Modern web design programs allow you to quickly and without much hassle create even a fairly complex website. But in order for Internet users to see it, the site must be hosted. The correct choice of hosting and knowledge of all the related subtleties will allow you to get a high-quality Internet resource.
Instructions
Step 1
When creating a site, a fairly large number of various links are placed on its pages, including navigation links and menu items. Each menu item leads to a particular page, which means that the corresponding links must be written in the site code. The basis of such links is the domain name of the site. If you have a domain name, then you will only need to host the site. If not, the task becomes more complicated - you will have to adapt all site links to the found domain.
Step 2
If you own a domain name, find a suitable hosting. Type in the search engine "hosting sites", view the proposed options. Do not choose expensive hosting if you will not use its capabilities. Take what you need exactly for your project, and nothing more. Focus on the disk space available to you and the amount of traffic - the number of visitors who can simultaneously be present on your site will depend on the latter indicator.
Step 3
Register on the chosen hosting, pay for its services for a couple of months. This time will be enough to test the quality of the service in practice. Go to the control panel of your account, find the public_html folder - this is where you should upload the pages of your site. Do not forget to deny access to folders that you consider unwanted to view. The easiest way is to place an index.html file with some text in them. For example, Access forbidden. When you try to view the contents of the folder, this page will automatically open.
Step 4
You have uploaded the site to hosting, but an attempt to open it by domain name will fail. The reason is that you have not yet "linked" the domain to the hosting. To do this, search your hosting support, help materials, etc. DNS server names information. There should be two of them.
Step 5
Log into the control panel of your account on the domain name registrar website - you must have a username and password. In the control panel, find the "DNS servers" section (or something similar) and enter the server names in the appropriate fields. Save your changes. From the moment the domain is “tied” to the hosting, it can take from several hours to a day before the site starts to open.
Step 6
In the event that you do not have a domain name, register it, this is the most reliable option. The registration cost will be about one hundred rubles for domains in the.ru zone and several hundred for the.com zone. The same amount will have to be paid every year to maintain the domain. The registration itself takes a few minutes, and you will get complete independence from the hosting. Many hosters offer the service of registering the domain name you need. Do not agree to this, as the domain will belong to the hoster, and you will no longer be able to go to another hosting.
Step 7
What if you already have a ready-made website? In this case, you will have to edit all the navigation links existing in it, adapting them to the hosting found. This can be done using any html editor in autocorrect mode.
