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Introduction to Dedicated Servers 2007-09-05 19:40:00 A dedicated server is a single computer on a web-hosting network that is leased or rented, and dedicated to just one customer. A service provider monitors the computer's hardware, network connectivity, and routing equipment, while the customer generally controls and maintains the server software. Dedicated
servers are most often used by those who've outgrown typical hosting accounts and now require massive amounts of data space and bandwidth, those with mission critical web sites, web hosting companies, or those who have special needs. Dedicated servers are housed in data centers, where service providers can monitor them close-up and have hands-on access to them.The primary advantage of using a dedicated server over a typical shared hosting account is the sheer amount of resources and control available to you, the customer. In many cases, the client is at liberty to install whatever software they desire, giving them greater flexibility and administrative options. Dedicated server cli Read more:Introduction
Data Backup for Beginners 2007-09-05 19:39:00 t's 10pm. Do you know where your data is?Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents,pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. The data is there and it does it's job.Until of course the data is not there anymore.72 hours ago I suffered from massive data loss. There were no hackers involved. No power surges or lightning strikes. Just wear and tear on my hard disk. 20 Gigabytes of business and personal information gone forever. Passwords, HTML files, ebooks all gone. I didn't lose any sleep though. Why? Simply because this was my secondary hard disk that was only used as a backup drive. All my critically important data is safely stored elsewhere.Picture this scenario. You sit at your computer, turn it on and nothing. Dead. You've just lost everything you've worked on for the last 12 months. All your Adwords campaigns, website
How To Host Several Websites Under One Account 2007-09-05 19:35:00 If you operate several websites, each with its own domain name, signing up of separate hosting accounts can be an expensive proposition. Even if your hosting company offers the add-on domain feature (which will allow you to add different domains to the same hosting account) you will be charged a monthly fee for each domain you add, sometimes costing almost the same as your full hosting fee.The solution is to open a reseller account. Reseller accounts were created to allow web designers to offer hosting services to their customers, to create a one-stop-shop for all their web design and hosting needs. However, you don't need to be a reseller to buy a reseller hosting plan.Reseller accounts are usually slightly more expensive than regular hosting accounts, but they will allow you to host different domain names without incurring in the add-on domain fees, making more efficient use of your space and bandwidth.You want to choose a reseller account that offers:# no limit to the number of dom Read more:Account
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The Quick and Easy Guide to Choosing a Web Host 2007-09-05 19:34:00 With thousands of website hosts out there, it can often be hard to choose the one that will work best for you. With a little bit of work, however, you can pick out the perfect host.Focus on Your NeedsWhat is your website going to do? Do you need a lot of storage space and bandwidth? Or can you get by with just a little? Do you need email addresses @yourdomain.com? Or are you going to use a Yahoo! Mail account (or similar)? What about databases, and spam filters, and website builders?Develop a list of all the features your site will use - this list will be your key to finding a website host that fits you. On this list, you also might want to include those things that you think your site will need in the not-too-distant future. While it's not as hard as it used to be, switching web hosts can still be pretty complicated.What Kind of User Are You?Next, you'll want to determine what kind of user you are. Are you new to the Internet? If so, 24/7 phone support may be best for you. If you'r Read more:Guide
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Ten Crucial Principles in Web Site Designing 2007-09-05 19:33:00 Designing a website is not as easy as most people think it is , the concept that web site designing is relatively easy and you can do any thing with front page and dream weaver is unrealistic, you mustn't forget to follow the important basic steps.Designing a website is a lot more than just knowing hypertext markup language or Ms Front Page. When it comes to your website, additional care and attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are ten crucial guidelines to observe to make sure your website performs well.1 - Good Design or website theme/ templateYour website is the hub of your internet business enterprise; it is the virtual representation of your company whether your company exists physically or not. When you are doing business online, people cannot see you physically like they could if they were dealing with an offline company.Hence, people do judge you by your covers. This is where a good design comes in. If yo Read more:Crucial
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Are you searching for PHP web hosting? 2007-09-05 19:32:00 Are you searching
