How Much Storage Space Will You Need?
Author: Roy Harper
Statistics indicate that the average Web site is 5 megabytes (MB) or smaller. But how much room you need depends on what kind of site you want. How many kilobytes (KB) will that graphic really use? Ho...

Changing Web Hosts, Step By Step (Part 2 of 5)
Author: WorkZ Staff
Work behind the scenes to set up the Web site on the new server before anyone can view it. This includes keeping the domain name pointed to the old server so visitors see an intact site and continuing...

Evaluate Your Web Host Options
Author: Roy Harper
There are some important issues every online business must address how much storage space you'll need, how to make sure you'll get your e-mail, and how to determine the necessary level of technical su...

How Web Sites Work
Author: Russell Shaw
Many different components are involved in getting a Web page up and running. A Web browser, server and host work together to call up a given site while firewalls protect internal networks from intrusi...

Picking the right web hosting service
Author: Johnna Oxford
So you are ready to build your own web site. Now all you will need is a web hosting service. How can you choose which one is right for you? There is a lot of hosting services available so it's not always easy to know which one to choose. Depending on what your web site is for some of the following factors could help you chose.

Determine What Services You Need From an ISP
Author: WorkZ Staff
Internet service providers (ISPs) have a lot to offer. In order to best choose an ISP, you must determine which services are most important to you. Features to consider include e-mail account options,...

Additional Features to Enhance Your Site
Author: WorkZ Staff
Here's a list of features that you might want to consider when imagining your site. Some of these features go well beyond the basics of what you'll need for your site. But you might find that some of ...

Changing Web Hosts, Step by Step (Part 1 of 5)
Author: WorkZ Staff
wordskills.com is the international Web site of Elite Skills Ltd Oy, a small Finnish company providing education and training services in IT and business skills, particularly to those whose first lang...

Changing Web Hosts, Step By Step (Part 3 of 5)
Author: WorkZ Staff
Here are measures to take before you start working on individual directories and files within the new site. This checklist refers to .htaccess, a file resident in individual directories on the Web ser...

Changing Web Hosts, Step By Step (Part 4 of 5)
Author: WorkZ Staff
The CGI directory will contain all the programs and configuration files transferred from the old server. Identify the new path for files in the CGI directory. For each CGI script, change the old path...

Changing Web Hosts, Step By Step (Part 5 of 5)
Author: WorkZ Staff
On moving day, transfer the files containing content that change through user action. This guarantees the content of the new site is up-to-date. Direct the domain name to the new host's DNS. The chang...

Choose a Web Host to Suit Your Business Model
Author: Roy Harper
The type of Web site you're building will dictate the types of services you'll need from your Web host. Considerations include such features as storage space, e-mail capabilities, and various special ...

24 x 7 or Bust!
Author: Mark Bailey
The Web may or may not always be the information highway it is cracked up to be, but users definitely expect it to be fast. A recent study by Boston Consulting Group found that customers abandoning a ...

What to Look For in a Site Monitoring Service
Author: Mark Bailey
Site monitoring products and services range from bare-bones free services that merely alert you to downtime to costly services that can tell you response times on most of the Internet backbones. What ...

Prepare Your Site for Public Viewing
Author: WorkZ Staff
You've created your site and now it's time to make your pages available to the public. Before you upload, take a minute to consider where your customers are coming from. That is, you must assume that...

Upload Your Site
Author: WorkZ Staff
You're connected to your Internet service provider (ISP), but how do you get your files onto its Web server? It's not as complicated as it might seem. In fact, it's just a matter of transferring files...

Web Site Moving Day
Author: Mike Banks
Moving is an inevitable event for most of us. I recently moved again, not to a different house, but to a new Web host. Though you might not change your host every day, it can happen, and it's good to ...

Host Hunting: Shared, Dedicated or Co-Location?
Author: WorkZ Staff
If you're starting an online business or if your Web site is entering a new stage of development, you might be trying to decide what site hosting arrangement to use. You have choices. Quality is depen...

Extra Services Web Hosts Can Offer
Author: Roy Harper
Many hosts use additional services to differentiate themselves from their competition. These services range from domain name parking to non-profit discounts to contract programing. Some of the service...

Free Hosts: 4 to Grow On
Author: Tommy Lai
You're running a successful business and you're thinking about taking it online. Maybe you want to test the waters before shelling out large sums of money to set up a Web site. Or you're looking to sa...

How Much Bandwidth Will You Need?
Author: Roy Harper
Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred to or from your Web site. Because the amount of bandwidth you use impacts the amount of bandwidth available to the other sites your host supports, Web hosts...

4 Web Host Warning Signs
Author: WorkZ Staff
Given the large number of Web hosts and the fierce competition among them, Web hosting can be a tricky business. Countless small Web hosts have gone out of business and even large communications comp...

Are You Dedicated to Your Web Site?
Author: Tommy Lai
Perhaps you're wondering what dedicated servers are and whether you need one. Or perhaps you already know you need a dedicated server but are stuck when it comes to choosing a host. Whatever the cas...

Choose a Web Host to Suit Your Business Model
Author: Roy Harper
The type of Web site you're building will dictate the types of services you'll need from your Web host. Considerations include such features as storage space, e-mail capabilities, and various special ...

Find the Perfect Web Host
Author: Roy Harper
With so many Web hosting companies out there, finding one that meets your pricing and service needs can take a lot of time and research. Here are 6 strategies for quickly narrowing down the field and ...

Test Your Prospective Web Host
Author: Roy Harper
Choosing a host is an important decision. Once you've selected a handful of Web hosts that look promising, do some research to find out if they will live up to your expectations. Use these simple test...

8 Essential Questions to Ask Your Web Host
Author: WorkZ Staff
If you're going to run a Web site, you'll need to find a home for it, a host to store the computer files that contain all the information on your site, and keep that information connected to the Inter...

3 Steps to the Total Internet Experience
Author: Russell Shaw
To gain full access all the Internet has to offer, you'll want to set up an e-mail account; set your computer up to visit Web sites that feature multimedia, such as audio and video; and troubleshoot c...

Monitor Your Site’s Response Time
Author: Lane McCulloch
When we run up against the "World Wide Wait," we tend to think that we're waiting for the requested page to download. But there is something that happens before the download even begins: The server on...

Finding that Host that Offers the Most
Author: Merle
Whether you already have a Web Techniques or are thinking of setting up shop online, sooner or later you'll have to deal with the issue of web hosting. Although it may seem like a "no brainer," there ...

Dedicated Hosting Essentials
Author: Tommy Lai
If you're running an e-commerce or database-driven site, or if you need greater access to software choices and the hardware itself, you're probably shopping for a dedicated host. A dedicated host is ...

Choose a Turnkey Provider to Build Your Site
Author: Delilah Obie
If your company has a staff of Web designers and programmers, or a budget to hire savvy Internet consultants, you have a broad range of options for building a Web site. But for small businesses with l...

How Fast Will Your Site Need to Be?
Author: Roy Harper
The type of connection your Web host has to the Internet will determine how quickly and easily your site's content can be viewed by your visitors. It's important to select the Web server connection th...