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There are 2 items you need so as to host a site. The first one is a domain name that will exhibit your online portal when you type it in a browser, and the other one is a web hosting account, which is essentially the hard disk space on a hosting server where the website files will be placed, plus a few more services that come with it. The domain and the web hosting package are two connected, yet separate solutions, and you need them both so as to have a working web page.

What is a Domain?

A domain name is the alpha-numeric combination that you will pick to be the web address for the web site: my-best-domain.com, for instance. A domain can be up to sixty four symbols long and it consists of two entities – a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). In the above illustration, my-best-domain is the SLD, and .com is the top-level domain name. While you can pick the SLD of the domain name to be anything that has not been registered yet, there is a finite number of TLDs to pick from. The top-level domain names can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a fixed interval of time between one and ten yrs. They may include other preconditions regarding the registrant.

Domain Name Hosting Services

As the domain is just a name and nothing more than that, you demand a web hosting package where you have to host it. Thus, when you type it in a browser, it will display the files that you have in the account, i.e. it will show your site. You can have a domain registered with a given company and get the hosting service from another, although lots of web hosting vendors provide both solutions and it is more convenient to administer all services from one single web hosting CP tool. Either way, because the domain registration and the web hosting plan are different services, you have to point the domain name to the server where it will be added as hosted. To do that, you have to change a certain setting, or record, of the domain - the so-called name servers. Each service provider has at least two name servers - ns1.mbajacx.com and ns2.mbajacx.com, for instance. The website hosting CP that you have for your domain name gives you the chance to alter the nameservers and point the domain name to one web hosting company or another.

The Demand for Stable Web Hosting Services

The moment the domain is pointed to a particular domain hosting distributor and is added to their servers, you will receive different online services. The most important one is that the site files that you host on the web server will now be shown when you type your domain name in a web browser. You will also be able to set up e-mail box accounts such as name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or a mail user agent to handle them. Whether you have a personal or a business web page, being online and being able to set up email address accounts with your domain are the two most cardinal options that come with a website hosting account. If you manage a business web site – it will represent your business before your website visitors or clients. That's why you require a dependable web hosting firm that will furnish a dependable and steady website hosting service.

Reliable Website Hosting Solutions by 'jacx Hosting'

Other web services that you get by hosting a domain name with us include: FTP access to upload and download files easily, domain name forwarding, email auto-responders and electronic mailing lists, and the possibility to set up and configure specific domain records from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.