Cut-Rate Web Hosting Plans for Your Top-Level Domain Names
There are 2 things you need in order to launch a web page. The first one is a domain name that will open your web portal when you type it in a browser, and the second one is a web hosting account, which is principally the hard disk storage space on a hosting server where the web site files will be placed, plus a few more features that come with it. The domain name and the web hosting account are 2 interconnected, yet different services, and you demand them both so as to have a working website.
What is a Domain?
A domain is the alpha-numeric name that you will choose to be the address for the online portal: my-best-domain.com, for example. A domain can be up to 64 characters long and it is composed of 2 constituents – a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the above illustration, my-best-domain is the second-level domain name, and .com is the Top-Level Domain. While you can choose the second-level domain name of the domain to be anything that is available for registration, there is a fixed number of TLDs to choose from. The top-level domain names can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a certain span of time between one and 10 years. They may have additional requirements when it comes to the registrant.
Domain Web Hosting Services
As the domain name is just a name and nothing more than that, you require a web hosting package where you have to include it. Thus, when you type it in a web browser, it will display the web page files that you have in the account, i.e. it will display your website. You can have a domain name registered with one registrar and get the hosting service from another, even though numerous web hosting providers provide both services and it is more time-saving to administer all services from one and the same hosting CP user interface. Either way, since the domain name registration and the web hosting package are different services, you have to point the domain name to the server where it will be added as hosted. To achieve that, you need to change a certain setting, or record, of the domain - the so-called name server records. Each hosting corporation has at least two name servers - ns1.lirix.net and ns2.lirix.net, for instance. The website hosting CP that you have for your domain name offers you the opportunity to alter the name servers and point the domain to one provider or another.
The Necessity for Dependable web hosting Services
The moment the domain is pointed to a concrete domain hosting vendor and is added to their hosting servers, you will obtain a number of web services. The most vital one is that the web page files that you host on the web server will now be shown when you type your domain in a web browser. You will also be able to establish e-mail boxes such as name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or an e-mail client to administer them. Whether you have a personal or a business web portal, being available online and being enabled to set up email addresses with your domain are the two most essential options that you obtain with a web hosting plan. In case you administer a corporate web site – it will single out your business before your web page visitors or customers. For that reason you demand a reliable web hosting service provider that will deliver a dependable and stable hosting solution.
Dependable Web Hosting Solutions by 'Lirix'
Extra web services that you obtain by hosting a domain name with us are: FTP access to upload and download files easily, domain name forwarding, e-mail auto-responders and mailing lists, and the possibility to create and configure specific domain name records from your Hepsia website hosting CP.