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- Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:43 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What exactly is space and bandwidth/data transfer?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6067
Re: What exactly is space and bandwidth/data transfer?
Space is the capacity or size of a website. Every single character on a website needs to be stored on the server provided by the web host . The characters are considered as one byte and a megabyte has roughly one million bytes. Although HTML files are small, it is the other scripts, images, and data...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:41 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What is MySQL, MS SQL, etc.?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5883
Re: What is MySQL, MS SQL, etc.?
MySQL, MSSQL etc. are database systems based on the Structured Query Language(SQL). MySQL is an open source relational database management system(RDBMS) owned developed and distributed by Oracle Inc. while MSSQL is a Microsoft developed relational database management system. The hosting providers us...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:40 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What are subdomains?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6407
Re: What are subdomains?
Subdomains are a smaller part or can be said to be extension of the top-level domain. Once the domain name is registered you are allowed to host as many sub-domains as you need. It is a third-level domain and considered as a separate unit by the search engines. Sub domains can be useful for business...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:39 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What is Uptime?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6239
Re: What is Uptime?
Uptime is a computer industry term which refers to the amount of time for which the machine is available and functioning. It is often used as a measure of computer operating system reliability or stability. To put it in simplest of terms, you can take uptime as the time during which a computer is op...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:03 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: Why is it important to have a dedicated SSL certificate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6318
Re: Why is it important to have a dedicated SSL certificate
If your business is of selling products, it is mandatory that you have a dedicated SSL certificate. SSL authenticates that your site is secure and safe to do transactions with and it is meant to enhance the visitor’s trust on your website. The security level is not same with a shared SSL certificate...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:49 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What are the important factors to consider when buying hosting services with many providers offering free services?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6346
Re: What are the important factors to consider when buying hosting services with many providers offering free services?
Hosting providers who offer free services generally fill up a web page with lots of commercial ads that distract the attention of the visitors and make them move away from the site. It is not advisable for a revenue earning website as consumers are skeptical to visit such sites. They may not be secu...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:47 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: How will you determine a perfect web hosting company when you have hordes of them available on the internet?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6462
Re: How will you determine a perfect web hosting company when you have hordes of them available on the internet?
Yes, true there are several providers that claim to be the perfect or best web hosting providers . But a perfect web hosting is one who guarantees of maximum network availability for the website to be running all the time. Speed is another crucial issue. No visitor to a site will return if the page ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:45 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What are the different types of WordPress hosting and how is it different from shared hosting?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6126
Re: What are the different types of WordPress hosting and how is it different from shared hosting?
WordPress hosting is in self-managed, managed and fully managed types. The differences come in the level of support being offered. There are some additional features that are offered in fully managed to host for which of course the user pays extra. Self- managed WordPress hosting the technical aspec...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:35 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: What are the important features that one should consider while choosing a web hosting provider?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6146
Re: What are the important features that one should consider while choosing a web hosting provider?
The most important feature that I could consider is the quality of service. The provider should have an experienced support team that is available 24/7 that responds quickly. The price of course in another important consideration but affordability should not mean comprise on quality. Uptime, speed, ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:33 am
- Forum: General Web Hosting Discussions
- Topic: Is Shifting From Linux To Windows More Beneficial?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6382
Re: Is Shifting From Linux To Windows More Beneficial?
This question keeps cropping up frequently. Moving from Linux to Windows will depend on the user’s requirements. Linux is open source and easily available while Windows requires a license to be paid for. If the user needs access to GUI (graphic user interface) than yes, they should consider any of t...