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Basics
One
of the first steps in establishing your internet presence
is to set up web hosting for your site. Basically,
Web hosting provides a physical space for your Website
to reside in and be available 24 hours a day. Several
standard features are a part of any Web hosting package,
regardless of cost: disk space, network traffic,
domain name service, and email addresses. |
Disk
Space
Your computer has a hard drive where
your computer files are stored, and a Web server has a hard
drive where Web pages are stored. A hosting provider offers
space on their hard drives in megabyte (MB) increments. There
is no foolproof method for determining how many megabytes of
disk space your Web site will occupy, but one rule of thumb
estimates the average Web page, including HTML and graphics,
is approximately 25-100k. Graphics, and other media take up
more space than text; we will be better able to estimate your
needs if you have a general idea of how graphically or media
intense your site will be. |
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Traffic
When developing your Internet
presence, you expect visitors, customers or the media
to see your Web site. But do you expect 20 or 20,000
people to view your site in a month? Outward-bound
traffic from your Web site is considered data transfer.
Each time a visitor views your Web page, data transfer
is generated; email is also a form of data transfer.
And just as large files like graphics and multimedia
take up more disk space, these files also require
greater bandwidth. |
Domain
Name
An important element of a successful
Web site is creating a unique brand or corporate identity.
One way to establish such an identity is with a unique domain
name that visitors can use to access your site. (For example: artofthegroove.com)
Domain names are maintained by InterNIC and must be registered
for a minimum of one year. You can either register your domain
name through a registry service or you may have this service
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Email
Email capabilities are
an important part of the Web hosting package. A
mailbox is typically assigned as a place where
your electronic mail is sent. We also provide your
own POP3 mailboxes. A POP3 mailbox can be set up
to respond automatically to inquiries, as well
as to recognize multiple aliases for a single email
box. Our email services allow you to maintain your
online presence with an email address in the form
of you@yourdomain.com. You will not have to settle
for a less-than-professional email address such
as those from Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL for example.
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