How Hosting Works

Having your very own personal online portal is necessary in present-day society. The fusion of the World Wide Web in our daily lives implies that, in order for somebody to become noticed, or to make his voice heard, one needs to create an online portal and post it online. In order to do that, you virtually need 2 things - a web site and a hosting service. Before establishing a web portal, though, it's crucial to understand that there are various kinds of hosting services and that not all sites can perform with a randomly selected hosting. In order to illustrate this better, let's start with the main topic:

What is Website Hosting?

Hosting, or also known as 'web hosting', is an appellation that relates to the hosting server itself, or the web hosting company that possesses the hosting server. A web hosting server is a computer that's connected to the World Wide Web and that's configured to use PHP, MySQL, Perl, and so on, which permits the users to upload their files on the hosting server and to publish them on the World Wide Web. There are 2 principal sorts of web hosting servers, depending on the Operating System of the web hosting server - Windows and Linux. The 2 Operating Systems are quite different and, in most instances, not at all compatible with each other. That is the reason why, prior to picking the suitable solution, one should first learn what kind of web hosting server is required for their web page.

If you haven't made the web site so far, then let's have a more exhaustive glimpse at the distinction between the two types and at what their strengths are.

What service should you choose - Windows or Linux?

As mentioned, there are apps, which are only consistent with a given OS. For instance, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not operate on a Linux hosting server. Hence, if you intend to make your web site utilizing any of the above, you should be seeking a Windows service. Windows, however, is not open-source software, which suggests that it offers restricted options as far as server safety and privacy are concerned. That's why, Linux is preferred by server admins around the world and the majority of hosting firms use it on their web hosting servers. Utilizing Linux, the administrator can set up the web server in a fully modifiable manner, and if the web hosting server is correctly set up, it can provide total security against hackers and malicious software. In addition, the flexibility of Linux allows for better software optimization, which results in better website functioning. Therefore, if you want supreme safety and server functioning, then you should devise your website in such a way that it runs with a Linux-based hosting server. This is not difficult to achieve, because the most commonly used Content Management Systems, also known as CMSs, like Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are fully compatible with Linux servers and are popular all around the world for being one of the best web app frameworks for constructing and administering web sites. Surely, this doesn't mean that each and every web host that's using Linux will have admins who are able to appropriately run a Linux hosting server. Choosing the right hosting distributor is quite tough at present, as the majority of them do not possess the ability to engage a skilful, trained web administrator. A Linux hosting server that hasn't been properly set up can be extremely hazardous to your web site and private details. Hence, when selecting a web hosting corporation, it's invariably recommendable to select an established hosting company that's been in business for at least several years.

How to identify the correct hosting vendor for my web site?

These web hosting distributors are easily recognizable by the manner in which they are delivering their website hosting packages. Practiced companies provide custom-built features, diverse open-source PHP-powered scripts or web apps. The most experienced, however, possess even their very own personal custom-developed Control Panels developed particularly for their system. A hosting Control Panel is a web-based interface, via which the user manages the entire web hosting service. Smaller companies avail of pre-made hosting Control Panels such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to guarantee maximum security and efficacy for their website hosting services, the biggest web hosts provide their customers with their own personal in-house built website hosting CPs devised by their very own admins. We, at 'Cyber Town Hosting', don't simply provide our very own custom-created CP, but have also created a free-of-charge script installation tool, which permits our clients to easily activate any of the abovementioned CMS software platforms. Specs like these indicate that we have the ability, the resources and the experience to be entrusted with retaining your private details private and your website - reachable on the web.