{"id":1396,"date":"2020-03-30T07:18:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T07:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:16:23","slug":"how-to-host-a-website-in-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/how-to-host-a-website-in-simple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to host a website in Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term WEBSITE basically refers to a systematic collection of web pages that is put together under and is identified by a common domain name and is published on at least one website, if not more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Websites can be both private as well as private. The publicly accessible websites collectively form the World Wide Web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certain websites which can be accessed only on a private network like any particular company\u2019s internal website for its employees are known as Private websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can access these websites from a range of devices via the software application which is called the web browser and thus, every website needs to be hosted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what exactly is Web Hosting? Basically, your website thrives on the internet. A web hosting provider is required to maintain it and connect it to the internet to make it available for public access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When users wish to visit your website, they just feed in your domain name in their browser and get the site pages delivered to them via the server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the first question that would come to your mind is \u201cHow to host a website?\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It might sound like a daunting and complicated process but in reality, is a pretty simple procedure that can be broken down into a few easy steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>STEPS TO HOST A WEBSITE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Register Your Domain Name<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-Host-a-Website-In-Simple-Steps.jpg\" alt=\"REGISTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-Host-a-Website-In-Simple-Steps.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-Host-a-Website-In-Simple-Steps-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Domain name is the name by which users will identify and reach you and find your site. It is generally in the format www.xyz.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple extensions are available to choose from like .org, .in, .com, etc. So, to have a proper domain name fixed for your website is very crucial. If you already have a domain name, you can give this step a miss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/how-to-buy-a-domain-name\/\"><b>HOW TO BUY A DOMAIN NAME<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DECIDE THE TYPE OF WEBSITE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Websites are generally of 2 types \u2013 Static or Dynamic. You need to choose according to your specific preferences which one to opt for.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>STATIC OR BASIC WEBSITE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are basically simple websites of one or two web pages that can be built with the help of softwares like Dreamweaver. Once made, these pages are uploaded to the server with the help of an FTP software.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When these kinds of websites need certain alterations, the pages on your computer software need to be edited accordingly and then uploaded all over again to the server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one of the major drawbacks of Static Websites that they cannot be modified dynamically and are thus low on functionality and cannot be an option for e-commerce or interactivity-based sites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Static websites when compared to dynamic ones are pretty cheap and easy on the pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>DYNAMIC WEBSITE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These types of websites are ideal for businesses and organizations and can be ideal for e- commerce sites. These websites can change dynamically depending on an array of factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because of the fact that these websites are CMS-driven which enables the developers to make any kind of alterations- add, subtract or modify content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These websites use both, the server-side scripts as well as the client-side scripts to enhance the content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allows both of these parties to interact and produce customized responses for each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamic websites provide more functionality as compared to the static ones even though they are comparatively expensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"CHOOSE YOUR HOSTING SERVER\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image2-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CHOOSE YOUR HOSTING SERVER ( LINUX \/ WINDOWS )\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Static Websites can be hosted on almost all web servers. But when it comes to web application sites, one can broadly choose between Linux or Windows Hosting, depending on your individual needs and comfort level. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Linux Hosting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of hosting is the most widely used one in today\u2019s date as it usually supports MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and allows running scripts in Unix-originated languages like Python, Perl, PHP amongst others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be a better and a cost-effective option if your website isn\u2019t in the need of any kind of scripting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Windows Hosting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known for supporting Microsoft SQL Server and access database, this type of hosting allows running ASP scripts utilizing and other set of technologies under Microsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW ABOUT: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/selection-between-linux-hosting-or-window-hosting\/\"><b>WHICH HOSTING IS BEST LINUX OR WINDOWS?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1400 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image4-1.jpg\" alt=\"SELECT YOUR WEB HOSTING\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image4-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image4-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>SELECT YOUR WEB HOSTING\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are various types of Web Hosting options available in the market and you can choose the one that suits you the best according to your specific needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/different-types-of-web-hosting-a-brief-primer\/\"><b>DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEB HOSTING SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Shared Hosting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the cheapest hosting options available; Shared Hosting is where you share your server with other websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This kind of hosting is most ideal for new beginners as the overall cost for hosting is shared amongst multiple websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each website has its own, personal account which is properly secured with a password. It is just the server that is shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>VPS Hosting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is known as the Virtual Private Server Hosting. A VPS basically refers to a virtual server that is perceived by a user as a dedicated server in spite of it being a single system that is divided virtually into multiple operating systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With VPS Hosting, your site does continue to be on a Shared server, although this one would be partitioned or divided into a number of virtual machines; treating each of them as if they were an individual, independent Dedicated Server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VPS Hosting is much safer, secured and faster as compared to the Shared Server but is not as safe and efficient as the Dedicated Server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/what-is-vps-hosting-and-when-to-choose-it\/\"><b>WHAT IS VPS HOSTING AND WHEN TO CHOOSE IT?