Every Web Hosting Provider offers you a multitude of options, and if you’re new to the game of Hosting a Website, this can be a daunting task in knowing which options to choose from. I have often come accross people that are paying too much for what they’re actually doing with their website. If you don’t use a database, why pay for it ?

Knowing what each option is for, can really save you from paying more than what you really need to pay.

HTML: Websites are written in a language called HTML, and this is the basic function that every Web Host offers you – without HTML, there is no web site.

HTML code tells the web server what the website should look like, where to load the images, and the links to other pages. HTML isn’t really difficult, and is fairly easy to pick-up. To learn more about HTML you can go to http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp which has some great tutorials on HTML. You can also use tools like Front Page and Dreamweaver to build pages,but having a basic knowledge of HTML can only help.

DISK SPACE: The size of the disk space is important if you’re going to have a big website with lots of pages. This is where your pages get stored, and you need space for them. I always like to start small, and then upgrade as my requirements grow.

BANDWIDTH: When ever somebody visits your website, information is being transferred from your website to their web browser. This transfer creates traffic that is and this traffic is measured as Bandwidth. As with diskspace you can usually upgrade this as needed. I have found that it’s better to go with a webhost that charges you extra whenever you go over the allocated amount as this usually ensures that your website stays up and running even if it costs you a bit extra.

PHP/ASP/CGI: Allows you to write various scripts into your website that does little extras that HTML cannot do on it’s own – Anything from allowing people to make comments on your website to creating full member areas. If you want a website that allows people to interact with your website, then you most probably will need some form of Scripting. There are alot of free scripts out there, with PHP being the most popular. It’s important to first know what scripts your website’s going to be running, before going for a webhost – as not all webhosts offer every type of scripting solution out there.

DATABASES: If you want to store hugh amounts of data to make available to your visitors, or run a content management system like Joomla, then you’ll need a database for this. You also need a way to get the data in and out of the Database, so you’ll need PHP as well – But, most web hosting companies will give you both options bundled together.

CONTROL PANEL: There are various control panels that web hosting providers use, and they all perform the same function – allowing you to control your website. I have no real preferance for any specific control panel, as they pretty much all do the same thing.

DOMAINS: Most Webhost providers will register a domain for you at a extra cost. Be sure to check out registrars of domains, to see if you cannot buy it for cheaper. Registering a domain at something like Go-Daddy.com is pretty cheap, and pretty easy to do. What makes it sometimes better to go via the hosting company is that they will manage the whole aspect of the domain for you, where with a service like Go-Daddy it’s up to you to manage the whole domain – So, it’s sometime a cost saving option to go with the Web Host.

A lot of these options you can add to your website as you need them. It’s not always best to go for the most expensive package out there. Find out what you need, and then only purchase those options you need. You can save yourself some real money at the end of the day.

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What exactly do you need to do to get your website up and live on the web?

Let’s take a quick look at some terminology.

When you launch or publish your website to the web you have two basic choices. Either you use your own server (not a good idea unless you’re seriously web and computer savvy and have a powerful server) or you use a Web Hosting Service Provider. For a small monthly fee these companies will provide you with space on their hosting servers and take care of all of the intricacies of getting your site up and keeping it active.

But before you can get your website “hosted” you will need to select and register a “domain name” for your website.

A domain name is the body of the website URL you choose. The part between the “www” and the “.com” plus it also includes the extension like “.com” or “.net” etc. You might find that “john.com” is already registered to someone else but “john.us” is available…unlikely because “john” is such a popular name.

These days you need to go through quite a number of choices before getting a domain name you like. Most of the good and easy ones have gone.

Just go to the Domain Name service of your choice and enter some choices in the search box they provide on their front page.

I like to stick with the “.com” extension because that’s the one most people default to. They remember your website name and automatically add the “.com” on the end. Why fight city hall and risk losing them.

If you can’t seem to get a Domain name you like a good trick is to add an extra word at the beginning or end of your selection to find something that has not already been taken. Quite often these days you will have to settle for something longer than you would initially like.

Let’s say you want “SuccessUnlimited.com”.

Well unfortunately that’s already taken.

But “MySuccessUnlimitedGroup.com” is still available…at least it was when I checked today. So if you like that one then grab it quick.

Keep on winning

Regards

Jim

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