Hosting Plans Description

If you have made a decision to build your very own web site, but are not very sure about what a web site is and are not familiar with the expression "hosting", this article is devoted to clarifying these concepts in simple words.

What precisely is a web site?

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

What is a hosting server?

A hosting server permits you to upload your web site onto it. In some instances, there might be even 1000's of sites on a single web hosting server. The web hosting server essentially is a computer with specific hardware, which is stored in a data center with special cooling systems, whose purpose is to safeguard the seamless performance of the web hosting server and all the web sites accommodated on it.

To summarize, a hosting server will be indeed a launching pad when the time comes for you to launch your web site. It could be any type of web site - a business web site containing a lot of webpages, or a website, which has only a few webpages and which you have built simply for your mates and relatives.

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

Once you have decided what kind of web site you want to set up, the next move is to find out what type of web hosting service you must select for your Internet adventure. Basically, there are two sorts of hosting services - charge-free website hosting services and paid hosting services. The free web hosting solution is ordinarily used by users that do not possess a business-related web site.

Pros and cons of the free-of-cost website hosting solution

You will not obtain lots of features with a free-of-cost hosting package. Features such as traffic, RAM memory and hosting server hard disk space are limited and insufficient for an elaborate ecommerce website or a business-related site, or even for a site with lots of graphics. What's more, there are a lot of commercials inserted on your site by the web hosting distributor. These advertisements occupy lots of space on your web site and are pretty frustrating.

Shared website hosting

The paid shared website hosting services tend to be more reliable and offer numerous powerful features in addition to the high-powered hosting server that will accommodate your web site and its content. Nonetheless, it is important to know which features your website demands prior to selecting your web hosting package. You should not rush and end up investing money in something that your web site does not need.

Find your web hosting accounts provider

It is not hard to find a web hosting services provider. You need to just carry out an online search in order to find a web hosting services provider that meets your web site's needs. Before you make your actual decision, have a look at the specs of the web hosting plans delivered by the hosting vendors that have impressed you. We, for instance, are among the top-notch web hosting distributors on the market as of now. The big range of web hosting solutions and our prices are what renders us an alluring choice. However, you must determine what kind of web hosting solution you require and if the price fits your budget. Furthermore, you must always remember to explore the provider's Terms of Service before opening an account to confirm that your website is not abusing them.

Signing up for a website hosting account

Once you have found out what features are best for your website, the next move is to open an account with the hosting supplier of your choice. You will obtain all the needed tools for managing your files and databases. With us, for instance, you will get a Control Panel, which consists of domain, website, database and email administration sections. You log into the web hosting Control Panel using a unique username and password, which grants you safe access to the part of the hosting server where your web site will be located.

Uploading your website

You can either upload your site through an FTP software program or, as is with most web hosting providers, via an online tool that is included within the Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is rather easy to use and offers features comparable to those encountered in Windows Explorer, which makes file management extremely easy. We offer also a site builder and a PHP-powered script installation tool, which you can use to set up your website if you have no programming experience and are making your first steps in web design. The online web site builder, dubbed SiteStudio, will also spare you the time and effort of creating a website on your PC and then uploading it through FTP client software or the File Manager tool.