for PHP web hosting? If so, you probably have a website that calls for this type of hosting. But for some people, it can be more difficult than they thought to find a good PHP web hosting provider.This is not always the case, but it is something that you should be prepared for. When it comes down to it, not all PHP web hosting companies are the same. You will find that some offer better response, more features, and much more. As you can imagine, you want to get set up with the host that is going to give you the best deal for your money.So what should you look for when it comes to PHP web hosting? Although a lot of this has to do with what your website is calling for, there are some basic features that most webmasters do not want to overlook; not even if you are a newbie.First off, take a look at what your PHP web hosting provider is offering in the way of disk space. You need to make sure that you get enough space to suit the type of website you are building. For most
Low Cost Web Hosting 2007-09-05 19:31:00 If you are an individual who wants to show off your interests, special qualities, hobbies, e.t.c. to your friends or anybody outside; then it is the best idea to go for a low cost web hosting or even a free web hosting.Even for small businesses, low cost web hosting would be the best option to get the maximum exposure for their company, their products and their services. As we all know web hosting is the must for any type of business whether it is small or big. But putting in huge amounts in web hosting for smaller or start up companies is not viable in the most cases and hence cheap web hosting is the great solution for this problem.Also if it's your first website, a personal page or many other factors you may choose to go the lost cost web hosting route. In order to have a good website though, there are some things you need to be aware of and look for in a low cost web hosting provider. They are:1. Storage:Especially if you want images with your low cost web hosting solution, storag Read more:Hosting
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An Introduction to Domain Names 2007-09-05 19:30:00 Simply put, a domain name is a "front" - they are word sequences users enter in their browser’s location bar to visit your site, but are not a Web site's true address.Domain names are attached to DNS (Domain Naming System) servers, which are used to translate numeric addresses (known as IP, or Internet Protocol, addresses) into words. Each site you visit on the net has a numeric IP address behind its name, which represents the site's true address on the Internet.Domain names are typically categorized by their extension, which is their identifying code. The three most popular types of Top Level Domains (TLDs), which are domains that are notassociated with a country, are:.COM: Short for .commercial. Domain names with the .com extension are by far the most popular, and can be purchased by any individual or business. ..NET: Short for .network, this domain extension was originally designed to be used by technical Web sites. However, domains using this extension can be registered by anyo Read more:Names
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Choosing a Free Web Host for Your Business 2007-09-05 19:28:00 What's On Offer - An OverviewYou are running a business. Perhaps you want to test the waters before shelling out large sums of money to set up your commercial web-site. Or perhaps you simply want to save as much money as possible. Whatever the reason, you have probably at some stage seriously considered using a free web host. If so, then you this overview may go at least some of the way in helping you make your choice.*All of the hosts surveyed below offer virtual domain hosting, email, and (approx) 20-40mb storage space, along with some version of online forms processing ability (eg through Frontpage extensions or cgi-scripts). Most require banner advertising be placed on users' web-sites, though they do also allow users to upgrade to banner-free hosting for a fee.These, then, are the commonalties. Now to the differences. What sets these hosts apart, and why would you choose one over the other?It really depends on your priorities….If you are seeking support and the opportunity to Read more:Business
Why Free Hosting Isn't Really Free 2007-09-05 19:25:00 I want to yell at someone or give 'em a good poke in the nose for this! How could they do this to me? What gives them the right to blow off my best customers, to rob me of potential business and make my clients angry at me? How dare they do this!! I'm just fuming and ready to explode! Don't get too close to me right now!Why I oughtta . . . what? Complain because a free service isn't available? Threaten to sue them for having troubles of their own? Why don't they have backup servers? Well, I guess it's possible that *I* could at least provide a secondary free service to cover my assets. Those clients that planned to spend an hour of their valuable time to chat with me in the first place. Maybe I should have prepared for the worst so I don't have to go apologize to everyone when the free chat services suddenly became unavailable.OK, so maybe I ought to upgrade that chat room to the premium version, the one that costs a few bucks a month, the one without the advertising banners, th Read more:Hosting
What are the DNS records? 2007-09-05 19:23:00 The DNS records contain various lists for specific domain name settings. A records are used to direct the web traffic of a website to another location, usually a remote server. They are stored in the form of IP addresses. The MX records affect the mail exchange of a domain name. They point the e-mail traffic to a concrete mail server, which handles the delivery of the messages.
