ITTechnocrates: Prerequisites of web hosting

4 Feb 2014

Introduction to web hosting

The activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites is called web hosting .When you want to share your data among other internet users then you have to host your content in a server .

Ex:When you make a website and want other people to see it, you will need to publish it with a Web Hosting Service .

What is the need of web hosting

When someone types in your web address, the Internet connects to the web server holding your website files and then transfers your website information back to their computer. From there they can surf and view the pages of your website. So one can say it is a platform to make your content to be viewed by other internet users.

Prerequisites of web hosting

Content you want to publish or share (Ex. a website)
An own domain
A web server (owned or got on rent )
FTP client software
High bandwidth internet connection

What are the features given by the host

Pre-Setup
Virtual Storage
Data Transfer Rate
Network Up time
Domain
Sub Domain
Website Builder
Control Penal
File Manager
Custom Error Messages
Customer Management System
E-Commerce
Web Analysis
Custom Support
Email Accounts
Email Forwarding
Shared SSL( Secure Sockets Layer )
Raid Backup
Firewall

Web server available in web hosting

ASP
JSP
PHP
Python
Ruby
MySql

Things to be careful while selecting web host

Bandwidth
Name Server
Domain Name
Price

How to configure

Domain Registration :-
First Select a Domain by which you want to create your website's URL. Then register the domain with charges as per applicable on domain.
Web Server Configuration:-
Now Purchase or Sign Up(Most in the Free one) in a Web Server or Web Hosting site for Web Hosting Service. Give your domain name in Domain Manager and upload your website pages like .html, .php, .aspx, etc through FTP or File Manager in Web Directory.
Database Configuration :-

Go to Database Manager and Access the database through your given username and password. Then create a database which has same name which you have used while making the website. Then Make Tables and data inputs or simply paste the .sql file if database in mysql.
Testing :-

Now Testing phase came. Here you have to check if the domain and database work properly with your website or not.For this you have to type your website url you have given when getting the domain. If it shows the proper output as you want then your website is hosted properly otherwise do the steps again.