Web Hosting Guide - Web Hosting FAQ http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog Web Hosting learning center Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:36:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Web hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/1-what-is-web-hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/1-what-is-web-hosting#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:46:00 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=112 Web hosting is a place where you can store your files and access 24 hrs a day.i.e Web hosts are companies that provides space on their computer to store your files and provides Internet connectivity so that other computers can access to the files on your website. There are different types of web hosting services.  They are discussed below.  Click on each link to learn more.

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/1-what-is-web-hosting/feed 0 Shared Hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/10-what-is-shared-hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/10-what-is-shared-hosting#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:06 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=73 A shared web hosting service is a web hosting service where many websites share single web server. Each site has its own section/place on the server to keep it separate from other sites. In shared hosting, the hosting company will manage servers, install server software, do security updates & technical support ect. This is most cost effective hosting method and for majority of users  a Shared hosting service would suffice.

Pros:

  • Cost effective hosting solution. Since server is shared, cost per user comes down
  • For a newbie to web hosting, this is the best option to get started. You can setup a basic website using shared hosting.
  • Shared hosting customers need not bother about server upgrades and server maintenance. These routine tasks are  done by server administrators who work for the hosting company.

Cons:

  • Since web server is shared, if one site in that shared web server is consuming lot of memory or other resources, performance of other sites also can  be affected.
  • You may have limited disk space and bandwidth.
  • While you can install many common and popular web applications easily(E.g: WordPress, Joomla etc),   you cannot install any software you wish.  Since it is a shared server, if your hosting company thinks that a web application or software can be dangerous to it’s shared hosting environment, it may not let you install that software. Also, you don’t have admin access to the server, as in the case of a dedicated server.

That said, for most of common users who need a simple basic website or a wordpress blog or even a shopping cart system with database features or for a web developer who needs good developer -rich features, a shared hosting account is more than enough.  This is most common type of hosting account and is the most sold hosting type.

By the way, if you are looking for a good web host,  Arvixe,  BlueHost or HostMonster are all good choices for shared hosting or for blog hosting.

You may also want to read other types of hosting.


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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/10-what-is-shared-hosting/feed 7 1&1 celebrates 10th anniversary in UK http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-celebrates-10th-anniversary-in-uk http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-celebrates-10th-anniversary-in-uk#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 14:18:10 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=248 1&1 Internet Ltd, celebrates its 10th Anniversary in the United Kingdom.  As part of celebration, 1&1 is offering a special hosting package .  1&1 has been used by hundreds of small business companies for web hosting.

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-celebrates-10th-anniversary-in-uk/feed 0 Dedicated hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-dedicated-hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-dedicated-hosting#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:23:05 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=125 A type of Internet hosting where the client gets his or her own Web server(not sharing with any one) and gains full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows).

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/11-dedicated-hosting/feed 5 Managed hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/12-managed-hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/12-managed-hosting#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:35:41 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=129 A type of Internet hosting where the customer gets his or her own Web server but is not allowed full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows).This is like a dedicated server with full technical support, setup, maintenance and monitoring services from your hosting company.

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/12-managed-hosting/feed 3 Virtual Dedicated Server(VPS) http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/13-what-is-vps http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/13-what-is-vps#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:05 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=84 A virtual private server (VPS) is a method of partitioning a single dedicated server into multiple virtual server machines .The VPS server can run its own full-fledged operating system and operate as an independent server. Each virtual server can be independently rebooted.

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/13-what-is-vps/feed 1 Reseller web hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/14-what-is-reseller-web-hosting http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/14-what-is-reseller-web-hosting#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:16:27 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=123 Reseller hosting basically lets you establish your own branding (aka private labelling) of web hosting so that you can sell web hosting packages to customers. In reality, you will be either renting a part or an entire dedicated server from a major web  hosting company.  This major hosting company provides you infrastructure, hardware and also importantly the ability for you to setup billing, disk space, bandwidth for each of your customers.

Also you do not need top notch technical skills to be a reseller.  For your customers, you provide direct support. But at same time you do have technical help and support from your parent hosting company (from whom you purchased the reseller hosting package).  Hosting related technical issues can be resolved with help of support from this parent company.

Reseller hosting is very lucrative and there are many successsful hosting companies out there, who in reality are successful resellers. Many  entrepreneurs choose to  start a branded company this way. Reseller hosting packages so cheap, it is very easy to setup a reseller hosting package overnight, literally!

Also web design agencies or web developers who have many customers under them opt to buy a reseller hosting account, as this lets them create hosting packages and billing setup for their customers.

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/15-what-is-linux/feed 0 16+ Most Popular Open Source Shopping Cart for Your Business http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/16-most-popular-open-source-shopping-cart-for-your-business http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/16-most-popular-open-source-shopping-cart-for-your-business#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:13:23 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=272 A shopping cart is a software application that allows people to view, search and purchase product in your store catalog. A shopping cart normally includes a storefront that displays information to store visitors (e.g. product detail pages, search pages, checkout pages, etc.) and an administration area that allows the store owner to manage their store. Shopping carts are written in a variety of different programming languages. Some shopping carts run on Windows Web servers, some on Unix, others on both. Open Source Shopping Cart provide full access to the “source code”, thus allowing experienced programmers to make modifications to the system features.

The following are some popular open source shopping cart for your business. Most hosting companies listed in Best linux hosting provide automatic installation of shopping carts with their hosting.

