Web Hosting

Knowledge of website hosting is essential if you plan to make your website available for the world to see. Learning HTML/CSS would be a benefit when you are finally hosted! If you already have a hosting provider that's great! But, if you don't, you'll need to start looking for one. Whether you already have a web host or you're just beginning, you should know at least a little bit about the following hosting concepts: The differences between shared hosting, dedicated servers, and managed hosting How to choose a good web hosting provider Domain names (i.e. yourwebsite.com) FTP - for uploading your website to the hosting provider Availability - how to monitor your web site's availability Technical support - what to expect from a hosting provider It can be very difficult for a beginner to find information about this. Furthermore, there are many experienced web developers who don't know exactly what it is their web host does.

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