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Hosting your website - Part4 

Web Hosting Account

This is the next step you take - choose a web hosting plan and set up your web hosting account. To check out on the steps prior to choosing a  web hosting plan check out on

1. Before you set up your web hosting account, make sure that you have purchased a domain. For more details on domain name registration check out on Hosting your website Part3.

2. A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own website accessible via the World Wide Web.

The scopes of web hosting services vary widely.

The most basic is webpage and small-scale file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface. The files are usually delivered to the Web “as is” or with little processing. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) offer this service free to their subscribers. People can also obtain Web page hosting from other, alternative service providers. Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or cheap. Business web hosting often has a higher expense.
For more basic information on web hosting please read on from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting_service

3. To decide upon a web hosting plan you need to determine your needs first and decide exactly what you are going to need now as well as for future developments for your Website.

You would need to consider

•  Space – How much space are you going to need depends on the size of your site.  It could have thousands of  files, and you would want to get as much space as you can or it may be a simple website.
•  Type of server – Most web hosting companies offer you two options: Linux or Windows web hosting. Linux could  be faster but if you are planning on using .ASP or .Net environments, it is better that you use Windows web          hosting.
•   Features – What kind of features should the host support that you will need to use or run to operate your   Website efficiently, ex php, java, perl etc?
•  Cost – Cost is one of the main consideration factors for deciding upon a web hosting plan. The idea is to   use a cheap web hosting plan but not at the cost of reliability (server uptime for instance) or poor   support services.

4.  My web hosting account preferences -

• I go in for a linux account.
• I ensure that my hosting account supports php and mysql so that I may use Wordpress. For Tips on Wordpress check out on Hosting your website Part2. For setting up you personal web hosting server check out on Hosting your website Part1.

          So go ahead and check out on best cheap web hosting plans that suits your needs to build your website!