SugarCRM Account Upgrade
• SugarCRM Optimized Servers
• Stable, Secure and Reliable SugarCRM hosting service
• 99.95% Uptime Guarantee
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
• Expert technical assistance

Additional SugarCRM Hosting Services:

We provide FREE and professional 24/7 SugarCRM hosting support. Our Technical Support team has helped setup innumerable such SugarCRM websites and helped them function with regular upgrades and updates! Use our professional services and let us put our years of experience to work for you.

Q. Do you support FrontPage Extensions with Linux and Windows hosting ?

Ans: FrontPage Extensions is supported with all our Windows hosting plans but recently we have discontinued FrontPage publishing on all of our cPanel hosting servers because Microsoft themselves have ceased to support FrontPage extensions on all Unix servers and we have recently observed severe intrusion attempts using FrontPage vulnerabilities. FrontPage extensions is a very potent threat to the security and integrity of a server functioning on the Unix platform. Such intrusion attempts can affect every cPanel shared hosting user so we can not trust FrontPage to be secure and safe to be run on Unix Shared Server Environment.

We are aware of the fact that many clients rely on FrontPage publishing support so we have kept few cPanel shared hosting servers reserved for FrontPage Extensions and our System Admins have integrated multiple security measures and patches to try and keep the server safe. But we would not be assuming any responsibility of the security and integrity of the data and files stored on these servers.