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Resources for Web Hosting
A web host is a company which allows you to rent space on their specially
configured computers. Your web pages are placed on these computers, in order
to make them visible by people browsing the web.
If you have a good quality Internet connection, it is also possible to
run a web server on your own computer(s). Your computer will of course
need to be running all the time.
Here are some web hosting resources:
Here are some links to a few selected, affordable, web hosting companies:
- ThinkHost
While we no longer use them (not because we were unhappy, but because
we no longer needed their service), we did have 3 web sites installed at ThinkHost
for two years. I can honestly say that I was very happy with their service,
and that the servers was solid and reliable. If you're looking for a good
quality affordable web host, I think they could be a good choice.
- ICDSoft.com
Top Domain + 333Mb Webspace. $5
- 2,500 Mb Hosting With Site Builder!
$4.95 web hosting, FREE domain registration! Free setup and online website builder included.
- SiteGround - $4 Web Hosting
1,000 MB for your website!
- NTCHosting
Web hosting - 1000 MB space, 20 GB traffic, FrontPage extensions - $7.95/mo. plus 1 FREE web template.
- HostCabin.com
200MB premium hosting only $4.99 / month!
- Six Dollar Per Year Web Hosting
Cheap Web Hosting From $0.50 Per Month, 90 Days Money Back Guarantee,Domain Name $4.98 per year!
- Saving Hosting
$1 Web Hosting, Reliable & Affordable, Saving on Hosting! Referral Welcomed!
- 123ehost.com
Full Featured Web Hosting.
- YorWeb.com
Web hosting, 500 meg site $15.95 a month, FREE Domain name registration, Reseller Opportunities, prices start at $5.95 mo.
- IndHosts.Net - Low-Cost Web Hosting
Web Hosting & Multi-domain Reseller Hosting.
- Powerhoster.com
Cheap Web Hosting - Supports CGI, Perl, mySQL, HP, FrontPage, SSL, SSI. 24x7 support and 99.9 uptime guarantee, 300MB: $2.99/Mo no setup fee.
- HostingKey.com
Web Hosting and Domain Registration Services. Hosting From $2.50/month.
- Zettahost.com
Reliable Affordable Hosting + Free Domain. $3.95 Professional Web hosting, Domain Registration, Reseller Hosting, PHP, MySQL, PERL, CGI, Linux.
By Doug Kaye
Wiley
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Arms IT professionals with a complete blueprint for developing successful Web hosting strategies
Written by a consultant who helped develop the Web hosting strategies at many of today's top e-commerce vendors, this book fills in IT professionals on the full range of services available. The book provides decision-makers with criteria checklists and other useful tools they need for determining what they need, why they need it, how to find it, and how to evaluate and manage it. Doug Kaye provides a clear, complete roadmap for building an effective Web hosting strategy, and offers practical advice and answers to critical questions. The book covers important topics, including the real cost of bandwidth, domain name services, shared versus dedicated servers, backup and recovery, service-level agreements, security, negotiating with and managing vendors, and hardware maintenance and support.
Companion Web site includes links to Web hosting directories, tools for evaluating hosting services, and online articles and white papers. |
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By Sean Colins
Wiley
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As hard drives fill with digital media and information it is more critical than ever to find information space and management for multiple users. The software control for the digital age is the server. The massive increase in Apple computer sales has necessitatied the need for server-side technologies.This book offers an in depth guide to administering, deploying, and updating inside of Apple’s most powerful server. Topics include installation and configuration of services, account authentication and authorization, using open directory, using print services, using file services, managing account, deployment solutions, using Apple Remote Desktop, Enterprise solutions, command line control, and a host of open source applications such as iChat Theater, Mail, iCal, Podcast Producer, and many more. |
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By Tony Steidler-Dennison
SitePoint
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This book is for Web Developers who want to learn how to use Linux & Apache for Website Hosting. The first chapters will teach you how to install Linux and Apache 2.0 on a home or office machine for testing purposes. Then you'll learn how to perform dozens of common tasks including: - Updating server software
- Setting up new Websites, Email Accounts and Subdomains
- Configuring various Linux & Apache files related to performance and security
- Install spam filtering software
- Perform automatic backups and crash recoveries
And much more. This is the ideal book for anyone who wants to run Websites using a leased or co-located Linux server, without having to spends thousands of dollars annually on third party support and management. |
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By Christoph Puetz
Lulu.com
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"The Web Hosting Manager" is a one-stop business guide when starting a new web hosting business or when you need to jumpstart your existing web hosting business. This non-technical book guides the reader from the very beginning of starting a web hosting business to highly sophisticated marketing information that makes this book invaluable for the beginner and the pro. |
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By Cliff Figallo
John Wiley & Sons
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Former director of the Well, recent consultant to America Online, and current director of community development for Salon Magazine, Figallo knows what it takes to create a true community in cyberspace and what kinds of mistakes will torpedo the effort. Figallo believes that community comes from people, and so he begins by focusing on the human element. He writes about the groups that form online communities and how a community builder can foster the process. Figallo includes a great section on building a quality online staff. While he keeps technical aspects in perspective, Figallo doesn't shortchange them--he fully discusses types of interfaces and technical tools. Figallo's discussion of the business side of a community is refreshingly hype-free. He provides excellent information on revenue models and support strategies. He further shows the advantages businesses can gain from creating or supporting online communities, plus what types of expectations are unrealistic. He believes, for example, that creating online communities is not a reasonable way to directly boost sales or provide a highly profitable income stream. He does show, however, that it can offer major corporate advantages in the same way that good public relations or other indirect marketing activities do. And while Figallo never claims that there's an easy formula for building the type of online feeling that brings people back again and again, he demonstrates with both theory and real-world examples how dedicated community builders can pull it off. --Elizabeth Lewis |
