How Does Web Hosting Work?

If you have decided to set up your own personal site, but are not quite sure about what a website is and are unfamiliar with the expression "web hosting", this article is dedicated to clarifying these concepts in plain words.

What exactly is a web site?

A web site is a combination of webpages gathered systematically. It has a special web site address, also known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). A site may include only one web page and sometimes may even consist of as many as a thousand pages.

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 websites on a single web hosting server. The hosting server basically is a computer with special hardware, which is kept in a datacenter facility with special cooling systems, whose purpose is to ensure the seamless operation of the machine and all the websites located on it.

To summarize, a hosting server will be really a launch pad when the time arrives for you to launch your site. It could be any type of website - a corporate web site consisting of numerous pages, or a website, which is comprised of only a couple of pages and which you have built simply for your acquaintances and relatives.

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

Once you have reached a decision about what sort of web site you desire to create, the next step is to find out what kind of web hosting service you must pick for your online endeavor. Basically, there are two sorts of web hosting services - free-of-cost web hosting services and professional paid web hosting services. The charge-free web hosting solution is normally utilized by individuals that do not have a business-related website.

Positive and negative sides of the cost-free hosting solution

You will not get lots of options with a charge-free web hosting package. Features such as web traffic, memory and hosting server disk storage space are limited and insufficient for a complex e-commerce website or a corporate web site, or even for a web site with a lot of artwork. Besides, there are a lot of banner adverts placed on your website by the hosting solutions provider. These advertisements occupy plenty of space on your web site and are pretty annoying.

Shared hosting

The paid shared hosting services tend to be more stable and offer lots of sophisticated features apart from the high-powered web hosting server that will host your web site and its content. In spite of that, it is important to know which features your site needs before purchasing your web hosting package. You should not rush and wind up investing cash in something that your website does not need.

Choose your web host

It is not hard to find a web hosting plans provider. You have to simply conduct an online search in order to find a web hosting vendor that matches your site's requirements. Before you make your actual choice, check the parameters of the web hosting packages supplied by the web hosting distributors that have caught your interest. We, for instance, are among the best web hosting suppliers on the marketplace as of now. The extensive selection of web hosting solutions and our prices are what renders us an attractive option. In spite of that, you must verify what type of web hosting solution you need and if the price suits your allowance. In addition, you must always remember to examine the hosting vendor's Terms & Conditions before registering to make certain that your site is not abusing them.

Opening a web hosting account

Once you have found out what features are best for your web site, the next move is to open an account with the hosting accounts provider of your choosing. You will be bestowed with all the important tools for handling your files and databases. With us, for instance, you will get a hosting Control Panel, which includes domain name, web site, database and mailbox account administration sections. You log in the hosting Control Panel using your unique username and password, which gives you safe access to the portion of the hosting server where your site will be located.

Uploading your web site

You can either upload your website via an FTP client application or, as is with most web hosting vendors, through an online tool that is included within the web hosting Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is rather intuitive and offers features comparable to those found in Windows Explorer, which renders file manipulation very easy. We offer also a web site building tool and a PHP-based script installation tool, which you can use to set up your site if you have no programming knowledge and are taking your very first steps in web design. The web-based web site builder, dubbed SiteStudio, will also spare you the time and effort of making a website on your personal computer and then uploading it using FTP or the File Manager tool.