Web hosting information - tips and articles

Get all your web hosting questions answered from these pages. Here you will find more than 50 tips and articles covering the most important aspects of web hosting. This valuable web hosting information has been written for keeping in mind the beginner, however, many of the articles and tips might be also helpful to the more advanced web developer.

The web hosting information tips and articles have been segregated into sections to help you locate an answer quickly. Links to these sections appear on the left. The entire list of articles is below if you want to go through that.

Web hosting basic information

• What is web hosting?
• What is virtual hosting - sharing your machine with others?
• On which operating system (or, platform, in tech jargon) should I host my web site?
• Unix, Linux and FreeBSD operating systems for web hosting servers
• Windows operating systems for web hosting servers
• How is a web hosting Server different from your home/office machine?
• Can I host my web site on my home/office computer?
• What is a domain name?
• I booked a domain name. Do I now need to get a web site?
• I booked a domain name a few minutes back but when I load it in a browser it tells me that the site cannot be found
• How much hard-disk space do I need for my site?
• What is diskspace and how much space do I need for my web site?
• What is bandwidth and how much do I need for my web site?
• I want unlimited bandwidth for my web site. Where can I get it?
• How do I choose a web host?
• What is WHOIS?
• My web hosting company is offering a free domain name. Should I take it?
• The company from whom I'm purchasing the domain is offering web hosting. Should I take it?
• I purchased a domain name and web hosting package together - what do I do now?
• I bought a domain name before and have just purchased web hosting - what do I do now?
• I haven't registered a domain name yet but I purchased a web hosting package - What should I do?
• I dont want any ads on my web site. Where should I host my web site?
• I have purchased web hosting. How do I create email addresses on my domain name?
• What is webmail and do I really need it?
• What is a default email address and how to I create one for my web site?
• I have created a few email accounts at my web site. How do I check emails?
• What is FTP and do I need to know what it is?
• Using Internet Explorer as an FTP client - a Free FTP client
• How do I upload my files on my web host?
• How can I quickly create a placeholder homepage for my web site?
• Where do I put the files on my server?
• I am not happy with my present web hosting. Can I change it?
• How do I change my web hosting server?
• Will I lose my domain name if I shift web hosting from one company to another?
• I have country specific domain names. Where can I host them?
• Should I put my website on a web hosting server located in my country?
• I want to host several sites. What should I do?
• Can I host multiple web sites on one hosting package? And how does it work?
• What are the best reseller hosting packages? And do I need one?
• What do I do if my web site is hacked?

Web hosting and domain names information

• What is a domain name?
• I booked a domain name a few minutes back but when I load it in a browser it tells me that the site cannot be found
• My web hosting company is offering a free domain name. Should I take it?
• The company from whom I'm purchasing the domain is offering web hosting. Should I take it?
• I purchased a domain name and web hosting package together - what do I do now?
• I bought a domain name before and have just purchased web hosting - what do I do now?
• I haven't registered a domain name yet but I purchased a web hosting package - What should I do?
• Will I lose my domain name if I shift web hosting from one company to another?
• I have country specific domain names. Where can I host them?

Information on Web hosting and email

• I have purchased web hosting. How do I create email addresses on my domain name?
• I have created a few email accounts at my web site. How do I check emails?
• What is an email client and how I can use it for the email accounts I've created on my web site?
• How can I check the emails I've created using my email client like Outlook Express?
• Webmail definition and why you should have it on your website hosting account
• What is a default email address and how to I create one for my web site?
• I cannot receive any emails on my email client such as Outlook Express
• I cannot send messages from my email client such as Outlook Express

Web server and operating system information

• What is a web server and which is the best?
• Web Servers List
• What is Apache and should it be a part of my web hosting?
• On which operating system (or, platform, in tech jargon) should I host my web site?
• Unix, Linux and FreeBSD operating systems for web hosting servers
• Windows operating systems for web hosting servers
• How is a web hosting Server different from your home/office machine?
• I am not happy with my present web hosting. Can I change it?
• How do I change my web hosting server?

Security and web site maintenance

• What do I do if my web site is hacked?
• Where do I put the files on my server?
• How do I upload my files on my web host?
• What is FTP and do I need to know what it is?
• Using Internet Explorer as an FTP client - a Free FTP client
• How can I quickly create a placeholder homepage for my web site?

Information on web hosting reseller accounts

• I want to host several sites. What should I do?
• Can I host multiple web sites on one hosting package? And how does it work?
• What are the best reseller hosting packages? And do I need one?

Web hosting and search engines

• Will moving my web site to another web host change my web site ranking position on search engines?
• Should I put my website on a web hosting server located in my country?
• I have country specific domain names. Where can I host them?

Web hosting advanced tips

• How is a web hosting Server different from your home/office machine?
• Web site error messages and creating custom error pages on Apache web server
• How to design custom error pages to retain your web site visitors