| I'm only going to be talking about managed hosted | | | | the server, most websites are very small about |
| servers, i.e the hosting 99% people use for normal | | | | 200mb for a average site. |
| websites. | | | | Bandwith / Traffic allowance: This is the amount of |
| Note: If you currently have domains names | | | | data that you are providing to people, webpage use |
| registered, I would recommend using their hosting | | | | little bandwith and videos use lots of bandwith. |
| services to reduce complications. Okay lets get | | | | Youtube for example use a large amount of |
| started. What is a managed website hosting server? | | | | bandwith because of the big files and the high |
| The web host server simply provides your website | | | | number of users. |
| to anybody that types in your domain name. Your | | | | My SQL Databases: Many websites depend on my sql |
| domain name points to a location on a web host | | | | databases for features such as forums, blogs, forms |
| server and this location would normally have your | | | | customer forms, ecommerce and more. A single my |
| website in it. | | | | sql database can be used for multiple features but if |
| The first thing you need to do is work out exactly | | | | you have heavy usage then it would be better to |
| what you want from your website hosting provider. | | | | split to load over several my sql databases. |
| If you don't have any specific need for Microsoft | | | | Customer Service: I highly recommend choosing a |
| Hosting to use Access or Visual basic scripts then | | | | host in your local country with 24 Hour telephone |
| you should choose Linux/Unix hosting service. Most | | | | support, from time to time you will need to contact |
| hosting providers provide pretty much the same | | | | them for problems you never expect to occur. I |
| features for example | | | | recently lost secure encryption on one of my |
| Small Package:- Webspace 5GB, Bandwith 5GB, Email | | | | domains than should of automatically renewed. A |
| Accounts 10, Sub Domains 10,... | | | | phone call fixed the problem. |
| Medium Package:- Webspace 10GB, Bandwith 10GB, | | | | Cost: The cost varies greatly, some company |
| Email Accounts 20, Sub Domains 20,... | | | | provide very cheap domains with more expensive |
| Large Package:- Webspace 20GB, Bandwith 20GB, | | | | hosting and some vice versa. Shop around and see |
| Email Accounts 50, Sub Domains 50,... | | | | what offers you can get but try not to be suckered |
| I would generally recommend purchasing the smallest | | | | in by stuff you don't need. A typical medium package |
| package and then upgrade at a later date if you | | | | should not cost more than $9.99 a month. |
| need to, almost every hosting package is on a 12 | | | | All of the hosting providers will have a huge list of all |
| month subscription. Its always easier to upgrade than | | | | the features their package has, but they are all |
| downgrade to a smaller cheaper package. Okay so | | | | pretty much the same, they all do the same things. |
| what do all the features do? | | | | The stuff above is the important parts. |
| Webspace: The amount of webspace provided on | | | | |