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Microsoft windows server 2003 server is a product of Microsoft and is the successor of windows server 2000 and is more scalable and better in performance than windows 2000 server. It was released on April 24,2003. Windows server 2003 has its latest version is 5.2 and it is said that it is the cornerstone of windows server system line of business server products. Windows server 2003 is also referred to as Win2K3. It’s basically a server operating system which is very capable for managing server and have excellent performance.

Following are important components :-

IIS - IIS is a a set of information based services for the servers which are using microsoft windows. IIS was previously called Internet Information Server but now it is called as Internet Information services. After Apache HTTP server the world’s second web server which is most popular in terms of overall websites is none other but IIS server .According to netcraft IIS server has served 35.39% of all websites.The servers currently include FTP, SMTP, NNTP, and HTTP/HTTPS.

Windows security :- IF you are using Microsoft’s windows XP and Windows vista operating systems then it is possible for you to view the status of computer security settings and services thanks to Windows Security Center which is a component included in both of them. Also,the user is informed if there is a problem in the security settings by a pop-up notification balloon as windows security center continuously monitors these settings.

Firewall :- A device or a set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains which is based upon a set of rules and certain other criteria’s is called as firewall.

Antivirus :- Antivirus can be described as a software package which studies the data such as email file attachments or web file transfers, to detect worms, viruses, trojan horses or other malware and to prevent the malware being activated on target computers or other systems.Signature databases are used by antiviruses to find out the different viruses. Arkoon FAST360 appliances include antivirus software developed and which are continuously updated by Sophos, Which is Europe’s leading antivirus developing company.

IE7 Browsers :- IE7 is a short form for windows internet explorer.It is a web browser for Windows vista, Windows XP SP2 and Windows server 2003 SP1 launched by microsoft in late 2006.It is offered as a replacement for Internet explorer 6 on Windows XP via Windows update as it ships as the default browser in Vista.It coincided with the release of Windows Vista,as it is a part of long line of the different versions of internet explorer and the first major version of the browser in round about say 5 years.While sources do not agree to what is said that about IE7’s global market share,the rough idea given from three sources in February 2008 estimates from 23% to 44%).When combined with IE6, the two browsers represent the majority of browsers worldwide.

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If you are planning to use MySQL on Windows there wont be any issues and you can use it easy, all you have to do is to install MySQL by following download instructions provided at mysql.com you just have to dump collection of and directories into the c:\mysql directory. You can visit c:\mysql\bin and list the .exe files to see what is available.
You can use following commands for more details :
c:\mysql\bin>mysqld-nt –install
c:\mysql\bin>mysql
now you will have command line prompt where you can enter all your SQL statements.  If you need to exit from prompt you need to fire ‘exit’ command.
MySQL always run in the background which never gets stopped, even resum itself even  after rebooting Windows.
You have ‘net’ command using which you can control windows services, to get list of all services currently installed you just need to use
c:\mysql\bin>net start
You can see MySQL as one of the running services and even if you reboot NT this service will be continued. If you want to stop the service you can do so easily using following command.
c:\mysql\bin>net stop MySql
c:\mysql\bin>mysql-nt –remove
once MySQL is stopped you may want to start it again with different version of MySQL like mysql-max-nt, in this case you will use following command
c:\mysql\bin>mysql-max-nt –install
c:\mysql\bin>net start MySql
Thus you can use MySQL efficiently even on windows NT and can start/stop it easily using few commands.

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Database Web Hosting refers to hosting services under which you can host your databases connected to your website. You can create Access database, MSSQL databases, MySQL or even Oracle databases. Almost all hosting service provider will support all databases on their hosting plans.
All webhost can offer you database web hosting as a standard feature with their hosting plans, few may charge you extra if you want to host many different databases under a single hosting account. There may be limit of database size and number of databases which you can host using your hosting package.

Most common types of database web hosting are:

• Access database web hosting.
• MS SQL Server database web hosting.
• MySQL database web hosting.

Access database web hosting : If your webhosting service provider allows you to host MS Access databases on their servers then such webhosting accounts are referred as “Access Hosting”, “MS Access hosting”, or “Access database hosting” so you can use Access databases for your websites.
You will have to consider Windows web hosting plans if you want to host MS Access databases as Linux hosting packages don’t support MS Access databases.
MS Access is an entry-level database, which is perfect for small to medium websites which requires database backend. If you are getting many concurrent users hitting your Access database then have to upgrade your access database to MS SQL database or to MySQL database as they are higher level databases.