Top 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions on Domain Name Registration 2007-09-05 19:23:00 Here are the top ten most frequently asked questions regarding on Internet domain name registration:Q1. Which characters are allowed in Internet domain names?A: For normal ASCII domain names, the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9, and one special character, the hyphen or dash "-". Note that domains cannot start or end with a hyphen. For the new tested IDNs (Internationalized Domain Name
s), the full range of Unicode characters are available. This allows nearly all of the languages on the planet to be represented within domain names, including Thai, Arabic, Lao, Hebrew, French, German etc.Q2. How many characters can a Internet domain name have?A: Generic domains (gTLDs) can have 63 characters in the second level, plus the top level domain, .com, .net etc.Q3. How long can I register a Internet domain name for?A: In most cases, you are allowed to register a Internet domain name for period of one to ten years. Longer periods are not currently allowed by the registry.Q4. How long do Internet doma Read more:Registration
Free Web Hosting Tips 2007-09-05 19:21:00 Here are some tips to keep in mind as you look for a free web hosting account online.1. Content Ownership – You might not own the space, but it is your content. That means that you should expect some sort of notice if the service is going offline so that you can make alternative arrangements or save your information to your computer.2. Tools – Surprisingly many free web hosting accounts come with lots of tools that you can use to enhance your site. The larger the hosting provider or hosting community, the more tools you will have in your control panel.3. Free domain names – Usually you are getting a subdomain or even a subfolder for your files. Typically free domain names only come with a paid hosting account. The reasons is that bandwidth is very expensive and no one wants to build up a free web hosting service unless they have access to cheap resources.It is not surprising then that the free web hosting market is dominated by companies like Yahoo, Google, and Bravenet. They are Read more:Hosting
Is your web site hosting cost effective? 2007-09-05 19:20:00 Choosing the right web hosting company is an important aspect in cutting your web hosting costs down. The web hosting industry, boosting several thousand web hosts, is still young and growing at a remarkable pace; hence finding the right host is not only difficult, but very time consuming; fortunately though it is worth the time and effort. There are a few things to keep in mind when exploring; when deciding to form a partnership with the host. Below are just a few things to consider, which directly attribute to final cost.Bandwidth — Figure out approximately how much bandwidth (data transfer) your web site requires. As above, ensure you get more bandwidth than your site uses. For example, if your website uses 8GB bandwidth per month, then choose a plan, which offers at least 8 or 10GB bandwidth per month. This again will prevent 'spikes' of over usage, leading to higher extra costs. As a reference, an average web site should pay no more than $3 per GB for bandwidth usage.Disk Spac Read more:effective
Types of Web Hosting 2007-09-05 19:07:00 First of all we must determine the meaning of the word “hosting”. So, what is hosting?Hosting
origins from the word “host” which has different meanings that are familiar to you. Hosting means providing place for your website on the web hosting company’s servers and makes it viewable in the Internetand floating it.Why can you once need hosting?Imagine that you have created a website and now you are wondering howyour friends and acquaintances can see it. You place it in your personal computer, but then you come to know that it’s dangerous for your computer’s safety and needs permanent Internet connection. So it causes a lot of inconveniences for you. To avoid them there is web site hosting.There are different kinds of web site hosting. Let’s have a good look at them:1.Shared or virtual hosting2.Dedicated hosting/ server, Co-location3.VDS/VPS –Virtual Dedicated Server/Virtual Private ServerBefore choosing some type of web hosting it’s necessary to consider the way you Read more:Web Hosting
Tips for Choosing a Good Web Host 2007-09-05 19:06:00 1. Starts with you. Determine your needs. Space, bandwidth and budget.a) Space – Cover your needs and allow for expansion if needed.b) Bandwidth- Same as above.c) Budget – Set a realistic budget for yourself. How much are you willing to spend? Lowest price too highest. Being a little flexible on your price will give more hosting choices.2. Follow some basic guidelines for even considering a hosting provider.a) Does the host have phone number? At the very least a web host should provide you with a contact phone number. This doesn’t have to be a 24-hour a day number but your future host should be available during normal business hours in their respective time zone. A toll free shows a willingness to provide convenience for their customers.b) Do they provide at least 24/7 Support Desk? Support is important, this is a must. You should have access to support 24 hours a day. Test the support desk. Choose anytime of the day or night and contact the support desk to test response times, a
