The simplistic explanation of Cold Fusion is a web design utility by Adobe that allows programmers to use standard HTML functioning while pulling information from databases. For companies designing catalogs, this is the perfect answer for their web designing needs.
Cold Fusion has quickly become almost the Gold Standard when it comes to dynamic web design and many hosting companies have adapted their in house abilities and technology to better serve the corporate users of Cold Fusion.
Most hosting companies can provide standard support such as custom error pages, transfer of data from another hosting company, WAP (wireless), an SSL secure server, FTP access, email, and redundancy.
Supported components should include ASP functionality (Image, Grid, HTTP), .NET Framework, audio and video support, and of course flash.
Common tools that are supported usually include Front Page, Dreamweaver, NetObject, and database support should include at least Access and MySQL.
One factor that is critical to some companies is the ability to have mirrored sites or what is called domain aliases. Some simple hosting plans allow three while more generous plans provide 100 or more (per website or URL).
When analyzing various plans it's important to note that many closely monitor the site's traffic. For overages the customer is usually charged a hefty fee, very similar to going over one's minutes on a cell phone plan. However, most hosting plans that entail only hosting and no server management or upkeep responsibilities are very reasonably priced so it makes sense to "buy up". A typical plan is less than $15 a month for 10,000 MB and 300 GB of visitor traffic.
Many companies also offer some very important web stats for your account. These can range from detailed hourly reports of web visits, problem reporting, page views, "come and go" reviews (where a visitor entered and where they left", and of course, problem and service interruption logs.
Before committing to a company be sure you know where the servers are located. Many international hosting companies are out there and it's difficult to detect them. The location is important to know mainly in the event that any type of legal action needs to be undertaken in the event of a catastrophic loss, or even worse. It's difficult enough to solve the issue within the US judicial system; it's almost impossible and of course outrageously expensive to try to find cure and remedy outside the country.
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