A guide to website hosting.

1. Web Hosting Guide Guide to Web Hosting For Web Designers

3. Types of Hosting

4. Hosting Needs

5. Bandwidth

6. Choosing a Host

7. Service & Support

8. Ease of Use

9. Hosting Features

11. Hosting Types Free Shared Virtual Dedicated Reseller

12. Types Free-Shared Hosting with other websites, usually have ads, limited space, bad neighbors Shared - Low Priced, Shared with others sites, full feature, bandwidth fixed, limitations Virtual -Software acts like servers, IP issued, server space can be divided up. Dedicated - For Serious Hosting, Secured etc… Reseller -You plan to host a lot of sites for customers.

13. Hosting Needs LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, PHP) Linux or Windows Support Ease of Use Content Management Email Hosting Ecommerce

14. Today’s Offering Unlimited bandwidth Unlimited HDD space Average Site: 2GB bandwidth 250 Mb HDD space

15. Offer

16. Typical Usage Small Business Affiliate Sites Blog Personal Community Site Forum

18. Transparent Support Information

19. Read Real Stories and Reviews about the Host

20. Use different password for Registrar and Hosting

21. Read the Terms of Service

22. Look for a 30 days money back guarantee

23. How long has the company been in business

26. Video Hosting

27. Forums

28. Ecommerce

30. Hosting Features Email Auto Responders Catch All Email & Forwarders Spam Control Auto Script Installation (Wordpress) Website Builders / Promotion Tools Add-on & Sub.Domains Backup Features / Monitoring Multi-media Support Features Site Stats Access

31. Best Practice Buy Domains Separately Go Daddy For Domains Own Your Domain .Com is best Don’t Host at Go Daddy Free is Never Free Shared Hosting is sharing space with other websites (good or bad)

32. Hosting Monitoring Service Key Things to Look For: What is the interval between each time they check your site? What methods do they provide to alert you to down time? SMS, Email What Reporting do they provide for tracking long term site performance? What are the price options?

33. Monitoring Service Key Features Monitors every 1 min Packages prices: Free and Paid Alerts by SMS, Twitter and Email 20 SMS alerts are free as well as email Excellent reporting Reputable 30 Day free trial on the paid services

34. Backup Service Software Based FTP Backup Tools Online Vault Cloud Backup Server Side Backup Manual Website Backup Best Solution: Automatically Scheduled Online Backup Service

35. For Freelancers WHM (Web Host Management) WHMCS (Complete Billing & Support System) Use with Reseller Accounts Use to Manage Multiple Clients For Complete Control of Website Development Use for Selling Hosting, Domains, Web Design… Auto Invoicing & Billing Complete Auto Support System

36. Search Engine Friendly Host Geographically Relevant Separate ips Dedicated ips Spam Control / Malware Free Reliable Uptime Fast Load Time Good Neighborhood