Here are some basic features Virginia website design looks for when selecting a website
designing:
1) 24/7 reliable tech support
2) Your own domain name (www.yourname.com)
3) At least 10GB of monthly transfer (traffic)
4) A minimum of 20MB - 50MB of server space
5) Unlimited true POP email accounts - name@yourdomain.com
6) Unlimited email aliases
7) Email forwarding
8) Unlimited auto responders
9) Your own unrestricted CGI-Bin
10) Access to SSL Encryption for secure transactions
11) MySQL Database
12) PHP
13) Perl
14) htaccess password protection
15) Server Side Includes (SSI) support
16) Design (and upload to) your site using Netscape or other HTML editing
software
17) Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions for those utilizing FrontPage
18) Unlimited free access to your server via FTP/Telnet
19) Easy access to your log files
20) Statistics on visits to your site
Some additional features you may want are:
1 Web control panel
2 Custom error pages
3 Ability to run Cron events
4 Sub-domains
5 Mailing list/newsletter support
6 URL redirect
7 Web mail
8 Shopping cart
9 Referral program
When selecting a domain name and hosting company, take your time and do some research
before making a decision. It will be well worth your time and effort in the
long run.