Posted by admin on Jun 18, 2009 in
hosting If you’re interested in budget web hosting, there’s a good likelihood you’ll be using a UNIX web hosting plan. UNIX web hosting is one of the most common web hosting plans due to its compatibility with Linux, ease of use and relatively low cost.
What UNIX Is
UNIX is a computer operating system that was originally designed nearly 40 years ago at Bell Labs. Over the years, UNIX has evolved and adapted to remain highly useful even today. UNIX is a multi-user, multi-tasking program that operates under a comprehensive philosophy of features such as using plain text for storing data and using many software tools. It is an open system that can be modified and improved upon by any user, which also means there are no licensing issues when using UNIX.
Features of UNIX Web Hosts
Web hosts that facilitate the Linux operating system also facilitate UNIX, which is one of the reasons why this form of web hosting is so popular. This means that most UNIX web hosts are enabled for the LAMP web development program, which uses the Apache web server software, MySQL database system and PHP programming language.
Advantages to UNIX Web Hosts
In addition to facilitating ease of web development, a UNIX web host won’t put too big a dent in a growing online company’s budget. Web hosting on a dedicated server can be extremely costly, but UNIX web hosting operates on a shared server. Multiple users operate on their own individual sections of the server, but since all parties are sharing the server, they share the cost, and the expense to the individual client is considerably reduced.
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Posted by admin on Jan 11, 2009 in
Domains,
development,
hosting Well welcome to the first post on the development part of this whole process. This is the beginning of where it gets really fun, at least I think so. Today is going to be a light day and we are just going to get some stuff set up for us so that we can move onto other stuff later. Let’s get started.
Development Beginning
In order to have everything set up we just need to get a few things in place. These two things are hosting and a domain, because to be serious online you are going to need these because you can only go so far with free services like Blogger or Squidoo. First things first we are going to need a hosting account. Now it really doesn’t matter where you sign up, just don’t be fooled by sites claiming “Unlimited Everything” because that’s just a bunch of BS. I am a big fan of HostGator because they have excellent service for an excellent price. You don’t have to host with them but they are definitely one of the best in the business. However, if you don’t have all that much cash laying around you can go with a free hosting account for now and upgrade later. All that matters at this point is that you get some hosting.
After you have some hosting it’s time to get a domain. As with the hosting you can really get these anywhere but some places are better then others. I usually stick with GoDaddy for my domains but sometimes Dotster has some really nice promotions for cheap domains. Wherever you get your domain just keep this in mind, you should try and get your keywords in the domain. Odds are that the domain will be taken for your keyword in the .com and .net but think a little creatively and you can find some real gems. Also I like to stick with .com, they cost another buck or two but they are the kings of domains and are much more respected by internet users.
Once you have both of those you should connect your domain to your hosting by editing the nameservers for the domain, your hosting should tell you what to change it to. It’s really pretty easy so go ahead and do that. It’s good to get this out of the way now because it takes 24-48 hours for your domain to get set up properly on the hosting.
Well that’s it for today. Go ahead and do those couple things and then take a break. Tomorrow I will talk about setting up your site.
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