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Web Hosting, Translation Please! (cont.)
Simple Control Panel - Understanding the functions "behind the curtain", so to speak, is a must. Look for a tour or a demo of the panel on the hosting companies website. Don't expect to understand all the functions within a control panel, on your first visit, but make sure you can make sense of the email set-up, the file management, and the statistics area, for starters. I also recommend asking webmasters which panel they prefer. Being a webmaster, myself, I highly recommend any host that uses cPanel or vDeck. cPanel is really the industry standard and the preferred system. Personally, I have found that vDeck is very comparable and, in many cases, easier for the beginner.
Uptime Guarantee - Every host will have downtime, every once in a while, but make sure the host you choose keeps it to a minimum and backs that claim with an "uptime guarantee" of 99.5% or higher. There are many who have it at 99.9%, so there is no reason to settle for something less reliable.
Responsive, 24/7 Customer Service - You want to make sure that customer service is there for you. One thing to look for is whether they have a toll-free number to contact them. It can be extremely frustrating to only have access to your host via email especially if they are slow to respond to your written requests. Be sure and do your homework. Find out what their customers say about their customer service. Visit forums that discuss web hosting, such as WebHostingTalk or my community HostReviewHQ, to get the good and the bad reports of hosts' customer service track records.
Depending on the nature of your project, you may also need to look for a few other items in the packages "features list". If your site will also have a community, make sure that the host offers PHP and MySQL which will be necessary for setting up the database needed for any of the major forum scripts out there. Of course, this is only necessary if your forum will be hosted on the same server rather than linking to a forum service being hosted elsewhere such as EZboard or MSN communities. If you plan to make products available directly from the site, make sure the package is "Ecommerce enabled" and that SSL is included or can be acquired for a reasonable price. Also, if there is a chance that, after the website is launched on your new server, you'll come up with another great plan that will require a second website, you might want to find a host that offers the ability to host multiple domains, or at least sub-domains. This will give you the ability to expand and enhance your revenue potential.
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Simple Control Panel - Understanding the functions "behind the curtain", so to speak, is a must. Look for a tour or a demo of the panel on the hosting companies website. Don't expect to understand all the functions within a control panel, on your first visit, but make sure you can make sense of the email set-up, the file management, and the statistics area, for starters. I also recommend asking webmasters which panel they prefer. Being a webmaster, myself, I highly recommend any host that uses cPanel or vDeck. cPanel is really the industry standard and the preferred system. Personally, I have found that vDeck is very comparable and, in many cases, easier for the beginner.
Uptime Guarantee - Every host will have downtime, every once in a while, but make sure the host you choose keeps it to a minimum and backs that claim with an "uptime guarantee" of 99.5% or higher. There are many who have it at 99.9%, so there is no reason to settle for something less reliable.
Responsive, 24/7 Customer Service - You want to make sure that customer service is there for you. One thing to look for is whether they have a toll-free number to contact them. It can be extremely frustrating to only have access to your host via email especially if they are slow to respond to your written requests. Be sure and do your homework. Find out what their customers say about their customer service. Visit forums that discuss web hosting, such as WebHostingTalk or my community HostReviewHQ, to get the good and the bad reports of hosts' customer service track records.
Depending on the nature of your project, you may also need to look for a few other items in the packages "features list". If your site will also have a community, make sure that the host offers PHP and MySQL which will be necessary for setting up the database needed for any of the major forum scripts out there. Of course, this is only necessary if your forum will be hosted on the same server rather than linking to a forum service being hosted elsewhere such as EZboard or MSN communities. If you plan to make products available directly from the site, make sure the package is "Ecommerce enabled" and that SSL is included or can be acquired for a reasonable price. Also, if there is a chance that, after the website is launched on your new server, you'll come up with another great plan that will require a second website, you might want to find a host that offers the ability to host multiple domains, or at least sub-domains. This will give you the ability to expand and enhance your revenue potential.
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