Web Site Hosting
A web hosting provider is a business that rents out space on their computer(s) to place web site pages so that other people using the internet can find them.
The web hosting provider will have DNS (domain name system) names (usually two) for their computers. These have to be included with the domain name registration information. The domain name is then said to be delegated to those computer addresses.
A web hosting is primarily associated with, and billed to, this domain name.
The important variables in the packages on offer (apart from, but which actually determine, the rental fee) are:
Disk Space:
The amount of disk storage space required in megabytes (MB) to hold the web site pages. The space required will depend on the size and complexity of the intended web site.
For example, the Colours for Queensland web site which has 8 pages and numerous picture files (both small and enlarged) requires no more than 50 MB of space.
The Newstead Echo site has 4 pages but many reasonably large (both .pdf and .zip) files, that are constantly being added; 200 MB is sufficient disk space to hold 18 years of Echo monthly publications.
Data Traffic:
The data traffic (also referred to as bandwidth) is a measure of the number of people who visit the web site, how many pages they look at, the complexity of the pages they look at, and what they download. So the traffic is a measure of the amount of information, measured in megabytes, but often advertised in gigabytes (GB; 1 GB ~ 1000 MB), being read from the web site.
The data traffic requirement is difficult to estimate because it depends on the interest of other people. The 1200MB data traffic allowance for the Newstead Echo site would be sufficient for at least 1000 people to visit the site to download the current edition each month; the number of paper copies that were originally being paper printed for distribution in the township was 750.
Subdomains:
A subdomain is an area of the web site that is considered to be a particular sub-section of it, and the files for that section are kept in a separate folder, but it is still obvious that it is a section of the main domain.
For example http://science.impavid.org is a subdomain of www.impavid.org
Addon domains:
An addon domain is an area of the web site hosting that is usually not considered to be a sub-section of the main domain. The files for this area are also kept in a separate folder of the main domain, but a different (additional) domain name is used to direct people to this folder. This is functionally like having another web site, without having to rent more web site hosting.
Parked domains:
A parked domain exists when this domain name being typed into the internet browser shows the same pages as the main domain ie. it is just another name for the same content.
For example, www.impavid.com is a domain parked on www.impavid.com.au
Control Panel:
To allow the web site owner to make observations about the visitors to the site; to re-direct, and filter, email sent to the site; to create subdomains, etc.
The control panel facility can only be accessed by username and password.
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Select a web hosting provider:
Prices vary significantly depending on the variables mentioned above.
ImpavidNet can provide quality hosting for an annual fee of $70.00 (equivalent to $5.83 per month).
A one month only trial period is also available for $7.00 (all prices include GST).
ImpavidNet web hosting terms and conditions may be viewed here.
All web hosting plans available from ImpavidNet may be viewed here.
Disk Space |
200 MB |
Data Transfer |
1200 MB |
Parked Domains |
5 |
Sub Domains |
10 |
Addon Domains |
1 |
POP3/IMAP Email |
20 |
MySQL Databases |
5 |
PHP |
Yes |
Email Aliases |
Yes |
Email Forwarding |
Yes |
Autoresponders |
Yes |
CGI Access |
Yes |
Daily Backups |
Yes |
AntiSpam Tools |
Yes |
Setup Fee |
Nil |
Yearly Fee |
$70.00 |
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Intel Xeon 2.5Ghz, 8GB ECC RAM Servers |
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Adaptec RAID 1 HDD Configuration |
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100Mbps uplink speed shared per server |
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Australian servers |
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99.9% uptime guarantee |
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CentOS Linux 5.3 server OS |
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cPanel 11 |
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RoundCube WebMail |
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RV SiteBuilder Pro |
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Installatron Applications |
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Site Software |
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24x7 FTP |
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Graphical Site Statistics |
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Private SSL available |
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Secure Email Support |
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Alternatively, type "web hosting" into an internet search engine.
The DNS information.
If the DNS information was not known at the time the domain name was registered, login to your account with the domain name registrar and enter this information now.