Budget hosting - Getting started guide 2007-09-05 19:04:00 There is lots of space and bandwidth talks going on these days with hosting companies trying to surpass each other, customer running after space and bandwidth, seems more of a fashion than any one really knowing what he/she needs in this area, May be this needs to be discussed:-How much Space you need:Think of your web hosting account as a sub-directory (or folder) on your hard drive. To determine how much disk space you will need, In Microsoft windows simply open explorer or my computer and click on the folder that contains your web sites files. Create a new folder for your web site if you don't have one and then move all of files you plan to host on the web server into that folder. All you have to do now is right click on your folder to check the size of that folder and now, you know how much disk space you will use on the server. This entire site is around two megs.How much monthly (bandwidth)Data Transfer do you need:Try using the following formula to estimate your site's monthly
Introduction to FTP 2007-09-05 19:02:00 FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a standard application protocol that uses the Internet’s TCP/IP protocol to transfer files from one computer to another.FTP is a very common process today. FTP is commonly used to transfer web pages from the creator’s computer to the server where the web site is situated. Also FTP is used to download programs and files to your computer from a server.How do I use FTP?To use FTP you will need to install FTP software on your computer. There are many freely available FTP programs on the Internet such as, FTP explorer (http://www.ftpx.com) and Smart FTP (http://www.smartftp.com).How do I connect with FTP?Follow the steps below to connect to a server, to upload files using FTP Explorer:Open FTP Explorer.Click on the connect button on the toolbar or select connect from the Tools menu.In the Profile Name text, enter a name to give your FTP connection.In the Host Address text box enter the address of the server you are connecting to (this can eit Read more:Introduction
Changing Web Hosts? Step-By-Step Guide 2007-09-05 19:01:00 Every webmaster cringes at the thought of moving hosts. Like moving your home it can be messy and sometimes problems arise. But if you follow these simple steps, your move will be less painful.Backup Backup BackupIf you’ve been diligent with your backups, you’ve got a lot of insurance to fall back on yet always make the latest backup. If you haven’t, before you do anything else, do a backup now. Backup anything and everything you can and don’t forget your database if your site relies on it. Save at least 2 copies and store them separately. One for you to work with, and the other as an archive. Do not underestimate how easy it is to copy over these files as you make changes or simply mess it up.If you’re moving to a host who has as different control panel, make a manual backup by downloading all your files because different control panels may not be able to restore the backups made by your old host. They also have different directory structures so your file trees will be in a Read more:Guide
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Web Hosting Guide for Beginner 2007-09-05 18:59:00 First and foremost, for non-IT savvy, it might be a little tough for them to comprehend the meaning of web hosting. I believe if you search it on any search engine, of course there will be answer and explanation for them. But, how far do you really understand? Honestly, when I first get to know this term few years back, I had problem understanding myself. Then, I found one simple explanation that might be easy for people to understand. So, today, if anyone were to ask me what is "web hosting", i'd explain as follows...Imagine you are homeless and you want to rent a room or buy a house. In order to get a shelter for yourself, you need a room. So, you imagine yourself as the website and the room as the hosting that you need to place yourself in. That means your website need a web hosting. Then, that's the time you start finding yourself a web hosting provider. Here, web hosting provider would be the house owner who rents you the room. So, in order for your website to be available and b Read more:Guide
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Here are some simple steps in choosing a host 2007-09-05 18:58:00 1. Do your research here and on the internet to find a host that works for you.2. Every host has had some problems, but that doesn't make them bad.3. If you find a host that's too good to be true, it probably is. Just remember this, you get what you pay for.4. There's no such thing as unlimited bandwidth and storage space, so don't waste your time with hosts that offer this.5. Once you find a host ask questions to see if they fit your needs, and see how long it takes for them to respond.6. Go with a host that has a 30 day money back gaurantee.7. I have nothing agains't one year hosting payments up front, but if you're starting out it's better to pay monthly. Read more:steps
Changing to new host?No more worries 2007-09-05 18:57:00 John's online business is expanding. His customers are increasing day by day. However, he feels very frustrated at the moment as he finds his website is 'down' about every 4th day. Whenever he calls up the support team of his web host, he gets the same old answer that his problem will be rectified soon. If the problems do persist it will surely hamper his business. He has been with his present hosting provider for the last year but now he feels he has to find a new web host as soon as possible because his present hosting package is also not able to meet up with his growing demands. This is not a one-off occurrence that has happened only to John, it happens with many people like him. Changing
