Monday, April 25, 2011

Choosing the Right Hosting Package

By Robin C. Lucien


You need to create an account, to provide some personal information, select the options and pay. There are a few aspects worth mentioning regarding the options you select. Not all companies have the same options or checkout procedure but they do have some things in common: Domain Name. You are asked for the domain name. If you don't have already registered one, you can usually get one for free from the host if you sign up for a minimum period of time. With some web hosts, free means "as long as you stay with them", and they might charge you extra for the domain name if you decide to move. We recommend that you register your own domain name with an ICANN accredited registrars like GoDaddy.com . Buying a hosting package isn't different from buying something on the Internet, so if you ever bought anything online, you should be fine.

So, if you're considering signing for a shorter period of time, expect the monthly rate to be higher. But unless you're short on cash, a 24 months contract shouldn't be too expensive. This way you'll get the best price per month. Billing Cycle. Usually the advertised price is for a 12 or 24 months contract.

As we discussed in What to look for, when choosing a web host, some of the features are not standard. The most common choices that you will have to make include choosing between having and not having dedicated IP and choosing or not non-standard technologies like ASP, JSP. Additional software packages are usually offered for free, but some of them are not. Some of them are offered only with a 24 months hosting plan, so if you need them, choose the right billing cycle. Additional features.

You have found a couple of web hosts and each has one or two packages that fit your hosting budget. We will analyze a few real-life possible situations. If your site is going to be developed by others, it's a good thing to ask them about the web technologies they will use to develop and run the website. If you have determined your needs, choosing the right hosting package is just a matter of selecting the features needed to fulfill those needs.

After that, make sure the hosting package has the features needed. If your site is developed using JSP (Java Servlet Pages), make sure your web host offers this feature, because JSP pages need a different kind of web server, which is not always offered as a standard feature. Based on this kind of information, the first thing you should consider is choosing the operating system of the web server: either Linux hosting servers or Windows hosting servers.




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