host name or web hosting?

Question

i have made a web site in dreamweaver 8, i want to publish it to the web, do i need a domain name or a web hosting plane?
and what's the difference between domain name and web hosting?
thanks!

Answer 1

The domain name is simply the name you type in your browser to access a page. For example, "www.mywebsite.com" is a domain name. It replaces the IP address that no one in their right mind you remember.

You normally buy your domain name once and renew it yearly approximately. Your domain name can have multiple extensions, such as .COM, .EDU, .ORG, .CA, etc. Some have restricted usage (.EDU, .GOV), some are open (.COM, .CA).

Your hosting is the actual server where you will upload your site with your design tool (Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc.). Your normally pay a fee monthly, but you can also host it yourself if you have a Web server at home that you keep on all day. You can do this using dyndns.org for example.

Note that you have multiple possibilities:

1) No domain name and self-hosting (www.dyndns.org for example) --> Free (or almost)

2) Domain name and self-hosting (not free; www.dyndns.org can do this)

3) No domain name and hosting --> Not free, about 5$/month (not recommended)

4) Domain name and hosting --> Not free, about 5$/month for the hosting + 50$/year for your domain name

To setup #4, try www.modhost.com or www.dotster.com. They both work well and are affordable.

Answer 2

The Name is what people type in to get your website: Ex: google.com
web hosting is where your web site is put. When Some one types in your HOST NAME, the browser connects with the WEB HOSTING and puts your site up for the world to see.. neat huh? Well you can get both, a host name and web hosting here:
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Answer 3

Domain name gives you and adrress... and web hosting is where you can upload your files. I mean you still have an address with the hosting but is easy for other's just remember your domain.

Example:
It's easier say http://www.magdiel.ya.st than http://www.gratisweb.com/magdazar

Easy!

Answer 4

Both.

I use Host Gator for hosting. They have plans as low as $6 a month.
http://www.hostgator.com

&
Domain names are $13.50 per year thru
http://www.000domains.com

Your host will provide you with name servers ie.
NS1.yoursite.com
NS2.yoursite.com

You log-in to your domain registrar, then change the name servers.

These videos walk you step by step
http://www.webmasterautomation.com/videos/

Answer 5

Domain Name:
Computers communicate by using numbers, called IP addresses, to contact each other, much like you use a phone number to dial a specific person's phone. Domain names on the internet are much like entries in a phone book. The phone book tells people looking for a business what the entries are just as a domain tells people (i.e. their computers) that a domain is hosted on the server.

Without a domain, you would have to tell your customers that your site is located at a temporary url such as 123.456.789.123/~mysite instead of using a domain name such as mysite.com, making your site appear unprofessional and impractical.

Web-host provider/server:
The web-hosting or server is much like the space that you rent out to have your business in. It's merely the space itself. It does not include furnishings like shelves for your products, just as the web-hosting account doesn't include a site for you to sell your products.

Luckily, in the web-hosting world, it's very easy to furnish the space provided by your host, because you can install many framework applications through the QuickInstall icon within your cPanel.

Without the hosting services, you won't have a place for your files to reside, so your domain would then become like a disconnected phone number in the phone directory, and your site files would have nowhere to stay.

Site Files:
The site files are what your visitors and potential customers actually see when going to site such as your products and services. The site files are the same as any other file you normally use, like a .jpg photograph, or .mp3 music file. Though, website files are also .php files or .html files, which are PHP scripts or html pages respectively.

The web-hosting server knows how to read these files, which explain how the webpage looks or instruct the server to do a series of computations. These computations are things like figuring out what blog article it's supposed to send back to the viewer, or what forum post it's supposed to send back.

Answer 6

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