Domain Names are names in the format "www.somewebsite.com", and are the names that are used to find a website on the internet. The Very Short Version Just as your home has an individual street address, your web site also needs to have an individual "internet address". This "internet address" is known as the domain name. When a letter goes to 123 Main Street the post office … [Read more...] about What is a Domain Name? – A Tutorial for Beginners
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How to Select the Best Web Hosting Company for You – a Top 10 Checklist
Selecting a web hosting provider is one of the most important tasks you will need to complete for your website or online business. This article will go over some of the main things to look at when choosing a provider. If you want a refresher on the common web hosting terms and definitions, you may find this post helpful. Finding the proverbial "top ten web hosting providers" … [Read more...] about How to Select the Best Web Hosting Company for You – a Top 10 Checklist
Web Hosting Definitions for Beginners
Before you can evaluate a web hosting provider -- whether shared, vps, or dedicated, it's important to understand some basic web-hosting related terms. This article will review some of the basic web hosting terms so you can better understand what you are looking at when you evaluate a web hosting provider and web hosting plans. Note that there are some differences between … [Read more...] about Web Hosting Definitions for Beginners
Web Hosting Control Panels – cPanel – A Web Hosting Tutorial for Beginners
cPanel is one of many control panel applications that help you manage a web hosting account. Recall that at its core, a web server is a computer that is running an operating system (i.e. windows or Linux) and is running web server software. Web Server software such as Apache or Internet Information Server (IIS) is software that allows the computer to “serve” or host web … [Read more...] about Web Hosting Control Panels – cPanel – A Web Hosting Tutorial for Beginners
Web Hosting Platforms for Beginners — Linux Hosting vs Windows Hosting
One of the most important choices you will make when you select a web hosting plan is the decision about what hosting platform you choose. The two major choices you have are Linux-based web hosting, and Windows-based web hosting. This article will review the advantages and disadvantages of both of these platforms in the categories of Cost, Compatibility, and Availability. If … [Read more...] about Web Hosting Platforms for Beginners — Linux Hosting vs Windows Hosting