Web Hosting FAQ

I'm registering a new domain to host at AMI.   What DNS servers do I tell the registrar to use?

Use the following servers:

  • ns1.amicomm.net (63.144.104.10)
  • ns2.amicomm.net (63.144.104.12)

How do I upload my web site?

Sending your website to our server can be accomplished via an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program such as SmartFTP. This program is freely available for non-commercial use and has a 30-day trial for commercial customers.

There are three pieces of information needed in order to connect your FTP program to your website; they are the hostname, username and password. The hostname is www.<yourdomain>.com.  The user name and password can be obtained by calling or emailing AMI tech support. After you have all the necessary information, setup a new connection within the FTP program. Follow the following steps to create your connection:

  1. Click the File menu then choose New Remote Browser
  2. Set the Host field to www.<yourdomain>.com (or .net .org depending)
  3. Set the Username and Password to those supplied by AMI
  4. Leave everything else at defaults and then click OK
  5. A new window will open up showing the remote files. To transfer files, simply drag them (or cut & paste) from your local folder into the SmartFTP window.

Do you support Front Page extensions?

No, we have no support for Front Page extensions.  Front Page can still be used to design your web site, but you must do so without extensions and you must also configure it to use FTP (file transfer protocol) for publishing your site.

What scripting languages are supported?

AMI supports the scripting languages PHP and .NET for your websites. There are some functions not available due to security. Specifically, PHP users should note:

  • The exec() function is disabled for security reasons
  • Debugging information is turned off globally
  • The libCURL extension is enabled