Okay, we saw in Web Hosting (2) that free web hosting was a bad idea, but we need to keep an eye on our budget. So let’s be sensible and also discount the other extreme: that of a dedicated server solely used by your own hosting account (let’s keep that in reserve for when we’ve [...]
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Web Hosting (2) - Don’t go “free”
You probably already know that a hosting account is necessary to hold all your website information.
In theory, there is nothing to stop you hosting your website from your own computer as long as it is connected to the internet. In practice, though, you probably wouldn’t want your computer permanently switched on, or tied up serving [...]
Web Hosting (1) - Domain Name Registration
The purists may say that domain name registration is a completely separate issue from web hosting, and indeed, it can be. You can register your domain name with company XYZ, buy your web hosting account from company ABC and tell the 2 companies to talk to each other.
Still with me? Probably not - too many [...]
