What Actually is Shared Hosting

Having your very own private web page is compulsory nowadays. The introduction of the World Wide Web in our daily lives means that, in order for someone to become noticed, or to get his voice heard, one has to establish a web site and bring it online. In order to do that, you in fact require 2 elements - a website and a hosting service. Prior to making a website, however, it's essential to know that there are different kinds of website hosting services and that not all web sites can function with a randomly picked shared hosting. In order to illustrate this better, let's start with the main theme:

What is Web Hosting?

Hosting, or otherwise popular as 'web hosting', is an appellation that relates to the actual server, or the hosting vendor that provides the server. A web server is a computer that's connected to the web and that's set up to support PHP, MySQL, Perl, and so on, which enables the clients to upload their web site files on the server and to make them visible on the Internet. There are two major sorts of servers, depending on the OS of the web server - Windows and Linux. The two Operating Systems are very different and, in most instances, not at all compatible with one another. This is the reason why, before picking the right service, one should first determine what kind of hosting server is necessary for their web page.

If you haven't developed the website so far, then let us have a more exhaustive glance at the difference between the 2 varieties and at what their upsides are.

What service should you settle on - Windows or Linux?

As stated, there are software applications, which are solely consistent with a specific Operating System. For example, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not run on a Linux web server. Hence, if you consider to develop your site using any of the above, you should be seeking a Windows platform. Windows, however, is not open source-based, which means that it offers restricted opportunities in terms of server safety and privacy. Thus, Linux is preferred by server administrators worldwide and the majority of hosting suppliers use it on their web hosting servers. Utilizing Linux, the administrator can configure the hosting server in a thoroughly modifiable manner, and if the web hosting server is correctly configured, it can provide complete security against hackers and malicious software. What's more, the flexibility of Linux permits for greater software optimization, which contributes to better site functioning. Therefore, if you are looking for supreme safety and server functioning, then you should make your website in such a way that it performs with a Linux-powered hosting server. This is not difficult to achieve, as the most commonly used Content Management Systems, also popular as CMSs, such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are fully compatible with Linux web servers and are famous all around the Globe for being one of the best web apps for making and administering web sites. By all means, this doesn't suggest that each and every hosting service provider that's utilizing Linux will have administrators who are able to appropriately manage a Linux server. Picking the right hosting corporation is quite problematic today, as most of them do not possess the capacity to hire a competent, trained web admin. A Linux web hosting server that hasn't been appropriately set up can be extremely hazardous to your web site and private information. Hence, when choosing a hosting vendor, it's invariably recommendable to go with a solid web hosting distributor that's been in business for at least a few years.

How to recognize the correct web hosting service provider for my site?

These web hosting corporations are easily identifiable by the manner in which they are offering their website hosting plans. Experienced hosting companies offer custom-developed features, diverse PHP-powered scripts or applications. The most experienced, however, have even their very own personal custom-created website hosting Control Panels developed particularly for their platform. A CP is an online-based dashboard, through which the user administers the whole web hosting service. Smaller-sized web hosts utilize pre-developed CPs such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, however, to guarantee utmost protection and performance for their website hosting services, the biggest providers give to their customers their own custom-built hosting CPs developed by their very own administrators. We, at 'JB1 Hosting', don't simply offer our own custom-developed Control Panel, but have also set up a free script software package, which enables our customers to effortlessly activate any of the aforementioned open-source web content management software platforms. Specifications such as these reveal that we have the ability, the means and the necessary experience to be entrusted with retaining your private info private and your web site - available on the World Wide Web.