Introduction
In order to put a web page onto the World Wide Web (WWW)
you require the services of other companies.
- An Internet service provider (ISP), to connect you
to the Internet
- A Web hosting company. This is where your web site is stored and is available for viewing via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Your web pages are viewed by users using a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and many
others
- Alternatively you can have a web design company such
as AireWeb obtain
the above services for you.
Your Web Site will also require a name. If you use your
ISP as a host or a free Web host, then the name will be
incorporated into the hosts URL
Example: My M206 site hosted on my ISP, AOL
http://members.aol.com/M206ou/m206/index.htm
Usually the URL is lengthy and gives the impression
of cheapness.
A more professional site will obtain a Domain Name.
Domain Name
The domain name of my site, for my home town Leeds is leeds-uk.com
and the URL for the site is
http://www.leeds-uk.com this
can be shortened to www.leeds-uk.com
A domain name should be short and snappy, go.com is a
fine example. Unfortunately most of the short snappy domain
names have been already purchased.
When I registered leeds-uk leeds.com
and cityofleeds.com had already been registered.
Domain names have an extension. The common ones .com, and .co.uk,
will be familiar with, but there are many others. The cost of domains
varies according to the extension, and the company you obtain the
name from. Most Web hosting services can obtain a domain name for
you. Prices are usually between £5 - £20 pound a year.
You may have to register for 2 years.
For your convenience you can either check on the availability or order your domain name from either of the 3 links below. I suggest that you purchase
a suitable name before somebody else buys it.
Web hosting
A Web host is a company that stores its customers Web
pages on their Web Servers. The customer is given a password
so that the web pages either, new or amended, for that
customer can be uploaded. Although it is possible to host
on your own computer, requiring a fair amount of expertise.
The majority of people use the services of an hosting
company.
Dedicated Hosting
Although handled by the hosting company, the Web site
has its own server. Giving the site webmaster (you) more
control over the choice of operating system and the back
end of the server. More expensive than shared hosting.
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