Create online store using a webhost +
Content Management System (CMS)
Technical aspects of “installing” a
website
Discuss web hosting options, domains,
A web host is a service provider that
places your web site on a computer
which is connected to the internet.
This then gives people who surf the
Some large web hosts own their own
datacenter (collection of servers)
Some rent a server from a larger web
hosting company and then resell the
Server Type
› This is the type of server software that is
running on the server.
› Windows 2000 server, Linux and Unix are
common server types.
› If you have a basic website then the server type does not matter.
› If you have a more complex website that has database functions and serves up
dynamic pages, then the server type will be
Disk Space
Bandwidth / Month
› This is a measure of how much website traffic is available to you.
› Data is passed over the Internet from the web server where your site is hosted to the browser of the person looking at your site.
› Bandwidth is a measure of how much
Email Accounts
Free Web Hosting
› These are great for small websites, but
normally have a banner ad at every page.
› Some free accounts let you use your domain name (free virtual hosting)
› Some your website address is a subdomain of the free hosting company
(www.yoursitename.freehosting.com) (Free
Shared Hosting
› This is the most common type of web hosting account and can be very low cost.
› Pay a monthly fee and get a share on a
server. For very low cost plans you may only have a small amount of disk space and a low amount of bandwidth
› With cheap virtual hosting plans you maybe one site amongst hundreds on the same
Dedicated Hosting
› With dedicated hosting you have a full
server dedicated to your website.
› Typically you will have access to the server just like you have access to your PC at
home. Dedicated servers are normally reserved for large ecommerce type websites, sites that get a lot of visitors
(thousands a day)
Co-located Hosting
› This is very similar to dedicated hosting,
except that you own the server rather than rent it.
› Your server is placed in the datacenter and connected to the Internet through the web hosting providers fast Internet connection.
Price
Diskspace
› “Unlimited storage” Bandwidth
› “Unlimited bandwidth” Email Accounts
Support
› 24/7 support Server Type
› Windows, Unix/Linux Databases, similar
services
› mySQL, ASP, Perl
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“A content management system (CMS)
is a computer system that allows
publishing, editing, and modifying
A CMS supports the creation,
management, distribution, publishing, and
discovery of corporate information.
Provides simple tools to create the content,
through to publishing, and finally to
archiving.
Provides the ability to manage the structure
of the site, the appearance of the
Content
At the core of a CMS is an easy-to-use
authoring environment, designed to work
like Word. This provides a non-technical
way of creating new pages or updating
content, without having to know any HTML.
The CMS also allows you to manage the
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