The extensions are programs that run on the server. Not all hosts offer FrontPage support. If you will require FrontPage extensions it is recommended that you select an host with NT servers and request an account on the NT servers. Merchant Account A merchant account is a commercial bank account established by contractual agreement. A merchant account enables your business to accept credit card payments from your customers.
Many hosts achieve an alliance with companies that are able to offer merchant accounts.
Do not be mistaken by the very different aspects of these two businesses. A host provides you with an Internet presence, they are not banks and do not provide merchant accounts, they only provide you with suggestions for who to go to if you are unable to use your own bank for this service. Miva runs on the web server, interprets the Miva tags and outputs pure HTML to the browser. You can also use Miva to output Javascript and other browser languages, and use the built-in database to easily manipulate and publish data. PHP3 PHP3 is an HTML-embedded scripting language.