Shared Hosting Explanation

If you have made a decision to develop your very own site, but are not quite sure about what a website is and are not familiar with the expression "shared hosting", this article is dedicated to explaining these concepts in simple terms.

What exactly is a web site?

A website is a collection of web pages brought together systematically. It has a unique website address, also referred to as a URL. A website may contain just a single web page (e.g., an electronic billboard). At the other end of the spectrum, a single site may consist of a thousand or more pages.

What is a hosting server?

A web hosting server enables you to upload your site onto it. In some instances, there might be even 1000s of sites on one single server. The hosting server is basically a computer with special hardware, which is located in a data center with special cooling systems, whose purpose is to ensure the seamless operation of the machine and all the websites located on it.

In short, a hosting server will serve as a launching pad when the time arrives for you to launch your website. It could be any sort of website — a corporate site containing multiple pages, or perhaps a website comprised of only a few pages for the use and enjoyment of friends and relatives.

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

As soon as you have decided what sort of website you would like to establish, the next step is to find out what sort of web hosting service you must choose for your Internet venture. Basically, there are two types of website hosting services — free-of-charge web hosting services and professional paid hosting services. The cost-free website hosting solution is typically utilized by individuals not requiring the robustness of a business site.

Pros and cons of the charge-free hosting solution

You will not get many (if any) optional features with a charge-free website hosting plan. Features such as traffic, memory, and drive space are limited and insufficient for an elaborate e-commerce web site or a business web site, or even for a graphics-heavy site. In addition, there are usually a lot of banner ads embedded on your site by the hosting distributor. These ads can consume space on your site and are pretty annoying.

Shared website hosting

The professional paid shared website hosting services tend to be more dependable and offer a lot of advanced features apart from the high-power server that will accommodate your site and its files. Even so, it is important to know which features your website needs before buying your web hosting plan. You should not hurry and end up purchasing something that your site does not demand.

Find your hosting supplier

It is not difficult to find a hosting provider. You have to simply carry out an online search in order to find a web hosting provider that fulfills your site requirements. Before you make your decision, have a glance at the specs of the web hosting plans supplied by the hosting companies that have caught your interest. We, for instance, are among the premier hosting suppliers on the market at present. The vast range of web hosting services and our prices are what makes us an alluring option. Yet, you must verify what type of web hosting solution you need and if the price suits your allowance. Moreover, you must always remember to check the web hosting distributor's Terms & Conditions prior to opening an account to make certain that your website is not violating them.

Signing up for a web hosting account

Once you have found the features that are optimal for your website, the next step is to sign up for an account with the hosting vendor of your preference. You will acquire all the necessary tools for handling your website files and databases. With us, for example, you will get a hosting Control Panel, which includes domain, website, database, and email management sections. You log in the Control Panel using your unique user name and password, which grants you secure access to the part of the hosting server where your website will be hosted.

Uploading your web site

You can either upload your files via an FTP program or, as with the majority of web hosting distributors, via a web-based tool that is included within the hosting Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is decidedly intuitive and offers features similar to those in Windows Explorer, which makes file management exceptionally easy. Additionally, we provide a website building tool and a PHP-powered script installation tool, which you can utilize to build your website even if you have no programming capabilities and are making your first steps in web design. The web-based site building tool, called SiteStudio, will also save you the time and effort of making a website on your personal computer and then uploading it through an FTP client or the File Manager tool.