Domain Web Hosting
Domain web hosting is a type of an internet service offered by hosting companies where you can get a domain name for your website and also upload your website on the server for a fixed period of time. There are lots of cheap domain web hosting services offered by hosting companies today. The hosting is normally done on the Windows or Linux operating systems. Hence domain web hosting makes it possible for you to make your website accessible by the world through the World Wide Web.
The hosting companies provide space on their servers for a limited period of time as agreed upon by both the parties. Once the period gets over you can renew the contract. Also in case you need to do transactions over the internet you will need to install databases on the servers. Access and SQL are the two most common databases used.
Today a website can be built within a few hours with the use of user friendly software such as Dreamweaver and FrontPage. Once all your files are ready, you can transfer them to the host server through FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software. There are many portal sites that offer you free domain web hosting. The two most popular free domain hosting sites are Yahoo and AOL.
You need to know basic HTML in case you want to design a static website. However in case you want to design a dynamic website then you must have extensive knowledge of database applications like Java and ASP.Net. The sites offering free or cheap domain web hosting may provide you with a interface control panel through which you can change the features of the site and also create email accounts. The bandwidth and the connectivity are the most important functions to be looked for when going for domain registration. Also there are many companies that offer you services like regular security updates and patches every week or month. So do make the most of these offers.
There are many types of domain web hosting such as free web hosting as well as shared web hosting where your website is located on the same server with several other sites. There is also reseller domain hosting where the clients themselves become sellers of the hosting services. Then there is the virtual dedicated server where the server is sliced up into many virtual servers but the users feel that they have their own dedicated server.
