What Precisely is Shared Hosting?

If you have made a decision to establish your very own personal website, but are not very sure about what a website is and are unfamiliar with the phrase "shared hosting", this article is devoted to clarifying these notions in plain English.

What exactly is a web site?

A website is a collection of web pages assembled systematically. It has a special address, also referred to as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). A web site may be comprised of only one single webpage and sometimes may even be comprised of as many as a thousand pages.

What is a web hosting server?

A web hosting server permits you to upload your website onto it. In some instances, there might be even 1000's of websites on a single hosting server. The hosting server essentially is a computer with special hardware, which is placed in a datacenter facility with special cooling systems, whose task is to safeguard the smooth operation of the hosting server and all the sites hosted on it.

To summarize, a web hosting server will be indeed a launch pad when the time arrives for you to launch your web site. It could be any type of web site - a business website consisting of a large number of webpages, or a website, which has just a few webpages and which you have developed just for your mates and relatives.

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

As soon as you have made a decision about what sort of website you desire to develop, the next move is to find out what kind of web hosting service you have to choose for your Internet project. Essentially, there are two types of website hosting services - free-of-charge website hosting services and professional paid hosting services. The free-of-charge website hosting solution is normally utilized by persons that do not have a business-related web site.

Pros and cons of the charge-free website hosting solution

You will not receive lots of features with a free website hosting package. Features such as web traffic, memory and web hosting server disk space are limited and insufficient for a complex ecommerce site or a business website, or even for a site with plenty of graphics. Also, there are lots of ads incorporated in your website by the web hosting company. These adverts occupy a lot of space on your web site and are very irritating.

Shared web hosting

The paid shared web hosting services are more dependable and offer a lot of advanced features apart from the high-power web hosting server that will accommodate your web site and its files. Nevertheless, it is important to find out which features your website needs before purchasing your web hosting package. You should not hurry and wind up investing money in something that your web site does not require.

Choose your hosting services provider

It is not hard to find a web host. You need to just carry out an online survey in order to find a web hosting services provider that answers your site's requirements. Before you make your actual choice, take a glimpse at the specs of the plans delivered by the hosting suppliers that have grasped your attention. We, for example, are among the top hosting service providers on the market at the moment. The broad selection of hosting solutions and our prices are what makes us an appealing choice. In spite of that, you must determine what kind of hosting service you require and whether the price suits your budget. Additionally, you must not forget to check the provider's Terms of Service before registering to confirm that your website is not violating them.

Signing up for a web hosting account

Once you have found out what features are optimal for your web site, the next move is to sign up for an account with the web hosting vendor of your choice. You will gain all the needed tools for administering your website files and databases. With us, for instance, you will acquire a Control Panel, which contains domain, website, database and email box account administration sections. You log into the 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 hosted.

Uploading your site

You can either upload your website through an FTP software application or, as is with most web hosting vendors, through a web-based tool that is integrated within the hosting Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is very easy to use and offers features similar to those found in Windows Explorer, which makes file manipulation extremely easy. We offer also a site builder and a PHP-based script installer, which you can use to set up your web site if you possess no programming capabilities and are taking your first steps in web design. The web-based site builder, called SiteStudio, will also spare you the time and effort of making a website on your computer and then uploading it through an FTP software application or the File Manager tool.