What is web hosting?

Web hosting refers to the process of publishing a web site so that it is available to the world on the Web. Paid web hosting also involves getting a domain name and not having forced ads displayed on your site. Please see our various web hosting plans to launch your website.

What is a domain name?

A domain name is a sequence of letters and numbers which determine the address of your site. This site's domain name is "web2win.net" You need to register a domain name before your web site becomes accessible at this address. Please see our Domain Name Guidance for all the details.

How do I get a registration?

If you ask for a registration you get the right to "book" a domain according to the procedure stated by naming rules.

Who's the owner of a registered domain?

The domain's owner is the person or firm holding the registration request that will be reachable World-Wide according to the TLD Authority rules.

What is a TLD?

A top level domain defines the domain registering Authority.
This Authority keeps the database featuring the relation between the domain name and the DNS.

What is a DNS?

The domain name system is a peculiar code according to which domain name are direct with IP numerical address code.

What is an IP address?

By mean of any Internet Protocol address, like an telephone numbers, any specific computer on the web can be identified and contacted.
Each computer connected has got our IP address.

What does DNS managing stand for?

The managing of each domain must be lead by means of specific DNS which link the registered domains to their IP addresses.

How long does it take to register a domain?

Generally two business day.

What are PHP, SQL, Java, IP, etc.?

Those acronyms refer to various features such as programming languages, databases, etc. that might be available with a hosting plan. Please check out our Glossary for definitions. To find plans that support these options.

What is shared (virtual) web hosting?

Shared (or virtual) web hosting is the most fitting way of hosting for 99% of web sites. It means that a web hosting company will have one or more servers (computers constantly connected to the Internet that run a web server software such as Apache or IIS) that will be running multiple web sites (it will be shared). Unless a web site is exceptionally busy or requires a lot of bandwidth, this is the least expensive way to get a real web site. You can still have your own IP address with virtual hosting and the site won't look any different to users. Other options are dedicated, co-location, or doing it yourself web hosting. In those options you have the whole computer to yourself and you can do things like install your own software.

Can I keep my domain name when I change a host?

Yes. We recommend that you register your domain name with a separate registrar before getting a hosting plan . When you need to move to another host, you just need to point your domain's name servers to this new host. If you registered your domain name with a host and now you want to move, you should find your registration records or contact this host and ask them how to control your domain

What are subdomains?
Answer:
Consider subdomains as an extension of your domain. For example, your site is www.example.com. A subdomain would be test.example.com, and another would be webhosting.example.com.

Subdomains are usually treated as separate sites from the main domain site.

How do I upload my site online?

Uploading your site can be done in many ways, but the most popular is FTP.

When your hosting account was created, you should have been provided with an FTP account. Using software such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP, you can log into your host. Then, using the program like a normal windows program, you can drag and drop files onto your web host. These files become live online instantaneously.

There are other ways to upload your site such as using SSH or uploading files through your browser

Domain Registration Guidance

Domain name is the address that users will enter in their web browser (like Internet Explorer or Netscape) to access your web site. For example this site's domain name is Web2win.net. ".net" extension (called TLD, top-level domains) is most common for commercial web sites. Non-profit organizations might prefer using .org, universities usually use .edu, government sites use .gov. ICANN (organization responsible for such matters) approved new TLDs in November 2000, including .biz, .info, .name, .museum, .coop, .areo, and .pro. Rules for registering domains with those TLDs vary, see http://www.internic.net/faqs/new-tlds.html for more info. Other domains like .tv are also available - most commonly they were originally assigned to small countries or provinces and subsequently sold to companies that offer them to everybody.

Many web hosts will register a domain name for you if you choose this option when opening an account. However, we recommend doing it separately before opening a hosting account because hosts usually don't have most competitive rates and because if you decide to move your site to another host, you will already be familiar with domain name administration and you will have full control over it.

The minimum period for which a domain name can be registered is 1 year. You need to make sure to renew a domain name before it expires, or you may lose it to somebody.

If you don't yet have a web site but there is a domain name that you want now, you can register it and use domain parking which is a cheap way to display an "Under Construction" message.

You should know that the name, street address, e-mail address, and phone number that you use when registering a domain name will be publicly viewable by anybody that performs a so-called Whois lookup on this domain name. You should expect to receive spam at this email address.

Unfortunately, you will find out that most common words and sentences for domain names are already in use, especially in the .com

What are subdomains?

Consider subdomains as an extension of your domain. For example, your site is www.example.com. A subdomain would be test.example.com, and another would be webhosting.example.com.

Subdomains are usually treated as separate sites from the main domain site.