You have designed your web site, and have all your content ready to be hosted, now all you need to do is decide on the type of hosting required for your site, but with so many hosting companies offering various types of web hosting plans based on shared hosting, dedicated hosting, mangaged hosting, and virtual private server hosting, which type ...
Choosing Your First Hosting Provider
Ok, you have finished your great new web site. You've spent hours upon hours working on the design until you have made it perfect, you have chosen an excellent domain name to use for the site, and a great deal of content. Of course, your next question is "What step do I take next?". Choosing the best web hosting provider for your needs can be th...
How To Switch Hosting Providers Without Downtime
To many the idea of moving your web site from one host to another can sometimes seem like a daunting task but the process of moving your site is simple when you know what steps to take and the order to take them in. This article will walk you through the steps required to perform a site move without the downtime.
Firstly there is this on...
Small Business Web Hosting Checklist
On the Internet today there is an enormous amount of information about web hosting. There are thousands of different hosting providers offering an even larger number of plans, while this is good for competition, it also makes it hard to decide on which host and plan will suit your needs best, especially when you do not understand all the web hos...
What Is DNS Propagation and Why You Have to Wait 72 Hours
So you have found your domain name, registered that new domain name, and paid for hosting to store all your sites pages ready to be served to your site's visitors. What comes next?
Well we need to point that domain name to the server at your hosting provider where your web site is stored. Firstly DNS stands for Domain Name Server. The wo...
Migrating a Website to a New Web Hosting Provider
Migrating a website is the process of moving a from one web hosting provider to another. There are several reasons why you would need to perform a website migration, below are some reasons you might need to do this;
1. You have found a better hosting deal and are looking to save money
2. Your current host does not offer a ...
Windows or Unix (Linux) Web Hosting - Which is the best choice?
This question is asked by people that are new to web hosting and web design every day. This question is the single most important decision you will make when looking to purchase web hosting. Unix (and Linux variants) and Windows are the two main operating systems powering web servers today, and each operating systems has its own unique features,...