The web is still there for everyone. In addition to the large platforms, millions of users of the community provide their own content. These range from spreading your own thoughts or worldview through the exchange of special information on subjects like wine or cycling. Clubs present their activities, craftsmen give an overview of their achievements. Also as a trading platform the web is not only a playground of the big.
Webspace types
In order to establish its own empire in the WWW - with its own domain name and extensive design possibilities - there are a number of possibilities. In principle, it can already go to the zero tariff. Suppliers like npage.de or freepage.de offer a few MBytes of webspace and partly also modules like guest books, galleries or the like.
Virtual Servers
Pay the user with advertising banners, which are integrated on its sides, or even popup windows. To bind their customers, flat rate providers often add webspace and even a domain to their offer. With the change of provider, however, they are lost again. For a little money it is much better and finer.
Dedicated Servers
Hundreds of web hosts rent storage space. Most small shows run without own server in the so-called shared hosting. Such websites share the computational and storage capacity of a computer. A domain with Top-Level-Endung.de is usually included in the entry-level offers. Some hosters provide tools or templates for designing websites.
Root Server
This helps the many users who do not want to deal with HTML and co. For more money, there are already one-click modules that will enrich your site with a blog, a forum, a content management system for you as a site operator and more
Also a virtual server accommodates a number of websites together. However, the number of offers sharing a physical server, ie, a machine, is lower than that of shard hosting. Accordingly, a virtual server is less likely to get down when many users access the pages at the same time.
In addition, a virtual server is better configured and there is a higher level of security for availability. In addition, the hosts offer virtual operators more scope for self-programmed applications. This can be especially interesting for dynamic web sites.
More complex and expensive are the dedicated, ie uniquely assigned, servers. A machine for an appearance or a customer - the whole power of a server unfolds here for the person who rented it. Different processor types, increasing numbers of CPU cores, memory space, and the redundant multi-storage of the data of a web presence on multiple hard drives are among the features that determine the competition.
Also the choice between different server software, often Linux or Windows, sometimes Mac, plays a larger role in this area. The setup and maintenance of a dedicated server is taken over by the web host as required. This is a bit like furnished living, comfortable, because you do not have to worry about anything, but also restrictive in the design possibilities.
Only the so-called root servers provide full access. These computers are located in the server farm of the host and use its connection to the communication lines. However, the tenant decides on everything that is going on. The root server is certainly the naked variant among the dedicated servers.
It is managed by the customer himself. All functions, which a server software offers to the user, can use this unrestricted. He can rumprogramme in all possible ways. It is also possible to enable or disable a root server on a virtual machine. This means maximum flexibility with maximum self-responsibility.
From your own server at home, which could be operated also, dedicated servers distinguish themselves mainly through the connection. It is important to ensure that the provider's server farm also has a powerful connection to the Internet and provides your data quickly and reliably through a good backbone.
The more sensitive your data (and that of your customers), the more important are the features such as password protection, SSL encryption and data backup copying, which are not offered at all in shared hosting in lower quality or at all. Performance also has a price tag on the web, which is free of charge.
ManagedServer
The so-called managed server offers the comfort variant for complex presentations. As with the root server, a dedicated, physically available computer is available to the site operator in this type of dedicated server. However, the provider is responsible for the interaction of the components operated on the server. In this segment, a competent service of the host and fast, best around the clock lasting availability with problems is important.
In addition, vendors are generally concerned with updating the server software, as well as the applications running there and the protection of the server against malicious software. Anyone who does not want to deal with these aspects of his hired server may also want to manage their content as easily as possible.
Content Management Systems
Many hosters offer content management systems (CMS), sometimes already within the framework of shared hosting. A good CMS like the free open source module Yoomla simplifies the setting of static as well as dynamic content on a website quite considerably. It provides templates, ie design templates for the frontend.
This is the part of the website that the user sees. On the so-called backend, a CMS facilitates the processing of content. This allows the operator of a website without programming knowledge to collect data for databases or to customize the navigation of his website.
For a pure self-presentation self-employed, craftsmen, doctors or lawyers often already has the so-called web business card. Most hosters offer space for small performances for a few euros a month. The space offer can differ by a factor of 1000: from somewhat meager 50 megabytes to 5 gigabytes, the range is enough in the lower hosting segment.
