Choosing a Hosting Plan
The operating system of your hosting account determines what scripting languages and web site functions can be used on your site. Below is a listing of the scripting languages and functions supported by our different shared hosting accounts:
Windows Shared Hosting
- ASP
- ASP.NET v1.0/2.0/3.5
- ASP.NET 4.0/4.5‡
- ASP.NET AJAX
- Access Database Support†
- MSSQL Database Support (SQL Server)
- PHP 5 (IIS 7 only)
Linux Shared Hosting
- Server Side Includes(SSI)
- PHP5
- Perl w/FASTCGI*
- Python CGI*
- Ruby CGI*
- Ruby on Rails w/FASTCGI*
- Zend Optimizer (see Using Zend Optimizer)
- Cron Jobs
- SSH
Both Windows & Linux
- HTML
- DHTML
- SHTML
- XML
- Flash
- Shockwave
- FrontPage Extensions†
- MySQL Database Support
- Multiple Domains/Websites*
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* Indicates feature is available on Deluxe or Premium hosting accounts only.
† Indicates feature is available on Shared Hosting accounts only.
‡ Indicates feature is available on Web Hosting accounts only
Refer to your website designer application's documentation to determine if you require any of the operating system specific languages or functions listed above.
NOTE: The operating system of your hosting account only determines which scripting languages, free applications and other features might be available. The operating system of your computer will have no effect on the functionality of your web site on the hosting account.
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