How Shared Hosting Operates

If you have made a decision to develop your own personal website, but are not very certain about what a web site is and are not familiar with the term "shared hosting", this article is dedicated to clarifying these concepts in simple English.

What exactly is a web site?

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

What is a web hosting server?

A hosting server permits you to upload your website onto it. In some instances, there might be even thousands of web sites on a single web hosting server. The web hosting server essentially is a computer with special hardware, which is situated in a datacenter facility with special cooling systems, whose purpose is to safeguard the seamless operation of the machine and all the sites located on it.

In short, a web hosting server will be really a launching pad when the time arrives for you to launch your web site. It could be any kind of website - a business web site consisting of plenty of pages, or a site, which includes just several webpages and which you have made simply for your comrades and relatives.

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

As soon as you have reached a decision about what kind of web site you wish to develop, the next move is to discover what sort of web hosting service you must choose for your online project. Essentially, there are two kinds of website hosting services - cost-free web hosting services and professional paid website hosting services. The charge-free hosting solution is commonly utilized by individuals that do not have a business-related site.

Strengths and weaknesses of the charge-free website hosting solution

You will not receive many options with a free-of-cost web hosting plan. Features like web traffic, memory and server disk storage space are restricted and inadequate for an elaborate online shop or a business-related web site, or even for a website with a lot of artwork. Moreover, there are lots of advertisement banners inserted on your web site by the hosting services provider. These adverts take up lots of space on your website and are rather irritating.

Shared website hosting

The paid shared website hosting services tend to be more stable and include a lot of advanced features aside from the high-quality server that will accommodate your website and its files. Nevertheless, it is essential to find out which features your website demands before choosing your web hosting plan. You should not hurry and wind up purchasing something that your website does not require.

Pick your hosting services provider

It is not hard to find a hosting provider. You need to simply conduct an online search in order to find a web hosting provider that fulfills your website's demands. Before you take your actual decision, examine the features of the web hosting plans offered by the web hosting distributors that have grabbed your interest. We, for example, are among the top-notch hosting distributors on the marketplace today. The immense assortment of web hosting solutions and our prices are what makes us an enticing option. In spite of that, you must ascertain what type of hosting service you need and if the price corresponds to your budget. What is more, you must not forget to check the hosting supplier's Terms of Use before subscribing to verify that your web site is not violating them.

Signing up for a website hosting account

Once you have determined what features are most important for your web site, the next move is to open an account with the web hosting plans provider of your preference. You will obtain all the necessary tools for administering your web site files and databases. With us, for instance, you will get a Control Panel, which comprises domain, website, database and email mailbox management areas. You log in the hosting Control Panel using your unique username and password, which grants you safe access to the portion of the 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 the majority of hosting vendors, through an online tool that is integrated within the Control Panel. With us, the File Manager is rather user-friendly and offers features similar to those observed in Windows Explorer, which makes file management extremely easy. We offer also a website builder and a PHP-powered script installation tool, which you can use to develop your site if you have no programming knowledge and are making your very first steps in web design. The web-based site building tool, whose name is SiteStudio, will also spare you the time and effort of making a website on your PC and then uploading it using an FTP software program or the File Manager interface.