What Does Shared Hosting Stand for?

Having your very own private site is very important in modern-day society. The fusion of the Internet in our daily lives signifies that, in order for someone to be noticed, or to get his idea noticed, one has to devise a site and take it online. In order to achieve that, you practically demand 2 elements - a website and a hosting solution. Before constructing a website, though, it's crucial to understand that there are diverse kinds of hosting services and that not all sites can work with a randomly picked shared hosting. In order to clarify this better, let's start with the main subject:

What is website hosting?

Hosting, or otherwise famous as 'web hosting', is a name that refers to the actual hosting server, or the web hosting provider that manages the web server. A web server is a computer that's connected to the web and that's set up to support PHP, MySQL, Perl, and so on, which permits the customers to upload their web site files on the hosting server and to publish them online. There are two primary kinds of web hosting servers, based on the Operating System of the hosting server - Windows and Linux. The two Operating Systems are quite different and, in the majority of instances, not at all consistent with one another. Hence, prior to picking the right service, one should first examine what kind of hosting server is needed for their web site.

If you haven't constructed the website yet, then let's take a more exhaustive glance at the distinction between the two types and at what their positive aspects are.

What platform should you settle on - Windows or Linux?

As pointed out, there are web app frameworks, which are only consistent with a particular OS. For example, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all Windows based and will not work on a Linux web hosting server. Hence, if you are looking to devise your website utilizing any of the above, you should be looking for a Windows platform. Windows, however, is not open-source software, which means that it offers restricted possibilities as far as server safety and privacy are concerned. Hence, Linux is utilized by server admins around the Globe and most hosting vendors utilize it on their web servers. Using Linux, the administrator can configure the web hosting server in a totally customizable manner, and if the web server is appropriately configured, it can offer thorough defense against hackers and malicious software. Plus, the customizability of Linux allows for better optimization, which leads to better web site performance. Hence, if you want ultimate security and web server functioning, then you should design your site in such a way that it performs with a Linux-powered server. This is not tough to achieve, as the most commonly used Content Management Systems, also popular as CMSs, such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, etc., are fully compatible with Linux web servers and are famous all over the Globe for being one of the best web applications for building and handling sites. By all means, this doesn't suggest that each and every web hosting service provider that's utilizing Linux will have admins who are able to appropriately handle a Linux web server. Choosing the appropriate web hosting supplier is quite tough at the moment, since most of them do not have the capacity to hire an accomplished, experienced web administrator. A Linux server that hasn't been properly set up can be highly risky to your website and personal info. For that reason, when choosing a hosting company, it's invariably advisable to settle on a bigger hosting provider that's been in business for at least several years.

How to spot the right hosting firm for my web site?

These hosting distributors are easily recognizable by the way in which they are providing their web hosting packages. Experienced hosting companies provide custom-built functionality, different open-source PHP-powered scripts or web applications. The most practiced, though, possess even their own personal custom-designed website hosting Control Panels built especially for their system. A web hosting CP is an online-based dashboard, through which the customer administers the entire web hosting account. Smaller hosting suppliers utilize pre-built website hosting Control Panels such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to guarantee ultimate protection and efficacy for their services, the leading web hosting distributors furnish their clients with their very own in-house developed website hosting CPs devised by their own administrators. We, at 'Eastern Bytes', don't just offer our own personal custom-created Control Panel, but have also set up a free-of-charge PHP-powered script installation tool, which permits our customers to easily activate any of the aforesaid web content management systems. Specs such as these manifest that we have the capability, the resources and the necessary experience to be entrusted with maintaining your private details private and your web site - available on the Internet.