Webspace in different sizes
Caution with limited traffic
Speed and Performance
Special case: Gamer
Stumblecase Small
But even 50 MB of pure webspace is not a little, if one for a static HTML page with small graphics 100 or even 500 kilobytes estimated. If the mail traffic is limited and the mails are regularly downloaded from the server to your own computer, the need for mail space remains within the scope.
Take a look at the traffic. The amount of data that is allowed to flow per month and month is limited by some vendors in the lower price segment. Caution: Dynamic pages, databases, shops, etc. make the dataflow flow properly.
More complex than a mere business card are, for example, the needs of an association. A number of e-mail addresses are needed, frequent updates show the vitality of club life. Dates and previews, perhaps a calendar module for the clear presentation, slide shows of past events, a forum for the exchange of club members are among the conceivable features of such a website.
If the club is local or regionally limited, and its content is primarily for members, a virtual server should be enough to host the offer. Some vendors already offer services in this segment with a decent range of services.
A shop or a download site does not only live by an appealing offer, but also by a good performance. Just as no one likes to be at the checkout queue, even when shopping online or when downloading data no one wants to drummle. For reasons of data speed, but also security, a dedicated server is usually recommended. Your offer may require several domains and a login area for your customers. With such requirements, the site operator quickly lands in the dedicated server.
Here there is more space, more power, more possibilities, scripts, especially own, and SQL databases, PHP for dynamic content. Secure encrypted data transfers are features that uniquely identify professionals in the dedicated segment. The prices for beginners in this area are not even high. However, it is worthwhile taking a closer look at the offers and inquiring in case of doubt. There is not an exclusive physical unit in any place where it is dedicated.
A special user group is the gamers. Games are particularly data intensive and live by high performance. If several gamers meet online, or if entire virtual worlds are played around the clock by thousands of users, jerky animations and waiting times of any kind are absolutely deadly for the fun. In the shared hosting area gamers are often excluded.
There are special providers like gameserver.4players.de or gameserver.org. They offer slots for games such as Battlefield, Counterstrike, Minecraft, etc., as well as root servers, which are configured by the gamers themselves. Also in the erotic section there are a number of specialized hosters, which help with the protection of minors (X-check), etc.
Whether you are an individual fighter or a portal operator: In any case you should compare the offers of the numerous hosters exactly. They like to hide small hooks at their service by hiding set-up fees in the offer details or mentioning long-term contracts in small print. Individual providers expect a prepayment of up to one year. On the other hand there are changing offers, where you can save up to six months on the web.
For more demanding offers, the question of the connection to the most modern Internet technology is worthwhile, so that your performance is as perfect as possible. Data security also plays a greater role. Backups are sometimes offered in real-time. Redundant data backup, in which two or more copies of your data are saved on one or even on separate, spatially separated computers, already belong to the high-end service.
The web hosts react to the wide range of customer needs today with a sophisticated portfolio from free, specialized space in the network right up to the needs-configured, rumdum supervised server. If you look around a bit, you can always find the right offer for you.
Bloggers generally do well to integrate into existing structures. Free blog servers like WordPress.com or Blogger.com have the advantage that those who have something to tell the world are already gathered here. On this basis, the individual user can more easily draw attention to himself. Blogs live by their readers, the comments and trackbacks that lead to distribution.
Anyone who logs in at wordpress.com will find a community of about half a million blogosphere writers who write about fashion, food, travel and just about all other possible topics. If you do not manage with a blog, you can run multiple and restrict it for everyone. The basic features are free. WordPress also provides its software for integration on its own website.
So if you'd rather say your opinion from your own cottage, you can do just as well. The advantage is that the user can install their own themes or plug-ins, depending on the provider's requirements. For this, he has to take care of himself, for example, to back up his blog data and install updates himself. Some hunters actively offer the integration of WordPress.
If you want to share your vacation photos with your friends or the world, you can get free space at Flickr or Picasa. The Yahoo service Flickr offers up to 300 MB for the upload of any number of photos and up to two videos per month. If you want more, you can rent unlimited space through a Pro account for around 1.50 Euro per month. The photos can be organized in the same way as on the home computer.
Thumbnails are for quick selection within albums, with a slide show makes the viewing fun. If you want, you can mark on a world map, where the photos were taken. The photos can be freely shared for all web users, friends, family, or they remain private. Who wants to provide a comparable range of functions on their own homepage, can tinker for a long time. For posting videos, the free classic is still Youtube. Many hosters also offer modules that enable slide shows, blogs, etc. to be realized on their own site.
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Blog instead of homepage
Photos, slide shows and videos correctly present
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