(Shelly Cashman Series) Gary B. Shelly, H. Albert Napier, Ollie N. Rivers-Web design_ introductory concepts and techniques -Cengage Learning (2008)
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<strong>Web</strong> Site Publishing 187<br />
Figure 7-2 Some <strong>Web</strong> hosting companies cater to midsized to large e-commerce companies<br />
requiring a more sophisticated level of server support.<br />
A variety of sources are available to help choose the right <strong>Web</strong> hosting service. You<br />
can ask friends <strong>and</strong>/or business associates for recommendations. Ask them which hosting<br />
service they use, how long they have used the hosting service, <strong>and</strong> how they would rate<br />
the quality of the customer support provided by the service. You can also research the<br />
<strong>Web</strong> to learn more about potential <strong>Web</strong> hosting services. After you narrow your choices,<br />
evaluate each potential <strong>Web</strong> hosting service by learning about the cost, level of customer<br />
support, <strong>and</strong> technical requirements for the service level you require. One way to do that<br />
is to get answers to questions similar to the following:<br />
1. What is the monthly fee to host a personal or commercial <strong>Web</strong> site?<br />
2. How much server space is allotted for the monthly fee? What does additional<br />
space cost?<br />
3. What technical support is offered, <strong>and</strong> when is it available?<br />
4. Are frequent nonscheduled outages experienced by the server on which the <strong>Web</strong><br />
site will reside? How long do the outages last?<br />
5. What is the longest downtime on a monthly basis for maintenance <strong>and</strong> backup<br />
procedures?<br />
6. Does the <strong>Web</strong> hosting service offer support for e-commerce, multimedia,<br />
scripting languages, applets, servlets, or other elements related to your site <strong>and</strong><br />
its pages? Does the <strong>Web</strong> hosting service support the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)<br />
protocol for encrypting confidential data? Are additional fees required for these<br />
capabilities?<br />
7. How are your <strong>Web</strong> site files uploaded to the server? What is the procedure for<br />
updating <strong>and</strong> republishing pages to your site? Does the <strong>Web</strong> hosting service limit<br />
the number, size, or type of files that you can upload?<br />
Q&A<br />
What if I don’t have<br />
a domain name for<br />
my site?<br />
In Chapter 1, you<br />
learned about selecting<br />
<strong>and</strong> registering a<br />
domain name for your<br />
<strong>Web</strong> site. You can go to<br />
an accredited registrar’s<br />
site, such as register.<br />
com or GoDaddy, identify<br />
an available domain<br />
name, <strong>and</strong> register it at<br />
the site for a fee.<br />
Alternatively, some<br />
<strong>Web</strong> hosting services<br />
might assist with<br />
acquiring a domain<br />
name for an additional<br />
fee or as part of the<br />
original setup fee for<br />
the hosting services.
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