How to Find and Select a Web Hosting Company

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University of California, Davis의 강좌에서

Introduction to Web Development

416개의 평가

University of California, Davis

Introduction to Web Development

416개의 평가

This course is designed to start you on a path toward future studies in web development and design, no matter how little experience or technical knowledge you currently have. The web is a very big place, and if you are the typical internet user, you probably visit several websites every day, whether for business, entertainment or education. But have you ever wondered how these websites actually work? How are they built? How do browsers, computers, and mobile devices interact with the web? What skills are necessary to build a website? With almost 1 billion websites now on the internet, the answers to these questions could be your first step toward a better understanding of the internet and developing a new set of internet skills. By the end of this course you’ll be able to describe the structure and functionality of the world wide web, create dynamic web pages using a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, apply essential programming language concepts when creating HTML forms, select an appropriate web hosting service, and publish your webpages for the world to see. Finally, you’ll be able to develop a working model for creating your own personal or business websites in the future and be fully prepared to take the next step in a more advanced web development or design course or specialization.

수업에서

Course Overview and Website Structure and Hosting

This first module provides an overview of how websites function, their structure, and the ins and outs of choosing a website name and selecting an online host to house your website. By the end of this module, you'll be able to: find and select a web hosting company; choose an effective domain name; use the host to manage your websites; and discuss how networks and the internet function at a high level.

Module 1 Introduction0:54

What is a Web Hosting Company?4:21

How to Find and Select a Web Hosting Company4:05

Naming a Website2:36

Website Name Registration4:26

Networks and the Internet3:59

First Look at a Website Control Panel4:08

Web Development Tools6:44

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Daniel Randall
Senior Architect at Composer Solutions and Instructor
UC Davis Division of Continuing and Professional Education

[MUSIC]

Welcome back, and let's talk for a few minutes about choosing a hosting service.

I mentioned last time that free hosting was one of the options.

And while it's true that it is, we definitely have few things to consider.

The word free can make it attractive, but

free hosting sites are usually slow, and they often have hidden charges.

And by hidden charges I mean it's starts out free, but later it becomes not free.

And at that point you may already be able to be used to the free service or

the formally free service, and feel obligated to pay.

Free hosting services often have advertisements.

That means that people that visit your site

will also see ads that have nothing to do with you or your site.

You may not like the ads that are being shown, and

there's usually nothing you can do about it.

And finally, free hosting sites usually have limited tools.

One of the good reasons to pay for

a hosting service, is because they give us useful tools for a low cost.

And free hosting sites often fail to give us those same tools because,

of course, we're not paying them.

So let's consider then, what it might look like to choose a low cost hosting site.

Where there is some cost but it's not terribly expensive.

But before we go to that point, let me tell you that there is no requirement,

that you have a hosting service while you're developing your site.

So you can work your way through this class, without choosing a hosting site,

without paying any money, if you saw choose.

And develop your website, and be able to tune it and adjust it as you like.

And finally later when you're ready, you can choose your hosting site.

This should give you ample time to do research, usually research on

the internet, to find just exactly the right host for low cost or free.

And let's look at this for a moment.

Now, GoDaddy is

a big name in web hosting, and they're generally reputable.

And notice here, for their so called economy site, is $1 a month.

Or their deluxe is essentially $7 or finally, their ultimate is 12.

So, my suggestion would be to choose something like

GoDaddy's economy's site, but it's always important to read the fine print.

Now in this case, they are offering one website.

Unlimited bandwidth, and let me explain what that means.

It means that people can visit your site and download your pages, and

will get your images as much as they like, and there's no additional charge to you.

And that you can store up to 100 gigabytes which is quite a lot of information to

store on the server for your website, if hou were to need that much.

Most sites do not need this much storage but some do.

So, this is economical but there would fine print if you selected it and

wanted to possibly choose it.

So you need to make this is what you wanted, and

I suggest that you do something like make sure you can cancel it any time.

Make sure you understand how the price might go up, or

any of those sorts of things.

And again, you don't need to make this decision at this point in the course.

But if you'd like to work on getting your hosting service in place,

in parallel as you work here within the course.

So you can place your website in development actually on the internet, and

have your friends and family be able to see it, that's fine.

But this is definitely a personal choice.

So that's all for this lesson, and I will talk to you next time.

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