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If you are looking to get a print copy of directory-file structure just for your records then you can do so using DOS commands but it may not be as friendly as you want to get , now you have option for this, you have a shareware tool popularly known as “ JR Directory Printer “ using which you can have such directory structure easily and can take print of it easily. You need to install this application on your local machine and start using it. You have to browse the directory for which you want to get it file structure print. Its very simple to us and is very effective. You can also have sub-directory structure view in it and thus you have all information of all files, sub-directories within your chosen directory. JR will display all files, sub-directory in windows notepad from where you can easily take prints or can pass this information to yoru favorite word processor for getting print outs.
Thus JR Directory Printer is a utility which will allows you to print a listing of every file contained within a directory and/or subdirectory.This application is very small [ 173 KB ] and can freely downloaded.

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Once you are ready with your website development you would need a reliable hosting service provider who will host your website on their server so that your website can be accessible worldwide. You have two options , free webhosting and paid hosting, its always recommended to go with a paid hosting services if your hosting a business website, as paid hosting will ensure you maximum uptime and better server resources as compare to free hosting. Once you decided for your webhosting service provider you need to look for what diskspace and bandwidth do they provide you. Webspace and bandwidth are most important features which are to be looked before paying any webhost. You should have enough webspace and bandwidth at your disposal so that your website would run smoothly. You should have enough diskspace so that you can upload all your webfiles, databases, graphics and multimedia files on your allotted webspace. Webhosting webspace is sometime referred as “ Diskspace”
You can consider web space as storage space which is assigned to your webhosting accounts its total amount of storage which you can use to store all data files, email accounts and other webfiles. You have different webspace slots which all depends on hosting plan you choose and may varies from webhost to webhost. To access your webspace your webhosting service provider will offer you some kind of control panel [ cPanel/Plesk] using which you can manage your hosting account, you can upload data/webfiles using your control panel or through using Client FTP program and can access your webhosting space.

If you choose some shared hosting package you may get less diskspace as compare to other higher hosting packages such as VPS, dedicated servers.
You can also use allotted webspace as backup webspace if you have opt for higher hosting plan in which you will have sufficient diskspace, if you are having dedicated server with RAID configured diskdrive you can use this space as a backup space and can keep or take backups of al your webdata. You can access your webspace from any location provided you have all login details for your server/hosting account thus you can upload data anytime and from any part of world.

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Databases  are a vital part for any website to run smoothly, your webhost will offer you control panel with your hosting account using which you can create and manage all hosting related stuffs. Creating and managing databases is one of the important part that your hosting control panel would take care of. If you are on windows hosting platform then you will get plesk as your webhosting control panel using which you can easily create your databases and can manage them. Plesk gives you the ability to create and manage MySQL, MSSQL databases in both its Linux and Windows forms; you can also create PostgreSQL databases if you have required add-ons with your control panel.
Usually PostgreSQL is found with Linux, and MSSQL is for Windows hosting only hence you have to get addons if you want to use PostgreSQL on your windows hosting plan. If you are using MySQ databases then you will have PHPMyAdmin for managing your MySQL databases with your plesk hosting account. If you are using MSSQL databases with your windows hosting account then you will have ASP.NET Enterprise Manager using which you can view and manage your MSSQL databases which are hosted on your windows hosting account.
Usually you would be using some dynamic webpage programming language which would be fetching data from your databases and providing it to your website visitors. You can also store and can update/mange/edit all your databases. Plesk control panel allows you to create users so that databases you have created can be accessed by scripts you have created, without such database users, all scripts and other applications cant access your database. You can also create multiple databases using your plesk control panel and can manage them independently.

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PHP is most popular webdevelopment application which is widely used by all webmaster around the world. If you are using Windows platform and using PHP as your web development application then you need to install PHP so that you can use it. Firstly you need to extract PHP package on your local machine, usually its better to extract all package files in the same directory where you have installed Apache. Ie (C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2 ).

You can also create a directory for PHP at c:\php  and can extract all files of PHP.ZIP in this folder.  Now just copy few files to your Apache directory ( C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\).
Then you need to copy following files:
C:\php\php4ts.dll
C:\php\sapi\php4apache2.dll
C:\php\php.ini-recommended
You need to rename ‘php.ini-recommended’ to ‘php.ini’ and just open it in notepad and search for ‘doc_root’  just change this to: doc_root = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs
You will have to open httpd.conf using notepad. You will get httpd.conf at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\;  all you have to do is to following lines to the end of this file:
LoadModule php4_module php4apache2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
That’s all you have successfully installed PHP on your computer.
You need to crosscheck if you have done it correctly…
You will have to follow following steps to see if you have installed PHP correctly on your machine.

