What is Web Hosting?
For your website to work, you need a place to keep your website’s files, and you need a way for people to download and view those files.
This is what a server does. A server is a specialized computer that stores (hosts) your website’s files and sends (serves) them to people who visit your site.
A server can be just about any computer with an Internet connection. In fact, you can use your home computer as a server. However, there are all sorts of risks involved with using a personal computer for web hosting, and this is where web hosting services come in.
A web hosting service is a company that manages servers. When you sign up for a hosting plan, you are paying them for the right to use one of their machines. You are also paying for the benefit of having professionals take care of the computer that holds all of your valuable website files. Read more
Buying Web Hosting
Shopping for a web host can be overwhelming. The Internet is littered with hundreds of providers who all seem to be offering the same product at the same price.
The truth is that is that web hosting costs are about the same no matter where you look, so it’s most important to consider service and reliability when evaluating a hosting service.
There are lots of review sites for hosting companies, but many of these are just fronts for people trying to make affiliate sales.
I think the best and most honest advice comes from forums, so I highly recommend you spend some time browsing site like DigitalPoint or WarriorForum where you’ll find mostly unbiased opinions on hosting providers. Read more
Using cPanel
cPanel lets you do things like add email accounts, create new databases to hold info for dynamic pages, manage files, and more. Think of it as an operating system for your server.
Logging in to cPanel
The welcome email you received from your host after buying a hosting package should contain a link to the cPanel login for your site.
Most of the time, cPanel is accessed by visiting a URL with this format:
www.yoursite.com/cpanel Read more
Logging in to cPanel
The welcome email you received from your host after buying a hosting package should contain a link to the cPanel login for your site.
Most of the time, cPanel is accessed by visiting a URL with this format:
www.yoursite.com/cpanel Read more
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