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What is web hosting ? |
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Web hosting is the act of renting space and bandwidth through a company
so that you may publish your web site online. You can either opt for
free hosting that is usually supported with banners and pop ups, or
may opt to get paid web hosting, which gives you complete control over
your site contents.
Web hosting is simply a term for having an internet address and web
space for you to build and maintain your web site. Once you have a place
to host your web site, people will be able to view your site by simply
typing in your domain name. A web hosting company is a company that
specializes in "renting out" web spaces for people who are
interested in having a web site on the internet. A good web hosting
company will offer many useful features to support their customers in
building and maintaining their own web site. These useful features include
web-based control panel so that the client have more control in maintaining
their site, databases for advanced purposes, 24/7 web and FTP access
and accessible technical support.
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What is virtual web hosting ? |
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Also known as shared hosting, this form of web hosting should suffice
for most everyone. Virtual hosting simple refers to the fact that your
site is on one server, and that this server hosts mulitple sites. You
are virtually shared - your site will not be the only one on this specific
server.
Very few sites would actually need the power of a dedicated server,
so this option provides to be a reliable and cheap solution.
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Is my bandwidth traffic per month enough for my site ? |
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Most domains never exceed 200 megs of traffic per month, but let's put
it in real terms. On a 300mb web hosting account we allow you 200 megs
per DAY of traffic. 200 megs = 204,800 kilobytes. For a web page that
takes up say 48 kilobytes of space on our server, the page would have
to be accessed 4,266 times per day, or 128,000 times per month to reach
the limit. If you go over the "free" limit, you will be notified
by email that your site is exceeding the traffic limits before we begin
to charge you for additional traffic.
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What kind of servers do you use, and what about bandwidth
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We recommend computer systems that are custom-build on location providing
enhanced levels of control, flexibility and the ability to remotely anticipate
and resolve problems before they affect your service.
Computers should be Pentium based dual pros, running Apache over Linux.
Apache responds to web page fetch requests from remote browsers while
Linux is one of several variants of the Unix operating system.
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Can I access my domain address with or without the "www"
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Yes, you will be able to access the domain address with or without the
"www" in front of the domain name. Example: [http://www.your-name.com]
or [http://your-name.com] is acceptable, whichever you prefer.
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Can I transfer an existing domain name to my service provider's
server ? |
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Yes, just be sure to specify that you are requesting a transfer and NOT
a new domain. You should keep the service with your current provider while
waiting for the new one to complete the transfer process. It will provide
you with a temporary IP address so you can mirror the site on our server.
All email and web pages will still be accessed from your current site.
When your new service provider announces the completion of the transfer
there with its propagation period where visitors could go to either site.
At the end of the gestation period you should contact your previous host
to have them delete the old domain from their records and update their
DNS record. If you use this same provider for your Internet access you
will not be able to access your domain site until they update their DNS.
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How long does it take before my domain name is active
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Once your new service provider announces that your domain name has been
registered (or transferred, if applicable), it usually takes about 72-hours
before it is active. All Internet providers must update their records
(DNS tables) to reflect the new site's location.
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