Frontpage’s Top 5 Webhosts
FrontPage is Microsoft’s software for website creation and management. It offers flexibility to any skill level of the user and features that are useful for website designs for both personal and business use. It offers better tools for easier layout and design of your Web sites. The enhanced tools also facilitate faster and more accurate coding for better site ranking. With fully packed features, you will need a hosting service that is certified to be worthy of Frontpage. Below are five of Microsoft’s certified Web hosting providers that support the use of Microsoft Frontpage.
1. Compu-Wise
Is a company based in Corpus Christi, Texas and offers a full range of Web management services and includes consultation, web design, web hosting and basic business management (accounting, bookkeeping and training). As a MS certified WPP, they offer 4 web hosting services: Starter, Basic, Pro-Biz and E-commerce. Starter services cost $9.95 monthly, an additional $10 for the upgraded packages. Unlimited subdomains are offered in all packages, though each one differs in transfer (1GB – 20GB) and storage (100 MB – 2 GB) capacities. E-mail accounts are unlimited for all packages, with the higher 2 packages benefiting from a corresponding mailing list and grouping service. Other services exclusiv to Pro-Biz and E-commerce include merchant services, advanced features (SSH, etc) and advanced management tools. All packages enjoy 24X7 support and guaranteed uptime.
2. VIA Net.works
VIA USA is a subsidiary of UK’s Clara.net and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It has been a Frontpage web host since 1995. They offer three business packages, Small, Medium and Large Business Hosting. Low-end package costs $8.99/ mo while the high-end costs $26.24/mo. Their packages differ in increasing amounts of services such as site storage capacity, transfer bandwidth, e-mail accounts and ftp capacities. All packages enjoy phone and e-mail support.
3. Acme Internet
Acme Internet is a hosting service based in Minesota. They offer 4 levels of hosting all privileged with free set-up. First two packages, the Basic and Value, offer generous space of 50MB and 100MB, respectively. The data transfer rate though is pegged at 1G, but e-mail forwarding is unlimited. The higher tiers enjoy even more generous service, to as much as 10X the disk capacity of the basic package, for the highest tier (Deluxe). Merchant services are also included as well as unlimited/ unmetered service for other hosting features. They offer phone support at work hours on weekdays and a 24X7 web-based support.
4. Interland Inc.
Interland, Inc. is also an Atlanta-based company that started up in 1995. Their packages are geared towards supporting small business owners as they throw-in domain name registration for free on all packages as well as basic merchant tools (business forms, PayPal® button). The basic package is focused on pure hosting service: 5GB space, 30GB transfer rate, 30 e-mail accts, the rest of the services are unlimited. The next package would include marketing tools on top of a hosting service, i.e., the higher capacity of the basic package plus e-mail lists for marketing. The highest tier is ideal for the growing business as it includes E-commerce tools like Verisign® payment on top of the higher capacity hosting service. They have 24X7 support through their hotline at 1-877-HOSTING.
5. Definition 6, Inc.
Definition 6 of Atlanta, Georgia provides marketing solutions for small and enterprise businesses. Thus, Frontpage web hosting is only a small piece of their pie. However, with such a service-rich portfolio, one can have confidence that they can support your business. They offer various levels of hosting services, from shared hosting to dedicated and fully managed servers.
Whether you are setting up a personal website or geared towards a growing business, use Microsoft Frontpage for your website design and have the confidence of using certified Frontpage webhosts to support you all the way.
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