the web host might become a cumbersome task if John and other people like him don't know the correct procedure of doing it. So, let's have a look at the following easy and simple steps:First of all, it's very important to have a backup of your website and everything related to it, like databa
Web Hosting Jargon 2007-09-04 19:56:00 Bandwidth This is the size of the “pipe” that runs between the client and the server, and along which all the data travels. The wider the pipe, the more data can fit through it. The size of the pipe is usually measured in megabytes or gigabytes per month. You can now see where the term broadband comes from—it means you have a big fat data pipe! FTP This is the method used for transferring files from the client to the server and vice versa—it’s very useful for getting your web site onto the server in the first place! FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. Domain Name This is the “bubbleunder.com” part in the web address http://www.bubbleunder.com. You can buy the rights to use a domain name for a fixed period of time—usually 1 or 2 years at a time (it’s not yours to own forever). This is referred to as registering the domain. Hosting
Hosting refers to the storage of your web site files on an Internet-connected server somewhere. This hosting service is entirely separate Read more:Web Hosting
What is Web Forwarding? 2007-09-04 19:52:00 If you decide to take an ultra-low-cost approach to hosting by using web space offered by your ISP (or another free hosting service), your web site’s address will probably be something ugly (like the fictional http://www.freespaceforall.net/users/~bubbleunder/ address I mentioned earlier). That’s hardly something that rolls off the tongue, is it? What web forwarding allows you to do is register a sensible domain name and nothing else—there’s no hosting to be paid for—and to have that domain name point to the address at which your web pages are really hosted. You can then quite happily tell people that your web site is at an easy-to-remember address (e.g. www.bubbleunder.com), and when users enter this address in the browser’s address bar, your pages will be delivered successfully. Read more:Forwarding
Web Hosting Control Panel 2007-09-13 13:41:00 Control Panel
is a graphical web-based web-hosting control panel, designed to make administration of websites easy. Almost all of web hosting include this feature in their hosting plan. Features in control panel included Domain Management, DNS Management, FTP/File Management, Database Management, E-mail management, Web Traffic statistic, SubDomain, Script Installation etc. You can upload your files for your website from control panel file management. I Think it will simplify your job to upload your website files with control panel rather than with FTP.There are a lot of web hosting control panel brand. From the famous one cPanel, SiteBuilder, Lxadmin, DirectAdmin, H-Sphere, ISPConfig, ISPManager, Plesk, HSPComplete, Webmin. Click on the name to try the demo. Read more:Hosting
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Cheap Website Hosting PHP 2007-09-12 12:36:00 I found a lot of PHP web hosting on internet, some cheap some highly expensive. After few research on hosting forums I collected some cheap high quality web hosting for PHP site. Here are the list of Good quality PHP website hosting :1. ExclusiveHosting
"Best Choice" PHP and MySQL support web hosting. Price $2.95/month Free Setup + Free Domain Registration, Almost all features included in package. - Paid Annually but you have 30 day money guarantee2. HostMonster PHP and MySQL support hosting. Price $4.95/month Free setup, Free Domain + Big Storage (300GB), Accept Multiple Domain (You won't wasted that big space :), 100 MySQL Database3. WhipOrbit PHP and MySQL support web hosting. Price $1.50/month Free setup + 3 MySQL Database, support almost all PHP hosting needs. - Not included domain name4. SiteFlip PHP and MySQL support web hosting. Price $0.99/month Free setup + Unlimited MySQL database, Good upgrade option - Domain not included, $8.8 domain registration a Read more:Cheap
Top Podcast Hosting 2007-10-01 11:20:00 Here are list of the best and selected podcast hosting I found on internet, some are free podcast hosting.1.Hipcast/Audioblog Audio video podcast start from $9.95/month, free trial for 7 days2.BlastPodcast
Free podcast hosting, earn revenue from your podcast3.Jellycast Actually it is free podcast hosting but require $10 setup fee to avoid abuse from spammer.4.Podcast FM Has a free plan, and first month free for all plans, starting from £4.95/month5.PodKive Up to 120GB Storage Space for enterprise podcast solution6.Podcast Ready Best Free Podcast hosting. Podcast Ready makes finding, managing and delivering podcasts easier.7.SwitchPod Free 450MB podcast hosting and unmetered bandwidth8.PodshowCreator Complete Podcast hosting solutions from free to dedicated podcast hosting9.Avmypodcast Podcast hosting selected by Yamaha Musical Instruments10. PodBean Best Free Podcast Hosting
with complete high-end features.11.Godaddy Big Hosting company made entry in podca
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