What Indeed is Web Hosting

If you have made a decision to develop your own site, but are not quite certain about what a website is and are unfamiliar with the expression "web hosting", this article is dedicated to defining these notions in simple terms.

What exactly is a web site?

A web site is an amalgamation of web pages brought together in a systematic fashion. It has a unique web address, also referred to as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). A web site may be comprised of just one web page and sometimes may even include as many as a thousand webpages.

What is a web hosting server?

A hosting server permits you to upload your web site onto it. In some cases, there might be even 1000's of web sites on a single web hosting server. The hosting server essentially is a computer with specific hardware, which is kept in a datacenter facility with special cooling systems, whose task is to ensure the seamless operation of the hosting server and all the websites located on it.

To summarize, a hosting server will be truly a launch pad when the time comes for you to launch your site. It could be any kind of site - a business site containing many webpages, or a web site, which includes just a few web pages and which you have created just for your acquaintances and family members.

You've decided what your site will be, now what?

Once you have made a decision about what kind of site you would like to establish, the next step is to find out what sort of web hosting service you must select for your online project. Basically, there are two sorts of hosting services - cost-free web hosting services and paid website hosting services. The free-of-cost web hosting solution is generally utilized by clients that do not possess a business site.

Upsides and downsides of the free hosting solution

You will not obtain lots of features with a cost-free hosting plan. Features like web traffic, RAM memory and web hosting server disk drive space are restricted and insufficient for a complex online store or a corporate website, or even for a website with a lot of artwork. Also, there are lots of banner adverts put on your website by the web hosting services provider. These ads take up lots of space on your site and are quite embarrassing.

Shared hosting

The professional paid shared hosting services are more dependable and offer numerous powerful features apart from the high-quality web hosting server that will accommodate your site and its data. In spite of that, it is essential to find out which features your web site needs prior to choosing your web hosting package. You should not hurry and wind up investing cash in something that your web site does not need.

Find your web hosting supplier

It is not difficult to find a hosting provider. You need to simply conduct an online search in order to find a web hosting vendor that matches your web site's demands. Before you take your actual decision, examine the parameters of the hosting packages supplied by the web hosting service providers that have grasped your attention. We, for instance, are among the top hosting companies on the marketplace at the moment. The extensive variety of web hosting services and our prices are what renders us an enthralling choice. In spite of that, you must determine what type of hosting service you require and whether the price fits your allowance. In addition, you must not forget to explore the service provider's Terms of Use before opening an account to confirm that your web site is not violating them.

Opening a hosting account

Once you have determined what features are most important for your website, the next step is to sign up for an account with the hosting vendor of your choice. You will acquire all the needed tools for handling your website files and databases. With us, for instance, you will acquire a hosting Control Panel, which comprises domain name, website, database and mailbox account administration areas. You log into the web hosting Control Panel using your unique username and password, which grants you safe access to the portion of the hosting server where your web site will be hosted.

Uploading your website

You can either upload your site through FTP client software or, as is with most hosting companies, through a web-based tool that is integrated within the hosting Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is rather intuitive and offers features comparable to those observed in Windows Explorer, which makes file management very easy. We offer additionally a web site building tool and a PHP script installer, which you can utilize to develop your web site if you have no programming knowledge and are making your very first steps in web design. The web-based site building tool, called SiteStudio, will also save you the time and effort of creating a web site on your PC and then uploading it using an FTP software program or the File Manager tool.