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By John L. Ryan
Donegal Bay Publishing
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A Beginner's Guide to Starting Your Own Business Take This Job... is a must-have for people who hate their job, or simply dream of being their own boss. This book outlines all of the information you need to start and operate your own business. Whether you know what kind of business you want to start, or need some ideas, this book is for you. Business basics are covered that include all of the details necessary to starting a business, such as business names, tax information, employees, sales tax, how to get wholesale prices, and lots more information! Business marketing theory is covered in detail. Take This Job... also details specific do-it-yourself businesses that you can start on your own, most with very little startup cost. The businesses are described in detail, with lists of equipment that you will need, and any additional licenses or other requirements. |
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By Ken Joy
House of Joy Pub
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You CAN be the master of your own domain AND your own website! The Complete Web Hosting Kit PRO contains everything on one CD-ROM that you need to run an e-commerce enabled website from your office or home PC. Whether you're running a website as a hobby, or want to run a full-blown business web site, then The Complete Web Hosting Kit is what you need. The kit contains these software programs and instructions: Web Server Software that runs on everything from Windows 3.1 up to Windows NT and XP. This software runs in the "background" of Windows and takes up so little RAM that you won't even realize it's running. You continue to use your PC as you normally would while your web site is being made available to the world from your very own computer. E-Mail Server Software that also runs in the background while you continue to work on your PC. The E-Mail Software allows you to run your own e-mail server without relying on your ISP to collect your mail for you until you retrieve it with an e-mail program like Eudora or Outlook. Here, YOU are the e-mail postoffice, and YOU collect e-mail directly from the internet for people who are using your server. Some of the great features of running your own e-mail server: Set up UNLIMITED e-mail accounts for yourself, your business, your family and friends at NO COST! Create your own AUTORESPONDERS! Forward incoming e-mail to any other e-mail address if you wish. You can limit the total size of messages in the user's mailbox. (Useful if you're running your own web hosting business) Complete use of Aliases! Complete security whether you have 1 or 1000 mailboxes! PLUS THESE GREAT PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES ONCE YOUR WEB SITE IS RUNNING!: FORUMS/MESSAGE BOARDS / QUICK MINI POLL / CHAT ROOM / PASSWORD PROTECT YOUR PAGES / REFER LINKS TO YOUR SITE /
E-MAIL FORMS & FEEDBACK / HIT COUNTERS & SITE STATS /
SET UP YOUR OWN CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE /
RUN CLASSIFIED ADS / SET UP A FAQ DATABASE /
INTERNAL SITE SEARCH ENGINE / HOST YOUR OWN MAILING LIST /
SITE RING / HOBBY APPLICATIONS: PHOTO CENTER / GREETING CARD SERVICE Run your own web site, or start a business hosting web sites for other people— the choice is yours and now easier than ever with The Complete Web Hosting Kit. All you need to get started, besides the kit and your computer, is internet access of some kind, whether it's dial-up, Cable or DSL* You can even run your web site if you have a dynamic IP* |
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By Don Denoncourt
Mc Press
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Linux source code is freely available to everyone, and Linux is therefore often considered an excellent, low-cost alternative to more expensive operating systems. The Linux operating system may be used as an end-user platform as well as for a wide variety of other purposes, including networking and software development. By virtue of its functionality and availability, Linux has become quite popular. As a result, students around the world have been seeking Linux education. This book is a guide to setting up a complete Linux environment on which to learn about the various Web technologies. As you move through the text and the accompanying labs, you will build a system replete with a database management system, a Web server, and server-side Java. And you'll understand how it all works. Because the whole system is based on Linux, that wonder of the open-source era, everything you learn here is applicable to any platform on which Linux will run. These platforms include Apple hardware, Intel and Intel-compatible hardware, and, of course, the eServer iSeries by IBM. Each chapter contains hands on labs to reinforce your understanding of just how powerful Linux is.
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McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia
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This is a hands-on introductory resource for effectively serving as a corporate Web host. Shows how to implement the essential technology--running servers, operating software, network resources, and database-management applications--needed to offer customers high-quality service. |
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By Matthew MacDonald
Pogue Press
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Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging website, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.
Whether you want to build a personal website, an e-commerce site, a blog, or a website for a specific occasion or promotion, this book gives you detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for: - Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a web server, this book teaches you the nitty-gritty of creating your home on the Web.
- Ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own website doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, Google ads, and Google Analytics.
- The modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout), JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus), and video. This book doesn't treat these topics as fancy frills. From step one, you'll learn easy ways to create a powerful site with these tools.
- Blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression. And take a step-by-step tour through Blogger, the Google-run blogging service that will have you blogging before you close this book.
This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a website. Creating Websites: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide you need to make your ideas and vision a web reality. |
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