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getting it online and live
This is where web hosting comes in .Think of your website as a series of documents on your computer (images, videos, HTML files etc)
Just as a Word document has to be saved and stored on your computer, so too does your website need a computer to store it.The big difference
is - you want your website to be seen by the general public
For this to happen, the computer it is stored on must usually be of a much higher specification than your own PC, and connected to the
internet through a dedicated link.IP, IP, IP, HurrayThis dedicated link is known as a static IP
Dynamic IPs, as is the case at home, refresh every so often resulting in a change in IP address
Every time a dynamic IP refreshes, you run the risk of downtime on your server.Additionally, static IPs allow you to run an FTP (File
SSL certificate, something we cover in another article.The computer where the web pages are stored is called a web server
It stores the information used to render web pages - on request - to users of the internet
The task of making websites and web pages available to many users is called web hosting.Companies selling hosting services are actually
selling disk space (as well as compute power and bandwidth) on their servers for you to host your website.Servers are stored on racks in
purpose-built data centres, which are temperature controlled, secure and provide a backup service
The space is measured in large numbers of bytes
websites they host.Web servers are like your computer at home, except usually much faster and more powerful
The specialist skills needed to keep a website up-and-running are vast
company will save you time, money and make your life far less stressful.This is an adapted excerpt from an eBook called "The ultimate guide
to web hosting", published by TheIndianSubcontinent Pro in association with Planet Hippo
