I recently posted articles on the different hosting options available to you (Hosting – Introduction) and on Shared Hosting. No matter what type of hosting or server arrangement you have for your website there will be essential software that must be installed and running in order for your website to run. … [Read Application Stack]

In Hosting Introduction I reviewed some of the options available for hosting your website. This article is about the most popular option, shared hosting.

Shared hosting is like paying for a hotel room. You get a room and some services but it isn’t home. The hotel provides you enough to make you comfortable within limits.

Shared hosting means the computer that is running your software is also running many other websites. This requires some restrictions on what each site is allowed to do in order to prevent conflicts and problems. Most standard Content Management Systems do just fine with this arrangement. … [Read Shared Hosting]

Do you need a website? What do you know about your hosting options? Where is your site going to be hosted? How many other web sites will be hosted on the same machine? Why does it matter?

If you have a website, do you know what type of hosting account you have? Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of each type of account? If not, read on. I’ll be providing an introduction to hosting options in this and the next several posts. … [Read Hosting Introduction]