| The internet is perfect medium to access millions of | | | | has to provide the necessary directions to their client |
| customers worldwide. For this you need to have an | | | | on how to up load the files and their location etc. |
| attractive website. A website has to be uploaded on | | | | They have to be uploaded to a public html folder. An |
| an Internet server. You can either lease a server | | | | FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used for this purpose. |
| from a web hosting company or get some shared | | | | Bandwidth is another important aspect of web |
| space from a shared server. A good web host | | | | hosting. Normally, the amount of traffic a web |
| operates 24 hours a day ensuring that the server is | | | | hosting company expects determines the bandwidth |
| never down when people try to access your site. | | | | allocated. The extent of downloadable content the |
| Such a site should be equipped with high speed | | | | website contains and the number of hits the site |
| connections to produce your web pages with good | | | | receives will make a good scale for bandwidth |
| speed whenever the web address is typed into the | | | | calculation. The usual allocation is around 3 GB for |
| browser. Backup power facilities are also essential in | | | | smaller buyers and over 200 GB for large scale and |
| case of power failure. | | | | high traffic sites. |
| First you need to find a suitable domain name which | | | | Your web host provider should be able to provide |
| is the web addresses commonly used for | | | | you with as many email accounts as you consider |
| convenience instead of a series of numbers which | | | | necessary. Also the space provided should be |
| form the IP address. You will also need a domain | | | | adequate. Generally a basic website would require 1 |
| name server which will interpret your domain name | | | | MB which will go up as you keep on adding music, |
| to the IP address. You need to register your domain | | | | pictures, videos etc. |
| name with the registrar of domain names and by this | | | | Check for additional services from the web hosts like |
| time a web host provider should be ready to accept | | | | shopping carts, free templates, a n efficient |
| your site to their server. | | | | monitoring system and marketing services. Also |
| Once an account is opened with a web hosting | | | | ensure that you get accurate web statistics i.e. an |
| company and the domain name server is set, the | | | | idea of the number of visitors to your site. |
| next step is to upload the web pages. The web host | | | | |