Every business needs a website. As part of our service we provide a basic website hosting facility, making it easy to boost your online presence. For a small fee, you can customise your website with your own domain name.
Your domain name is the single most important point of business exposure. Most customers will first search for you by typing in www.yourbusinessname.com.
Your own domain name helps direct more customers to your site. Connexus can provide you with a full range of domain name options, including .com and .com.au.
In today’s broadband era, internet users expect web pages to load rapidly—it’s a reflection on your business. Connexus, as a full-service business internet provider, maintains over 1 Gbps of internet backbone capacity—totally uncongested. In other words, Connexus Web Hosting is exceptionally fast.
To the frustration of many internet users, most websites lack a ‘Search’ feature. With Connexus Web Hosting, you can easily add one to your site at no extra cost.
Does your website need online ordering, a shopping cart, or other advanced features? Connexus Web Hosting supports a variety of programming and database languages, including Perl, PHP, ASP, Python, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, DSN, Form Mailers, htdig, Jmail and others.
SSL provides a secure exchange of data between customers and your website. Connexus supports SSL certificates from a wide range of issuers, including VeriSign, Thawte and GeoTrust.
For businesses serving rich broadband content to an international market, Connexus offers website mirroring on overseas servers—helping bring you closer to your customers. Connexus offers advanced tools, free of charge, to help monitor the effectiveness of your website.
Track visitors to your website—based on time of day, geographic origin, time spent viewing—and get an indication of how they were referred to your site.
A powerful tool for marketers—find out what keywords were used to find your website in major search engines (where available).
Upload changes to your website at any time, day or night, using FTP. Microsoft FrontPage and Dreamweaver are also supported.
| Economy | Professional | Business | Corporate | Co-location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended use | A basic website, with statistics about visitors | A website with extra features, e.g. e-commerce |
A large website with advanced features | A high-profile website with super-fast performance | Websites and hosting services requiring a dedicated server |
| Basic features | |||||
| Storage space | 500 MB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | Up to 1 TB |
| Website statistics | Updated Daily | Updated Daily | 15-minute Updates | 15-minute Updates | NA |
| Hosting platform—Apache (Unix) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA |
| Hosting platform—Windows (IIS) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | |
| FTP access | 1 Account | 1 Account | 1 Account | 1 + 1 Anonymous | NA |
| Data transfer (GB)* | 1 GB or Unlimited* | 5 GB or Unlimited* | Unlimited (Fair Use)* | Unlimited (Fair Use)* | See Co-location for details |
| Doman Pilot control panel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Databases supported | |||||
| MySQL (with Admin Tool) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | |
| Microsoft SQL | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| MS Access ODBC | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| Programming tools supported | |||||
| PHP 5.2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | |
| Custom PHP configuration | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| Private CGI (Perl, Python) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | |
| Cold Fusion | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| FrontPage Extensions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | |
| CGI LUA programming language | ✔ | NA | |||
| ASP .NET Framework 2 | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| Additional features | |||||
| .htaccess Authentication Control | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| SSL (secure socket layer) | Shared | Shared | Shared or Private† | NA | |
| Mailing lists | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ||
| Private IP | ✔ | NA | |||
| DNS administration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA |
* Unlimited data option is available to customers who maintain a Connexus Business ADSL or SDSL service in conjunction with their Web Hosting. Fair Use Policy applies to all Unlimited data plans.
† Private IP available free with the Platinum plan on request. Private SSL certificates incur additional licence charges. All Web Hosting services require Connexus Domain Hosting.