Small Business Web Hosting: 11 Points Checklist
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There is a lot of information on web hosting. There are thousands of different companies and plans. It is often difficult to decide what best for you, especially when you do not understand all the terminology associated accommodation. So what should you do? Close your eyes and pick a company? Choose the cheapest? Choose a medium? I'll try to help you make your choice in this article, providing a list of items you should consider when choosing a hosting company for your small business website. An important tip: avoid free hosting services for your business website. It looks as if you can not afford to pay for accommodation, and clients may think that you are not serious business. Leave those personal sites only.
1) Space
This rate is measured in MB (megabytes) or GB (gigabytes). A gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes, so there is a huge difference. The space you need depends on the characteristics of your website. Do you have lots of image files? The images take more space than the Web pages themselves. To get an idea of the place you are going to use, add the size of your Web site files. In general, if you're not sure you can start with plans that include less space and upgrade later if necessary.
2) Programming Languages
Your site is written using only simple HTML? Then point to the checklist is not important. If it is written in ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, Perl, Java or other programming language, you should check the hosting plan to see if it supports that particular programming language. If you're not sure what programming language was used, ask your programmer about it. If you have purchased a script or using open source, check its requirements.
3) Web server and operating system
Some scripts are the Apache Web server to operate. Others need IIS running on a Windows server. Check your script requirements or check with your programmer to see if you need Linux or Windows based hosting, and whether it matters that the web server.
4) The monthly traffic
This is related to how many people visit your site per month. Unless you choose a hosting strange or your site is very popular, it should be sufficient. As for space, you can then update if necessary.
5) Database
Does your website use a database? If yes, then you need. The hosting package may include a database MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLServer or Access. Again, check your script requirements or check with your programmer to see which database you need. It is also nice to have a utility to manage the database, then look into the details of hosting plan to see if they offer a tool like phpMyAdmin, for example. phpMyAdmin is a tool commonly used administrative databases to MySQL.
6) Common aspects
They are normally present in most hosting plans today.
-FTP: To upload files to your server.
POP-mail addresses: email accounts, you can receive in your email client, not to view online only. The number of pop accounts may vary from one plan to another.
Webmail: To read your email from any computer. Useful if you travel, for example.
7) Customer Service
It is important that the company responds to your questions quickly. Be careful which means they allow you to contact them. Will you have a ticket system to ask questions and advise on problems once you are their customer?
8) SSL
If you need secure pages, for example, process transactions online, check if the plan already provides this service, or you can add to this plan. It is common to have to pay extra for this service. Keep in mind that you will need a digital certificate for browsers that do not display an alert when visitors enter the secure pages. A digital certificate verifies your identity. It is issued by a trusted entity. You need to purchase and renew periodically.
9) Front Page Extensions
If your site is built with Front Page, then the hosting plan needs these extensions to your site works correctly.
10) parked domains, subdomains and redirects
If your site has subdomains like sales.your-support.your-domain.com and domain.com, the hosting plan you need is to allow the creation of these sub-domains. If you have more than one domain pointed to the same website, you should check if the plan allows for additional parking areas. If you need to redirect a page (URL) to another page, you must be able to create redirects.
11) Control Panel
Last, but not least. A control panel is a must if you want to be able to manage your site effectively.
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