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Web Hosting continued
Image Hosting: Hotlinking is allowed, most require registrations, often free, used for hosting only a few formats of images.
Reseller Hosting: Offers a large amount of space and bandwidth that can be divided among as many sites as the user has on his account. Reseller hosting is for users wanting to become Web Hosts.
Co-located Hosting: The user purchases a server and installs it at the host's data center. If the users needs exceed dedicated or shared hosting capacities, Co-located might be the best choice.
Clustered Hosting: Offers all the benefits of a dedicated server at the cost of a shared server.
Selecting a Web Hosting Company
There are many things to consider when shopping for a Web hosting company, so it's best to take your time. Most Web hosting companies offer many great features, but you might not need them to start out with. The things potential users should pay close attention to are as follows:
* Bandwidth – Higher bandwidths allow more images and photos.
* Disk Space
* Tech Support – Test their tech support by sending email questions and note the response time.
• Do they use Perl? Many good scripts are written in Perl.
* Domain Name – Make sure you can point to your own domain name on the site.
* PHP – Many newer programs and scripts require PHP support.
* FTP Access – You need unrestricted FTP access to your site.
* Do they offer CubeCart? This is a free shopping cart.
* Uptime – Do they guarantee 99% uptime (the minimum acceptable standard)?
* CGI Bin – This is needed to install programs and scripts.
* MySQL- Many programs require a MySQL database to run.
* SSI (Server Side Includes) – Helps save time when updating your site.
* SSL (Secure Socket Layer) – If you accept credit cards.
Image Hosting: Hotlinking is allowed, most require registrations, often free, used for hosting only a few formats of images.
Reseller Hosting: Offers a large amount of space and bandwidth that can be divided among as many sites as the user has on his account. Reseller hosting is for users wanting to become Web Hosts.
Co-located Hosting: The user purchases a server and installs it at the host's data center. If the users needs exceed dedicated or shared hosting capacities, Co-located might be the best choice.
Clustered Hosting: Offers all the benefits of a dedicated server at the cost of a shared server.
Selecting a Web Hosting Company
There are many things to consider when shopping for a Web hosting company, so it's best to take your time. Most Web hosting companies offer many great features, but you might not need them to start out with. The things potential users should pay close attention to are as follows:
* Bandwidth – Higher bandwidths allow more images and photos.
* Disk Space
* Tech Support – Test their tech support by sending email questions and note the response time.
• Do they use Perl? Many good scripts are written in Perl.
* Domain Name – Make sure you can point to your own domain name on the site.
* PHP – Many newer programs and scripts require PHP support.
* FTP Access – You need unrestricted FTP access to your site.
* Do they offer CubeCart? This is a free shopping cart.
* Uptime – Do they guarantee 99% uptime (the minimum acceptable standard)?
* CGI Bin – This is needed to install programs and scripts.
* MySQL- Many programs require a MySQL database to run.
* SSI (Server Side Includes) – Helps save time when updating your site.
* SSL (Secure Socket Layer) – If you accept credit cards.
