The five steps mentioned on this page are really all there is to hosting your own website. To set you on the right track, you need to choose a suitable plan to accommodate your website. To help with that, let’s do a brief recap of everything we’ve covered.
• Hosting is renting space on a web host’s server.
• Get all your site’s requirements written down before you evaluate a host.
• Make sure the host offers features that meet your needs, including backups, storage, security, email, storage, bandwidth, databases and domains.
• Timely and quality support is of utmost importance.
• Go for a host with a control panel, it will make your life easier, especially if you’re new to web hosting.
Deciding which hosting plan suits your website and future plans should be easy work if you follow these guidelines. Even so, if you’re completely new to this, and find the process unnecessarily complicated for your needs, scrap the list and go with a shared hosting account. It’s cheap, low maintenance and will be sufficient for most sites, especially new ones with lower traffic. When your site grows bigger, you can upgrade to VPS or dedicated hosting at any time.
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• Why you need web hosting
• Step-by-step website hosting instructions
• How to Host a Website at Home
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