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How to build a small business web site

Getting a web site up and running requires a few things to happen. In the simplest sense, one would first need a domain name (i.e your web site's name such as "yahoo.com"). Along with the name you need to 'host' your site on a server (a computer running a server software). Of course you'd need to design and develop your site (and upload to the server). If desired you could incorporate e-commerce capability (shopping cart, payment processing etc.).

Check out the categories below to familiarize your self with these things in a bit more detail. We have attempted to provide simple, step-by-step instructions for getting a web site ready.

Getting Web site hosting

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:27 TechQED
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Once you have a domain name (or your web site's name) the next step is to get some server space where your actual web site files will be stored and "served" to people who wish to see those files (mostly web pages, images, videos etc.).

Assuming you or someone else is actually developing a web site for you, getting a web hosting service provider to lend you some space on their servers (of course they're going t charge you for this) so that you can 'host' your site is the next step.

There are plenty (we mean really plenty) of web hosting service providers out there and the competition has made hosting costs rather low (if you are being asked to pay more than $15 a month for hosting then it is most likely too much... unless you get into options such as dedicated hosting and very high bandwidth requirements).

In deciding a good host for your site you are of course looking for reliability, good support, long term viability, and good technical specifications.

A simple search on any search engine such as google or bing, will provide you with many many companies providing these services. We have begun to compile a list to put some of the better known hosting providers.

  1. HostRocket.Com Website Hosting (we host this web site at HostRocket and have been pretty satisfied with it. They now have all kinds of options which you probably don't need :-) but if you do they have 'em)
  2. BLUEHOST.COM Website Hosting 
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2009 11:30
 

Getting the domain name, the first step

Saturday, 09 August 2008 02:33 TechQED
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How to get a web site name (a domain name)

A domain name is the part usually appearing after the 'www.' in a web address. For example, 'yahoo.com'

You can obtain a domain name through what is called a domain name registrar. There are many out there but here are some of the big ones. Give it a go...

[ Once you get to the registrar's site type in the name (in the 'search for name' box) you are looking for, to see if it is available. If it is then great! If not try other names or consider one or more of the alternatives being offered by the registrar. You'd be surprised how often the alternatives suggested are better than what had you originally planned.]

  1. GoDaddy.com
  2. Register.com
  3. NetworkSolutions.com
  4. Yahoo.com 
Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 16:31