  1. Zen Cart
    Zen cart is a free, open-source cart application branched from the very popular OSCommerce application. It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components. Zen cart is highly customizable and available with multiple language support. Zen Cart can be installed and set-up by anyone without any computer skills. For a full list of Zen Cart Features visit: http://www.zen-cart.com/.
  2. osCommerce Cart – osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software. It allows store owners to set up, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with absolutely no costs or license fees involved. osCommerce uses PHP web scripting language, the stable Apache web server, and the fast MySQL database server. For a full list of features please visit www.oscommerce.com/.
  3. CubeCart Cart – CubeCart is a popular eCommerce solution written using PHP & MySQL.. CubeCart is very powerful and easy to connect to various payment gateways. CubeCart is not Open Source software, although full source code is available at no cost, and the custom licensing model allows for customization of the code. For a full list of features please visit www.cubecart.com
  4. Magento Cart – Magento is one of the latest Open Source shopping carts on the web. It offers professional features, flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of the online shop. The coding is based on the latest PHP 5 object oriented coding standards and the Zend framework. For a full list of features please visit www.magentocommerce.com/
  5. Ubercart – Ubercart is a free store management software program, available as a plug-in module for the Drupal. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It can be used to sell shippable goods, downloadable products, recurring memberships, event tickets, and enable complex interactions with Drupal through various add-on contributions, such as multi-seller stores, discount coupons, affiliate programs, software license codes, or customizable goods. For a full list of features please visit www.ubercart.org/
  6. AgoraCart – AgoraCart is a free Open Source ecommerce shopping cart software. Agora is written in Perl/MySQL. Some of the AgoraCart features include CSS manager & Templates system that allows you to edit how your shopping cart looks online, add Unlimited products and add different Shipping options, different Tax calculating options, different Payment methods from your customers. For a full list of features please visit www.agoracart.com/
  7. OpenCart – OpenCart is a free open source PHP-based online e-commerce solution. OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface. For a full list of features please visit www.opencart.com/
  8. AspDotNetStorefront – AspDotNetStorefront is a complete e-commerce storefront with an easy-to-use admin web site. SQL Schema included. Full source code in C# or VB.NET available. Google checkout and site maps supported. Supports ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. For a full list of features please visit http://www.AspDotNetStorefront.com/
  9. nopCommerce – nopCommerce is the leading ASP.NET online shop e-commerce solution. nopCommerce is available for free. It has user friendly administration tools to manage your storefront, customers, wish lists, discounts, and coupons. It also has flexible tax support, multi-lingual support and support for the most popular gateways. It’s a secure, scalable and extendable e-commerce platform. For a full list of features please visit http://www.nopcommerce.com/
  10. phpShop – phpShop is a simple and easy to customize shopping cart application. phpShop is written in PHP and supports MySQL database. For a full list of features please visit phpshop.sourceforge.net/
  11. PrestaShop – PrestaShop is a powerful open source e-commerce solution, which is available for free. PrestaShop requires Apache web server 1.3 or later, IIS 6 or later, PHP 5.0 or later, MySQL 5 or later and Linux, Unix or Windows installed operating system. Store admins can add Unlimited categories & subcategories, manage the inventory, orders, customers & payments easily. For a full list of features please visit http://www.PrestaShop.com
  12. Product Cart – ProductCart is quality shopping cart software used by thousands of businesses to run a professional Internet storefront. One of the great things about using ProductCart is that this shopping cart software can be fully customized. For a full list of features please visit http://www.EarlyImpact.com/
  13. DashCommerce – dashCommerce is an open source e-commerce software developed with ASP.NET & using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for storing data. dashCommerce has a functional interface which lets you navigate through the products with unlimited sub-menus or browse the products by price. This shopping cart software also offers commercial versions which include support for the product. For a full list of features please visit http://www.DashCommerce.com/
  14. X-Cart – X-Cart is a PHP shopping cart software & it’s good for ecommerce business solutions. X-Cart has a W3C-compliant storefront with a CSS-based layout. And it comes with several professional e-commerce design templates. X-Cart team offers professional design creation and custom programming services. You can get a unique storefront design and a custom-made functionality to ensure the web store meets your business needs completely. For a full list of features please visit http://www.X-Cart.com/
  15. Digistore – Digistore Ecommerce 4.0 is a fully featured open source ecommerce solution based on the popular osCommerce engine. Boasting improvements both to the administration and the end user experience – Digistore has quickly become a popular choice for people wishing to market products online. For a full list of Digistore Features: http://www.digistore.co.nz
  16. Comersus ASP Shopping Cart – Comersus ASP Shopping Cart is an Open Source database driven shopping cart using Access, SQL Server or mySQL database. Features include fast and easy installation in 4 minutes, a demo shopping cart as well as a blank database, full source code, no DLLs (100% Vbscript code), a detailed User’s Guide, and cookie detection for client browsers. CNET Networks is not responsible for the content of this Publisher’s Description. For a full list of features please visit : http://www.comersus.com/

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]]> http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/16-most-popular-open-source-shopping-cart-for-your-business/feed 0 Disk Space http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/16-what-is-disk-space http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/index.php/16-what-is-disk-space#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:14 +0000 admin http://www.findbestwebhosting.com/web-hosting-blog/?p=143 The amount of space on the server allocated to an account or domain name.It is measured in KB, MB or GB.
1KB = 1024 bytes.
1MB = 1024KB (Kilobytes)
1GB = 1024MB (Megabytes)

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