For
those new to web hosting. The process is outlined here. If this is
your first experience in web hosting, at first the task might look
daunting, but in reality it is not. Once you become familiar with
the terms used, and have some practice at doing the most commonly
used web site tasks, it does become second nature.
Those having prior experience in web hosting should refer directly
to our individual plan descriptions, consult with their developers
if applicable, or a BottomLine representative to insure a particular
plan is suitable for the application.
What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is what the name implies: Every
web site on the internet needs a home. Web hosting is in short a
term used to describe specially designed computers in specially
designed facilities that are home to your web site on the internet.
You want to know that whenever people visit your web site it will be
up, and that visitors will have an enjoyable experience which means
your web site must load quickly & respond quickly to requests made
on the server. These machines, and the web hosting facilities that
house them, are designed to handle the functions of a web site
server, to run reliability over extended periods of time, to respond
quickly, and to have redundancy systems built in to keep things this
way in case of unexpected problems that can come up along the way of
being up all day, every day of the year.
Web hosting servers at BottomLine feature
brand name computers using quad disk drives with RAID 1
configurations: This allows us to keep a mirror drive of all web
site data: If the primary drive fails for any reason, the mirror
drive will immediately take over resulting in no lost data or web
site down time. Our servers also feature most current CPU models and
industrial strength power supplies for speed an reliability. Our web
hosting servers are maintained in facilities designed for web
hosting, including large ties into the internet backbone with backup
connections in case of primary network failure outside our facility,
and secure building structures and secure housing of servers, for
security. You can read more about our hosting facilities by
selecting the tab from the site map.
What is a Domain Name?
Your domain name is your own personal address
on the World-Wide-Web for your web site. This is how people will get
to your web site. We would like to say it's magic, however it's
really a fairly sophisticated and standardized system set up around
the world to make it all work. For those that want to know the ins
and outs of domain registration, we provide information once you are
signed up for your BottomLine web hosting plan, and just ask once
your signed up and our technical support personnel will glad to tell
you probably more than you ever wanted to know. What you need to
know however is that no two websites can have the same domain name,
and all domain names must be registered, which is how the process is
controlled so two web sites do not end up with the same name.
Secondly, when you register your domain you'll need to know the
Nameservers of the hosing facility that is hosting your web site.
That is what tells the internet where to go look for your website.
When ordering your hosting plan BottomLine provides the means to
check domain name availability, and offers free domain registration
for one year!
What do I need to web host ?
Here is some good web hosting information:
First off you need a web host, a web host like BottomLine Web
Hosting. Think of us as a landlord on the internet. You rent space
from us on a computer that is specially built and configured to host
web sites, maintained in facilities with qualified personnel to
manage them, and with redundant systems and protective housing to
insure uptime of your web site.
Than you'll need a program that you can use to both connect to your
web site and transfer pages up and down from our web servers to your
computer. These are generally called FTP programs and there are free
ones (WFS FTP is a popular one) available from download on the
internet. The ones that cost money do more and can be easier to use
as well, however free ones such as WFS work fine.
Than you'll need an HTML editor with which you can build or modify
your web pages. It can be something as simple as Microsoft Notepad
that comes with all Windows versions but will require you already
know or learn HTML, ASP, Java script, or any other language you
choose to use to build your web site. For those that would like some
help- a program that will do the actual coding while you have user
friendly commands to tell it what to build, there are more
sophisticated programs that will do this for you such as FrontPage
Microsoft FrontPage is a very good way for
beginners to build a basic web site quickly, see how the coding is
done in case you want to learn how to code yourself over time, and
has more advanced features to incorporate into your web site easily
as you progress in your skill with FrontPage. Another popular, but
for more advanced coders generally, is Dreamweaver MX. Both of
these applications cost money, but in the case of beginner web
masters we highly recommend Microsoft FrontPage for it's ease of use
and feature packed offerings. It is well worth the money you spend
to invest in it. Furthermore, when using FrontPage you do not need a
separate FTP program (as FrontPage can connect to your web site as
well as being and HTML editor), and in our case BottomLine offers
free professionally designed & built FrontPage templates: FrontPage
templates offer customers a way to have their first web site up and
running almost instantly, and a nice first web site as well. Over
time as you become more advanced in using FrontPage to work on your
template, you may someday want to replace the template with your own
custom built web site. Learn more about FrontPage
here. See
our free FrontPage templates that can be edited with FrontPage
here.
Why Windows Web Hosting for my Web Site?
Windows web hosting solutions offer advantages
over the older UNIX/LINUX platform. These advantages are available
not only to the professional developer, but to the home developer,
or hobbiest, as well. Features such as FrontPage web hosting, .asp.,
and .NET web hosting. Learn more about Windows Web Hosting and the
benefits it brings by visiting our informational page here on
Windows Web Hosting.
How We Help those new to Web Hosting
At BottomLine Web Hosting our mission is to
make dealing with your hosting company a pleasure, not a headache.
All customers will find our support staff prompt, courteous, and
professional, providing hosting help that really helps. Many of our
web hosting customers are new to hosting, and we do try to go out of
away to take the mystery out of it. We do this from the start by
providing detailed hosting information on our website about ordering
your hosting plan. So when you go to order your web hosting plan you
are prepared to go through the process easily. Than, after you have
your web site, new members will find help forums to assist in
learning how to use your new web site and email, and instructional
material on the basics of web development such as using FrontPage,
or building a frameset with a page document, or making tables. A few
select web development tips we find that are used commonly by those
first beginning web page development. Lastly, though we are a web
hosting company and not a web development company, our employees are
encouraged to go out of their way to assist customers who may have
problems in HTML coding but mistook them as malfunction in a web
server. We don't write you back and say "not our problem" and leave
things at that. If we see something in coding that could be causing
the problem, we'll let you know in case it might help you out. At
Bottomline we try harder.
Which hosting plan is right for you?
BottomLine
carries a full line of Windows web hosting solutions. From the most
basic hosting requirements, to the most advanced. At the most
affordable hosting prices you'll find. Which web hosting solution is
right for you? For those new to web site development and web
hosting:
Starter Windows and Basic Windows
plans- Perfect for those simply
wanting to place a brochure online but with . capacities that
can accommodate hundreds of pages of content, thousands of daily
visitors, and are supported by our fine technical support staff.
These webhosting plans support development using MS development
tools such as FrontPage, InterDev, .ASP and VB scripting, and MS
Access files.
What is web hosting at BottomLine Web Hosting. Information about web
hosting and what web hosting is. Information on domain names, and what
web hosting entails.
Web hosting is what the name implies: Every
web site on the internet needs a home. Web hosting is in short a term
used to describe specially designed computers in specially designed
facilities that are home to your web site on the internet. If this is
your first experience in web hosting, at first the task might look
daunting, but in reality it is not. Once you become familiar with the
terms used, and have some practice at doing the most commonly used web
site tasks, it does become second nature to host your web site.
