So you have decided that you want to start a website, or even an e-commerce site. You have managed the site design, and have even purchased a domain name, but now what? You will never get any visitors to your site if it isnt accessible via the web. The only way to do that is by using a server. The server will maintain a permanent connection with the web and on the server will be stored all the information about...

In scouting for a web hosting company, always ensure the disk space and amount of traffic needed.Amount of Disk SpaceThe requirement of a small or medium web site is between 10 and 100MB of disk space.When looking at the size of HTML pages, you will notice that the average size is very small – smaller than 1K. But looking at the size of the pictures used within the pages, you will often find them several...

You will be overwhelmed when you begin searching for a website host for you new website and if you do not understand what they are offering for the price you may be surprised at what you get. You will hear words like 25 MB, bandwidth, ftp, email forwarding, php, cgi-bin and fantastico. All of these are things that are offered with different packages that you will find. Before you decide lets look at what you...

It used to be that choosing a web hosting company for your small business web site was a difficult and confusing exercise. Thankfully, those days are long gone. Today you can do an online search for web hosting companies and be presented with a fantastic selection of cheap hosting packages, all of them offering a wide range of features.Choosing among all the alternatives still takes a bit of research. Many people...

Company web site maintenance is normally undertaken by it’s own IT or EDP division or by an external agency specializing in this area of information technology. The risks could arise from so many unethical and untoward practices on the internet propagated by destructive hackers or intellectual property thieves. Company web site maintenance is a relatively new concept and practice covering the following...

The first thing before choosing a web host is that you should be fully aware of your hosting requirements. If you are a beginner wanting to host a personal web site, then your only concern is that you get a decent amount of disk space for your web site with a host that is as cheap as $5 per month. However, if you are a developer, an online entrepreneur or an online business looking for e-commerce capabilities...

1. Use a popular web host. That cheapo one might be an uncommitted reseller. I used one recently. Very cheap, and very helpful. Then my site went ‘missing’. By the Grace Of God I was able to get in contact with the owner, and make a backup, before the service was closed down. I found out later he had only about six customers.Use a popular web host. Avoid ones that are trying to attract customers...

Just finished your first website? So it’s the time to look for some hosting and make a choise. Your first qustion probably will be whether to choose free or paid hosting service. Let’s have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of these solutions.Free web hosting: (+) It’s for free. You don’t need to pay for domain name. (-) Your URL will be something like username.freehost.com...

In the course of doing business, we serve many customers. Likewise, in doing business, we will also be plagued by different problems. Following is a list of the common mistakes that different web hosts tend to commit. 1. Falling For The Price TrapA website price at a very low rate will generally provide extremely slow site or common services will be denied because the bandwidth was maximized. Use your instincts...

If youre going to pursue an e-commerce site, hosting is going to be an issue. Heres a primer on web hosting for your site.E-commerce web hosting is the technology of storing, servicing and maintaining files for one or more web sites selling products or services online. Web site owners who pay for a web host (generally on a monthly basis) upload their web pages to a shared or dedicated web server through an ISP...