Web Hosting Service

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center.

Domain Name

A domain name uniquely identifies a website. Typing a domain name (also called a URL) into your browser allows you to visit that site.
Domains are much more than just names typed into a web browser. Your domain name is how the world will think of you and your business. It's part of your brand and your marketing plan. You can have multiple domains that each relate to some aspect of your business. A domain can be easy to remember and help establish you on the web.

Domain Transfer

1. Make a backup of your website. (Ask your web designer)

2. Cancel your hosting contract with your current hosting company or ISP.

3. Settle all outstanding payments.

4. Apply for a domain transfer from Web247.

The domain transfer will be complete after 6-48 Hours. Setup your email accounts on the new server.

Upload a Website (FTP)

There are many different program's you can use to FTp your site.

This tutorial is using Filezilla: (Get Filezilla here)

- Open Filezilla

- Where is says "Address" put your full domain name - eg: website2host.co.za

- Where it says "Username" and "Password" - you put in the username and password that you were sent when you fisrt signed up.

- Where is says "Port" - leave this out and just click on "Quickconnect" (the port will automatically get filled in for you)

- Then once you are successfully in, you will see on the left had side all your files for your site and on the right hand side lost of folders. Go to the right hand side and open up the folder - "public_html" (must upload your site in this folder)

- Go to your files on the left had side, place your mouse over the file, left click your mouse hold down and drag the file to the richt hand side. Keep doing this until all your files have been moved.

Your site is now successfully uploaded and you will be able to go and view it on the internet.

DNS

Domain Name System, or DNS, is the most recognized system for assigning addresses to Internet web servers (aka "Internet hosts"). Somewhat like international phone numbers, the domain name system helps to give every Internet server a memorable and easy-to-spell address. Simultaneously, the domain names keep the really technical IP address invisible for most viewers.

Name Server

Name Server translate a domain name (URL) into the IP address it should point to.

IP Address: Because the internet uses addresses made up of numbers to locate servers / computers that serve content to the end user - it would be difficult to remember the address for your website or email for instance: website2host.co.za would be 41.86.108.42

It's easier to remember website2host.co.za and it is to remember 41.86.108.42

This is why name servers are used - it tells your browser which IP address the website you're looking for, is on - all this is done without you even knowing while you surf the internet.

Each domain should have a minimum of two nameservers assigned to it (this is done at the registrar).

Name servers are used to locate the server in which your site is hosted. Our server uses 2 IP (Internet Protocol) address to identify themselves on the Internet. A domain name uses the name servers to lock it to a server, so when a user types in a domain name it is brought to the server in which the name servers belong to.

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