Web Hosting

[vijaykumar]

What is the main condition and rule for web hosting?

[rossalexis]

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server of your property or lease for use by the customers and creating an Internet connection, typically in one data center.

[Inerol]

Think about the files and folders on your computer. They are stored on the hard disk of your desktop or laptop computer, ready for you to access them whenever you like. A web page is a file, just like your word processing documents. Just as your word processing documents require your computer to store them, all web pages require a computer to store them.

The difference is that web pages are generally intended to be seen by the general public. To enable this, the computer on which they must be stored must be of a much higher specification than your desktop PC, and must be connected to the Internet through a very powerful link.

A computer on which web pages are stored is called a web server (because it serves pages, on request, to users on the Internet). Collectively a bunch of web pages is a web site, and collectively all the web pages in the world form the World Wide Web (WWW).

The job of making web sites and web pages available to many users is called web hosting. We sometimes like to call the product we offer web space, because we are selling "space" on the Internet for you to host your web site. Web space is measured in megabytes, in exactly the same way as the space on your desktop PC is measured.

[SecuredServers]

are you asking about the legalities of web hosting or a general procedure? Both vary immensely.

I suppose the "main condition" would be to provide content to the end user.

The rules change depending on the site you are trying to run. Forums are much more interactive than a company website, but they are also more ad prone.

What kind of site are you trying to run? PM me if you'd like.

[Arianna!46]

I've been coding my own website and I have been trying to find a Site that will let me host a website for free with a free domain name. My site isn't much space and I really need help uploading a site.