Services
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WEB HOSTING
EXPLAINED
A web host provides you with
the space, tools and support to create your web pages. This is
where all the action happens, so please read this page carefully
to ensure that you choose the most appropriate option for your
site.
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Feature 1 - Support |
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Make sure that
you choose a web host that offers 24 hour
support. It doesn't need to be phone support
but even through email or live chat. You
never know when you'll need it. |
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Feature 2 - Diskspace |
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Diskspace is
the amount of space on the server that
you're allowed to publish your website. More
isnt' always better. Majority of the sites
on the internet use less than 1GB per month. |
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Feature 3 - Bandwidth |
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Bandwidth is
the amount of data that you can transfer
between your site and people visiting it.
Just make sure that you have a least 5GB per
month. Not many sites require much more. |
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more features to consider but these are the basics. One
thing that I like to look for when hosting is if the
company will allow me to host more than 1 website on the
account. This is going to save you money because you
don't need a separate web hosting plan for each site. I
know that
www.VividHosting.com allows up to 5 domains on their
Advanced hosting plan. |
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HOSTING CONSIDERATIONS |
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there is really two different options when building your
own site. You can build it yourself, which requires HTML
knowledge, or you can use on online website builder such
as
Website Tonight.
I'll take the time to explain both of
them below shortly but one thing to consider is what
your intentions are with your website. Each of the
options below is going to have certain limitations so
carefully consider where you'd like to take the site
within the next year or so.
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OPTION 1 - WEB HOSTING |
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Web hosting is
going to give you the flexibility to control
pretty much of your site's layout and
content. This is a drawback of an online
site builder, you're forced to follow the
layout of the template that you select.
Web hosting is
going to allow you to add advanced features
down the road as well as your site grows.
Some examples would be message boards,
online shopping carts, sites that require
databases, etc. I personally use
www.VividHosting.com because of their
support & their added resources that they
offer that allow us to grow.
You'll see
options for shared hosting which may sound
odd but that's what allows web hosting
companies to offer the great pricing that
they do. Don't be put off, the sites
function perfectly, as a matter of fact 99%
of the websites on the internet are using
shared hosting. Search engines give no
special rankings to sites not using shared
hosting so it's definitely the way to go on
a budget.
Lastly, even
if you have no HTML knowledge you can still
use web hosting as opposed to and online
site builder there are a lot of sites that
offer HTML templates that all you really
need to do is fill in the blanks and have a
professionally designed site online within
hours for fractions of a big web design firm
would charge. You can find fantastic
templates at
www.DreamTemplates.com. To get started
with web hosting
click here! |
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OPTION 2 - ONLINE SITE BUILDER |
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hosting plan that will enable you to easily create a 5, 10 or
20-page web site using a beginner-friendly browser-based web
tool. All you do is point, click, and type to create your
site. There's a built-in web publishing tool that will
allow you to build pages quickly and easily without knowing a
single thing about web programming. And for those of you with some
HTML knowledge, you can add your own custom HTML code if you
wish.
This web hosting package comes
with over 100 professionally-designed HTML templates (with
top-notch graphics) for you to choose from to customize your
site, and it also includes hundreds of premium quality photos.
Many people find Website
Tonight perfect for creating almost any kind of personal or
business web site. However, they are especially popular for
photo oriented sites because there are some great templates
available for photo galleries.
The professionally designed
templates are what make this option so popular. People pay web
designers over $100 per hour to create the kind of templates you
can get here. Remember, all you do is point and click. No
programming skills or additional software needed.
Click here for complete details on WebSite Tonight
Hosting
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