To many the idea of moving your web site from one host to another can sometimes seem like a daunting task but the process of moving your site is simple when you know what steps to take and the order to take them in. This article will walk you through the steps required to perform a site move without the downtime.
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Small Business Web Hosting Checklist
On the Internet today there is an enormous amount of information about web hosting. There are thousands of different hosting providers offering an even larger number of plans, while this is good for competition, it also makes it hard to decide on which host and plan will suit your needs best, especially when you do not understand all the web hos...
What Is DNS Propagation and Why You Have to Wait 72 Hours
So you have found your domain name, registered that new domain name, and paid for hosting to store all your sites pages ready to be served to your site's visitors. What comes next?
Well we need to point that domain name to the server at your hosting provider where your web site is stored. Firstly DNS stands for Domain Name Server. The wo...
Migrating a Website to a New Web Hosting Provider
Migrating a website is the process of moving a from one web hosting provider to another. There are several reasons why you would need to perform a website migration, below are some reasons you might need to do this;
1. You have found a better hosting deal and are looking to save money
2. Your current host does not offer a ...
Pros and Cons of Free Web Hosting
Beginners to the online world will be enthusiastic to hear that there are free web hosting providers available to them. These beginners then rate and compare those free web hosting providers. Typically they will choose the provider offering the largest quantity of disk space and bandwidth. To many people, one would think that free web hosting pr...
Windows or Unix (Linux) Web Hosting - Which is the best choice?
This question is asked by people that are new to web hosting and web design every day. This question is the single most important decision you will make when looking to purchase web hosting. Unix (and Linux variants) and Windows are the two main operating systems powering web servers today, and each operating systems has its own unique features,...
Content Management Systems (CMS) - Is a CMS the correct choice for you?
If you are new to website design, a term that you may have heard lately is "CMS". In this article I will outline what a CMS is and list the advantages of using one.
The term "CMS" is short for Content Management System, basically a Content Management System is a piece of software used to assist its users in the process of managing websit...
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Why Should You Use Them
CSS layouts have been around for many years, but it is still common to see table-based layouts. Since the advent of the CSS 2.0 specification which introduced positioning, all sorts of possibilities have become available to budding website designers, and in this day and age, the only real reason to utilize tables is for displaying tabular data. ...