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Web Hosting Packages Explanation

Owning your very own private web portal is obligatory in modern-day society. The integration of the World Wide Web in our daily lives signifies that, in order for somebody to become seen, or to get his idea noticed, one needs to create a site and post it online. In order to achieve that, you actually need 2 elements - a website and a hosting service. Prior to building a web page, however, it's vital to bear in mind that there are distinct varieties of web hosting services and that not all websites can work with a randomly chosen web hosting. In order to describe this better, let's commence with the chief question:

What is Web Hosting?

Alpha
15 GB storage
Unlimited bandwidth
1 website hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$7.50 / month
Bravo
50 GB storage
Unlimited bandwidth
2 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$9.60 / month
 

Hosting, or otherwise famous as 'web hosting', is an appellation that relates to the hosting server itself, or the company that administers the hosting server. A server is a computer that's connected to the World Wide Web and that's configured to use PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc., which enables the users to upload their files on the server and to publish them on the Internet. There are 2 principal kinds of servers, based on the Operating System of the web server - Windows and Linux. The 2 Operating Systems are quite different and, in the majority of cases, not at all consistent with one another. So, prior to choosing the correct solution, one should first check what kind of web server is necessary for their web site.

If you haven't established the web site so far, then let us have a more exhaustive glance at the distinction between the two varieties and at what their pluses are.

What service should you go with - Windows or Linux?

As mentioned, there are software frameworks, which are solely consistent with a particular OS. For example, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not function on a Linux web hosting server. So, if you would like to make your site using any of the above, you should be looking for a Windows service. Windows, though, is not open source-based, which signifies that it offers restricted opportunities as far as server safety and privacy are concerned. For this reason, Linux is used by web server administrators around the world and most hosting providers utilize it on their servers. Utilizing Linux, the administrator can set up the web server in a thoroughly modifiable manner, and if the hosting server is properly set up, it can provide absolute safety against computer hackers and malware. Furthermore, the customizability of Linux permits for greater software optimization, which brings about better site performance. For that reason, if you are looking for utmost security and web server operation, then you should develop your site in such a manner that it performs with a Linux-based server. This is not a difficult thing to fulfill, as the most widespread Content Management Systems, also popular as CMSs, like Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are completely consistent with Linux web servers and are popular all over the Globe for being one of the best web apps for devising and administering web sites. Sure enough, this doesn't mean that each hosting firm that's utilizing Linux will have admins who are able to properly administer a Linux hosting server. Picking the correct hosting company is quite problematic today, as the majority of them do not have the capability to employ a good, practiced web administrator. A Linux web server that hasn't been correctly configured can be quite dangerous to your site and private information. Thus, when picking a web host, it's always advisable to pick a bigger hosting supplier that's been in business for at least a couple of years.

How to spot the appropriate web hosting service provider for my site?

These web hosting firms are easily identifiable by the way in which they are offering their website hosting services. Experienced web hosting firms provide custom-developed functionality, diverse free open-source PHP-based scripts or software applications. The most practiced, however, possess even their own custom-made website hosting CPs designed especially for their platform. A hosting CP is an online-based graphical user interface, through which the user administers the entire web hosting service. Smaller-sized service providers utilize pre-built Control Panels such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to guarantee utmost safety and effectiveness for their web hosting services, the leading web hosting distributors supply their customers with their own personal in-house made hosting Control Panels created by their own administrators. We, at 'LIGHT Cloud Hosting', don't merely offer our very own custom-developed CP, but have also set up a free-of-cost open-source script installer, which enables our clients to effortlessly activate any of the abovementioned web content management software apps. Specifications like these reveal that we have the capability, the means and the necessary experience to be entrusted with preserving your private info confidential and your web site - up and running on the web.