Web Hosting Description

If you have decided to create your very own personal web site, but are not very sure about what a website is and are not familiar with the phrase "web hosting", this article is devoted to clarifying these notions in simple language.

What precisely is a website?

A web site is a collection of web pages assembled in a systematic fashion. It has a special web address, also called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). A website may include only one webpage and sometimes may even contain as many as a thousand webpages.

What is a web hosting server?

A hosting server enables you to upload your web site onto it. In some cases, there might be even 1000's of websites on a single web hosting server. The hosting server basically is a computer with specific hardware, which is situated in a datacenter with special cooling systems, whose task is to ensure the smooth functioning of the machine and all the websites hosted on it.

To sum up, a web hosting server will be truly a launch pad when the time arrives for you to launch your site. It could be any kind of site - a business site consisting of a large number of pages, or a web site, which contains just a few pages and which you have set up just for your pals and relatives.

You've reached a decision about what your website will be, now what?

Once you have reached a decision about what type of site you wish to set up, the next move is to discover what kind of web hosting service you must choose for your web adventure. Essentially, there are two kinds of website hosting services - charge-free web hosting services and professional paid website hosting services. The free-of-charge website hosting solution is commonly utilized by customers that do not own a business-related website.

Pros and cons of the free web hosting solution

You will not receive many options with a charge-free website hosting plan. Features such as web traffic, memory and hosting server storage space are restricted and inadequate for an elaborate Internet shop or a corporate website, or even for a site with plenty of graphics. Furthermore, there are a lot of adverts placed on your site by the web hosting distributor. These adverts occupy lots of space on your web site and are quite irritating.

Shared web hosting

The paid shared web hosting services tend to be more dependable and include a lot of advanced features beside the high-end server that will accommodate your site and its files. In spite of that, it is important to find out which features your website needs before choosing your web hosting package. You should not rush and wind up spending cash on something that your website does not need.

Select your web hosting provider

It is not tough to find a hosting plans provider. You need to simply carry out an online survey in order to find a web hosting provider that meets your site's requirements. Before you take your actual choice, take a look at the features of the web hosting packages supplied by the web hosting distributors that have grasped your attention. We, for instance, are among the top web hosting providers on the market as of now. The wide range of web hosting solutions and our prices are what renders us an alluring choice. Nonetheless, you must confirm what type of hosting solution you require and whether the price corresponds to your budget. Moreover, you must always remember to double-check the hosting vendor's Terms of Service prior to subscribing to verify that your site is not violating them.

Opening a hosting account

Once you have found out what features are optimal for your site, the next move is to sign up for an account with the hosting distributor of your choosing. You will receive all the essential tools for handling your files and databases. With us, for instance, you will acquire a hosting Control Panel, which comprises domain, web site, database and email account management areas. You log into the Control Panel using your unique user name and password, which grants you secure access to the part of the web hosting server where your website will be located.

Uploading your web site

You can either upload your web site files through an FTP software application or, as is with most hosting providers, through an online tool that is included within the Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is extremely easy to use and offers features similar to those encountered in Windows Explorer, which renders file manipulation exceptionally easy. We offer also a site building tool and a PHP script installer, which you can utilize to build your site if you have no programming knowledge and are taking your very first steps in web design. The web-based website building tool, whose name is SiteStudio, will also save you the time and effort of making a website on your computer and then uploading it using an FTP program or the File Manager tool.