Definition of Hosting

If you have made a decision to make your own website, but are not very sure about what a website is and are unfamiliar with the expression "hosting", this article is dedicated to explaining these notions in simple words.

What exactly is a website?

A web site is an amalgamation of webpages assembled systematically. It has a special web site address, also referred to as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). A website may contain just one web page and sometimes may even be comprised of as many as 1000 webpages.

What is a web hosting server?

A web hosting server enables you to upload your site onto it. In some instances, there might be even thousands of websites on a single hosting server. The hosting server essentially is a computer with specific hardware, which is placed in a data center with special cooling systems, whose mission is to safeguard the smooth operation of the hosting server and all the sites located on it.

To sum up, a web hosting server will be indeed a launching pad when the time comes for you to launch your web site. It could be any sort of web site - a business web site containing multiple web pages, or a web site, which consists of just several web pages and which you have made simply for your mates and family members.

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

As soon as you have reached a decision about what sort of web site you wish to establish, the next move is to find out what type of web hosting service you have to select for your web venture. Basically, there are two sorts of website hosting services - free-of-cost hosting services and paid website hosting services. The free-of-charge website hosting solution is ordinarily utilized by users that do not own a business web site.

Positive and negative aspects of the free-of-charge website hosting solution

You will not get plenty of features with a free-of-cost website hosting plan. Features like web traffic, RAM memory and hosting server disk storage space are restricted and inadequate for an elaborate e-shop or a business website, or even for a web site with lots of graphics. In addition, there are lots of advertisement banners put on your web site by the hosting plans provider. These advertisements occupy lots of space on your website and are rather annoying.

Shared website hosting

The professional paid shared website hosting services tend to be more reliable and include numerous powerful features apart from the high-power server that will host your website and its data. In spite of that, it is important to find out which features your web site demands before selecting your web hosting package. You should not hurry and wind up spending cash on something that your site does not need.

Select your hosting solutions provider

It is easy to find a hosting packages provider. You need to just carry out an online search in order to find a web hosting solutions provider that meets your site's requirements. Before you take your actual choice, have a gaze at the specifications of the plans furnished by the web hosting vendors that have attracted your interest. We, for instance, are among the top-notch website hosting providers on the marketplace today. The broad range of services and our prices are what makes us an enticing choice. In spite of that, you must determine what kind of web hosting solution you require and whether the price suits your allowance. Additionally, you must not forget to take a look at the web hosting distributor's ToS prior to signing up to make certain that your web site is not violating them.

Signing up for a hosting account

As soon as you have determined what features are ideal for your web site, the next move is to sign up for an account with the hosting plans provider of your choice. You will acquire all the essential tools for managing your website files and databases. With us, for example, you will acquire a web hosting Control Panel, which contains domain, website, database and email box administration sections. You log in the web hosting Control Panel using a unique user name and password, which gives you safe access to the portion of the web hosting server where your site will be hosted.

Uploading your web site

You can either upload your website files via FTP or, as is with most hosting providers, via a web-based tool that is integrated within the Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is extremely intuitive and offers features comparable to those found in Windows Explorer, which renders file management extremely easy. We offer also a web site builder and a PHP-powered script installer, which you can use to build your site if you possess no programming capabilities and are making your first steps in web design. The online website builder, whose name is SiteStudio, will also save you the time and effort of creating a website on your PC and then uploading it via FTP or the File Manager tool.