Description of Hosting

Running your own personal website is necessary in modern-day society. The entry of the Internet in our daily lives denotes that, in order for somebody to be noticed, or to make his voice heard, one has to develop a web site and bring it online. In order to achieve that, you actually need two things - a site and a hosting solution. Before constructing a web site, however, it's essential to have in mind that there are separate sorts of web hosting services and that not all websites can perform with a randomly chosen hosting. In order to explain this better, let us start with the main topic:

What is Hosting?

Hosting, or also famous as 'web hosting', is a designation that refers to the server itself, or the host that manages the web hosting server. A web hosting server is a computer that's connected to the Internet and that's set up to use PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc., which enables the customers to upload their web files on the web server and to have them published on the web. There are 2 primary varieties of web servers, depending on the Operating System of the server - Windows and Linux. The 2 OSs are quite dissimilar and, in most cases, not at all compatible with each other. For this reason, before picking the correct service, one should first examine what sort of web hosting server is necessary for their online portal.

If you haven't devised the web site so far, then let's have a more comprehensive glimpse at the distinction between the 2 varieties and at what their positive aspects are.

What service should you opt for - Windows or Linux?

As pointed out, there are software applications, which are solely consistent with a certain Operating System. For instance, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all Windows based and will not run on a Linux server. So, if you aim to design your web site using any of the above, you should be seeking a Windows solution. Windows, however, is not an open-source software platform, which suggests that it provides limited choices as far as server safety and privacy are concerned. Thus, Linux is used by server admins around the world and the majority of hosting providers utilize it on their web servers. Using Linux, the admin can configure the server in a completely customizable way, and if the hosting server is properly configured, it can offer complete safety against hackers and malware. What's more, the customizability of Linux allows for greater software optimization, which results in better site operation. Therefore, if you are looking for maximum safety and server operation, then you should devise your site in such a manner that it works with a Linux-driven web server. This is not a hard thing to achieve, as the most famous Content Management Systems, also popular as CMSs, like Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are completely compatible with Linux servers and are popular all around the Globe for being one of the best software applications for devising and managing web sites. Of course, this doesn't mean that every provider that's using Linux will have administrators who are capable to properly administer a Linux hosting server. Choosing the correct hosting provider is very hard now, as the majority of them do not possess the capacity to hire an expert, experienced admin. A Linux server that hasn't been properly configured can be quite hazardous to your site and private info. So, when selecting a web hosting distributor, it's always advisable to pick an established web hosting service provider that's been in business for at least a couple of years.

How to recognize the appropriate web hosting provider for my web site?

These hosting vendors are easily recognizable by the manner in which they are distributing their website hosting services. Practiced web hosting distributors offer custom-developed functionality, different free open-source PHP-powered scripts or applications. The most experienced, however, have even their very own personal custom-devised hosting Control Panels made particularly for their platform. A Control Panel is a web-based panel, through which the user administers the whole web hosting account. Smaller web hosting suppliers avail of pre-developed web hosting Control Panels such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to ensure ultimate safety and performance for their website hosting services, the biggest hosting distributors supply their clients with their very own personal custom-developed web hosting CPs built by their very own admins. We, at 'YASPE', don't just provide our own personal custom-built CP, but have also developed a free-of-charge open-source PHP-driven script installer, which permits our clients to easily install any of the aforesaid CMS apps. Specifications like these prove that we have the capability, the resources and the necessary experience to be entrusted with preserving your personal info confidential and your website - visible on the Internet.