A domain name is a like a sign post within the internet, it simply points to a server and asks the server to return the information the user or visitor is looking for. A domain is, quite simple, www.google.com or www.example.com
All domain names are unique throughout the internet, although there are several parts to them. [...]
A web server is a number of large computers, known as servers, housed in an air-conditioned server house known as a data centre where they are connected to a highly efficient, fault-tolerance high-speed internet connection.
Web servers are able to handle hundreds of thousands of requests a second and can return back this information quickly, providing [...]
As said in a number of our other articles, almost all web hosting companies provide with at least a few email addresses which can be setup. This means that, for example, you owned the domain example.com, then you could have the email address john@example.com making your online presence much more professional.
If you like the sound [...]
PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-Processor and is an Open Source programming language widely used throughout the internet for dynamic websites. PHP has a relatively easy to understand and easy to lean language with a lot of support both online and offline (in books), and is widely supported by almost all web hosting companies.
PHP co-exists alongside [...]
This could be a very difficult question to ask if you are just starting out at web hosting – Windows hosting and Unix hosting offer two distinct routes in which to take.
If you are planning your website to be based around the Microsoft / ASP programming lanugage framework, or if you use Frontpage for example, [...]
A dedicated server is an entire server dedicated to just your account, or just your website. Servers are large-scale computers and are able to handle a lot of requests while hosting a lot of different websites – this is known as Shared Hosting.
However, if your website is large, busy, complex, or a combination of all [...]
This question is all down to your budget and your websites needs. If you are thinking of running a blog for yourself, or a small website with perhaps just a couple of pages and images, then free hosting maybe the solutions you’re looking for.
If, however, you are hoping to make more out of your website, [...]
As explained in some of our other articles, all aspects and features of web hosting is important when choosing your new web host. It is important to make sure that your new host has enough disk space that you will be using on your site, as well as enough bandwidth / disk space to allow [...]
cPanel is a web-based program or application that is used to control the settings of your website and can be accessed via It is widely used throughout most web hosts and is almost always installed for you as part of your new account signup.
cPanel has an easy to use icon-based interface where you are able [...]
Bandwidth and Data Transfer is often confused and sometimes called the same thing with a number of web hosting companies, where in fact they are two different things.
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can potentially be transferred from one point to another, whereas Data Transfer is the amount of data actually being transferred at [...]