Go to Start > All Programs > Apache > Configuration > Test Configuration’. Now you will get a console window which will show you briefly and then should disappear this shows that you have installed PHP successfully else you will get some error which you need to rectify this may be due to improper installation.

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Usually all webmaster prefer to use Linux platform if they are using PHP MySQL ie its associated with LAMP ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP ) but if you are Windows savvy and would like to work on Windows Platform for developing PHP application you can easily do so using WAMP ( Windows, Apache, PHP, MySQL ) you need to install Apache, PHP, MySQL under Windows Platform. You need to download Apache, PHP and MySQL packages from respective sites.

First you need to install Apache, you can follow all steps as follows :
Apache Installation :
You can easily install apache if you have downloaded Microsoft Installer ( .msi ) package. You need to click on icon to start the installation process. Just proceed until you have server information window. You need to enter localhost for both the Network Domain and Server Name and for administrator’s email address you can use any of your email address.
You need to select typical installation and need to choose where you want to install Apache. Just complete the installation process. Once completed you should verify if you have installed it correctly you need to open your browser and type http://localhost in the address bar. You should see following screen with message “Apache has been set up and is working correctly”

Usually Apache have its document root set to htdocs directory, this document root is that folder where you must put all your PHP or HTML files which can be processed by Apache and thus can be seen by your browser. If you want to have point it to other directory you can do so anytime you want. Configuration file for Apache is stored in C:/ProgramFiles/ApacheGroup\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf.  this file is a plain text file which can be edit using notepad.
If you want to put all your PHP or HTML files in C:/www you just need to replace this path in your httpd.conf file.
Eg : you need to replace DocumentRoot “C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs“  within your httpd.conf with “ DocumentRoot “C:/www” “
Once you edited this file you need yo restart Apache, you can use START>PROGRAMS>APACHE HTTP SERVER 2.-.50>CONTOL APACHE SERVER>RESTART

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E-mails are one of the most powerful feature we had in internet world, today emails have become a integral part of our daily routine. Today the number of emails send are much more then phone calls made around the world, thus you can see the importance of  emails. Thus for making most out of emails we have a feature called Mailing list. It’s a list made up of subscribers who have preferred emails as the medium of communication.  You can consider joining a ‘mailing list’ is a way of saying “Keep me informed”;
Usually emails are considered as one to one communication activity but in mailing list you get in touch with hundred/thousands of people at a given point of time
Mailing list encourage us a greater and more varied amount of email activity as bothway communication to a full interactive open to public communication. You can restrict the list for private circles also. Usually emails are used for circulating announcements, newsletters and advertisements.  You can classified mailing list in 2 different categories ‘ One-Way and ‘Two-Way’ mailing lists.  In one-way mailing list either accepts or sends information, the user only interacting with the list server; and a two-way list creates interaction between sender and receiver.  One-way incoming mailing lists are still used for sending announcements, newsletter etc. E-mail Spam is another example of a one-way outgoing mailing list. Using two way mailing list users can interact with other subscribers to that mailing list. Its based on subscribers and all users involved in it are requested for signing up for this service. Such list subscription can be open or public. If its open/public then anyone can subscribe to it and if its private then restricted or known authorities can subscribe to it.  Almost all website hosting service provider do support mailing list.

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Plesk is most popular and comprehensive control panel which is widely used on windows hosting platform. You have different levels of logins under plesk control panel using which you can manage your shared, virtual and dedicated hosting account very effectively.
Plesk is designed in such a way that will help you to manage and administer your website easily. Using plesk as control panel you can save lot of time for managing your website hosting account, you have many automated features using which service provider can reduce operating cost and resources thus increasing profit marzin and customer satisfaction. Plesk offers you 4 different login levels viz Administrator, Client/Reseller, Domain Owner and Mail User. Each level have it’s own importance, role and responsibilities. Administrator level being the most highest level.

*) Administrator Level : – it’s the highest individual server level login usign which you as a website hosting account administrator to create and manage all system features. Usign master level login of Plesk you can centrally manage multiple servers very effectively.

*) Client/Reseller Level :– It’s Second tier login account under which users can create domains and can manage them. System Administrator provides you all necessary rights whcih are required for creating and managing domains. you can easily administrator multiple domains using a single login under Client/reseller Level access of Plesk control panel.

*) Domain Owner Level :– it’s third tier of plesk controler. It’s an individual domain owner account with all predetermined permissions and interface which are given by system administrator.

*) Mail User :– Last but not least Plesk login level specifically for managing individual mail account. it’s fourth tire individual mail account using which user can log into their mail account and can manage and set passwords, spam filters and anti-virus for their mail account.  Mail User level of plesk login can be consider as most basic type of plesk login.

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