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Over half a billion
people visit commercial
web sites each year..
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E-marketing |
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Internet marketing strategy, how to start an Internet business..
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Web Hosting |
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You need web hosting when you want to have a website..
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Domain Name |
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It registrations for the most seen .com, .net, .org are unrestricted..
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ADSL |
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Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a new technology that..
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E-mails |
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Most people have a Yahoo or Hotmail email account. I believe you..
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Unix - Linux & FreeBSD: |
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Since web
hosting servers are also computers, they will also need an operating
system. However over 90% of web hosting servers are not running Windows!
Instead, they are using Unix as their operating system. All you
need to know about Unix is that it is a FREE operating system created by
volunteers and it is open source. Open source means the source-code (the
programming codes) of the software are publicly available to anyone.
Anyone can look at it, learn from it and even modify it. Since it can be
modify freely, it actually evolved into a few variations. The 2 most
popular variations are Linux and FreeBSD. |
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The word
'Unix' is now a common term referring to all such operating systems
derived from the original Unix. |
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Windows Server 2003: |
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Microsoft do have their own operating system designed specifically for
servers, the newest is Windows Server 2003. But why do most servers
choose to run on Unix instead of Windows? Unix is developed in the
Universities for the purpose of research and has been focusing more on
networking and speed. Windows is a commercial product developed and
targeted to the home users. Unix is built to be more powerful, secure and
fast while Windows is built to be more user friendly and easy to use.
After so many years of development, Unix has been evolved into a very
stable, secure and powerful platform for the servers. On the other hand,
Windows (Microsoft Corporation) is consider to be a new comer to the
server market. |
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Unix or Windows? |
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You should always go for a Unix web host unless you have some specific
requirements that require Windows platform. |
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Not only Unix
is more powerful and secure in networking but it is also cheaper because
Unix is free! If a web host setup their servers to run Windows 2003, he
will need to purchase the license from Microsoft and this will increase
the hosting price. |
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You will need
a Windows host if you want to use some Windows-only features. The most
common are ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft
Access, etc. If you have never heard of any of them, you probably won't
need a Windows host. Cut it short, ASP, ASP.NET and ColdFusion are
scripting language. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access are
databases. |
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Can I use a Unix host even if my
computer is running Windows? |
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YES! What operating system you use is irrelevant to the operating system
of the server. All you need to do is to upload all your website's files to
the server. And to do this, you will be using a standard way called FTP
(File Transfer Protocol), which is platform independent. If you design
your website using Microsoft FrontPage and wish to publish you site with
FrontPage, a Unix server is able to handle it without any problem as long
as FrontPage Extensions are installed. You won't need FrontPage extensions
if you use FTP to upload your files instead of FrontPage publishing tool.
Nowadays, most web hosts will offer you a web-based file manager where you
can upload your files without using FTP! All you need is your web browser!
I will discuss more about designing your website and uploading your files
in the "Build your Website" chapter. |
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