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Dedicated Hosting Server<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a kind of hosting where you have the entire server dedicated specifically to your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a shade expensive when compared to the other types of servers but it comes along with a variety of advantages. It is faster as it isn\u2019t being shared and thus is safer as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is ideal for any sorts of websites with a high traffic rate as it allows for flexibility and customization. It can be the perfect server choice for large businesses, especially e-commerce portals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW ABOUT: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/7-reasons-to-select-a-dedicated-server\/\"><b>7 REASONS TO SELECT A DEDICATED SERVER<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Cloud Hosting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A setting where a number of VPS servers tend to work in tandem or host a website or even a group of websites can be understood as Cloud Hosting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of hosting has good scalability options allowing its resources to shrink or expand as per the demand of the situation and the kind of traffic you receive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, cloud hosting is specifically known for its ability to handle sudden patches of heavy traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Websites which are hosted with cloud hosting are not limited to a single server and thus can be ideal for big, heavy websites like e- commerce, newsletters, blogs, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GET TO KNOW ABOUT:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/difference-between-cloud-hosting-and-vps-hosting\/\"><b> VPS HOSTING VS. CLOUD HOSTING FOR YOUR WEBSITE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1401 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image1-1.jpg\" alt=\"SELECT YOUR WEB HOSTING PLANS\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image1-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image1-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>SELECT YOUR WEB HOSTING PLANS\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the correct hosting plan for your website is of utmost importance. Factors like your overall budget should be clear by this time and taken into consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some other factors should be looked at broadly before you finalize a hosting plan for yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>UPTIME<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally your hosting providers should offer you a minimum of 99.9% uptime and if that is not the case then you should look for better options.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uptime is definitely one of the most important features offered in web hosting and is general guaranteed in the hosting plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the hosting providers compensate in cases where they cannot offer the kind of Uptime which they promised for.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>RESOURCES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is of utmost importance to ensure that your Hosting plan has proper and enough resources to efficiently accommodate not just your website content but the traffic on it as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your storage is an important aspect and thus the first thing you must ensure is a good RAM. A good 4GB can be ideal for an average website but you have a heavier one then you will have to look for a better RAM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bandwidth is another important aspect which needs to be taken into consideration and stretched as per the kind of traffic you expect on your website. We will talk about this in detail later.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>CUSTOMER SUPPORT<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to technology, you cannot ignore the fact that things can go wrong at some point of time. In such cases, you need an efficient support system that provides the required services when such a situation arises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create the best overall experience, you must ensure that you have a good customer service. There shouldn\u2019t be a loss of communication at any point between you and your host.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To avoid this, you can look for hosting options that come with 24\/7 support via phone and live chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>BANDWIDTH<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The kind of Bandwidth that your plan offers can play a very important role in the overall functionality of your website. An average website with a RAM of 4 GB can comfortably do with a good 120 GB of bandwidth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if you have a heavier website with a larger RAM and expect heavy traffic then you should look for a kind of web hosting that offers better bandwidth options.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>RENEWAL RATES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Web Hosting industry, like any other business is known for gradually increasing the prices and rates of the plans and the add ons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, when you are looking for an ideal hosting plan for your website, make sure that it offers everything that you need in the long term and stays within your set budgets even in the longer run.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>CHANGE YOUR DNS ADDRESS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DNS refers to Domain Name Servers. It is basically like a directory of IP Addresses. Once you have finalized on your Web Hosting service, to get your website live and working, you need to change the server names of your Domain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes a few easy steps to complete this process.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the Control Panel of your domain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the Domain name for which you need to alter the Name servers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the Name Servers option and update the new Name Servers given by hosting provider.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>UPLOAD YOUR WEBSITE <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now your website is ready to be uploaded and to go live. You can do so by connecting to the server either with the help of a FTP Client or the File Manager of your Control Panel. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term WEBSITE basically refers to a systematic collection of web pages that is put together under and is identified&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hosting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.hostitsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}