Post on 14-Jul-2015
Basics for hosting a website
What Is Web Hosting?
• A place for storing files of websites.
• A internet enabled computer that can be accessed from other computers connected to internet.
• Can store datas like HTML files, images, videos… etc
• A server computer with high performance and high-speed internet connectivity.
Types of Web Hosting
• Shared Server Hosting
• Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
• Dedicated Server Hosting
• Cloud Hosting
Shared Server Hosting
• Easy to manage• Less security• Less control on server• Have common pool of
server resource for all domains.
Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
• Need knowledge about networking.
• Offers security• More control on server
Dedicated Server Hosting
• Need knowledge about networking and configurations.
• Offers high security• Full control on server
Cloud Hosting
• Ability to handle high traffic
• Offers high security• Multiple computers to
work together to handle high traffic levels
What Is A Domain Name?
• A domain is the name of your website.
• You will need to register your domain with a domain registrar. (Eg:Godaddy,Domain.com, dot.tk...etc.)
Let us start..!
Open your browser and go to
www. byethost.com
Let us start..!
Fill up the form
• Check your mail, for the activation link and you will get the login details from that link.
• Then login to the control panel.
Control panel
Files tab - >online file manager
Open the htdocs directory
Click the upload button and upload the files
• If you need to create folders on server,
then click on the “new dir” button and give a name.
Is it working?
Go to your website url (given by byethost) to check if it is working or not.
• If you have a file named index.html then it will automatically opens that file otherwise you need to mention the file name with url
Ex: <yourSubDomain>.byethost<n>.com/<filename.html>
DONE..!
You have hosted your website..!