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Web Hosting

Web Hosting. Lan Vu. How does a Website work ?. Web development concepts. Web Design Web Hosting Domain Name. Web Design. How does my website look like ?. See lecture 1 - 5. Web Hosting. Where is my website located ?. Domain Name. What is my website address ?. Web hosting.

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Web Hosting

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  1. Web Hosting Lan Vu

  2. How does a Website work ?

  3. Web development concepts • Web Design • Web Hosting • Domain Name

  4. Web Design How does my website look like ? See lecture 1 - 5

  5. Web Hosting Where is my website located ?

  6. Domain Name What is my website address ?

  7. Web hosting

  8. Web hosting • Uploading & Storing website at servers that are accessible via the World Wide Web

  9. Type of Web hosting • Free web hosting • Paid web hosting • Home web hosting

  10. Type of Web hosting • Free web hosting • Many companies & organizations • Only for their members • Ex: UCD students can host their website at Ouray server • Web hosting companies • Limited services : space, band wide … • Adding advertisements • Ex : www.webs.com, www.brinkster.com

  11. Type of Web hosting • Paid web hosting • Web hosting companies • Provide many web hosting plans • More services: bigger space, higher band wide, extra services… • NO advertisements • Ex : www.brinkster.com, www.godaddy.com

  12. Type of Web hosting • Home web hosting • Use your home PC as hosting server • PC with Internet Connection • Register for a static IP address from Internet provider or use dynamic DNS service • Web server software installed and running on your PC. Ex: IIS, Apache …

  13. Selecting a type of web hosting • Evaluate the requirements of the website • Space • Web Traffic • Scripting Language: PHP, ASP, ASPX … • Database: MySQL, Access, SQL Server … • Platform: Linux, Windows • Budget • Security

  14. How can I host my website ? • Select a type of web hosting • Free hosting, Paid hosting or Self hosting • Choose a web hosting provider • Self hosting  I am my own provider • Register for an account at provider website • At UCD, your account is generated and hosted Ouray server when you enroll • www.brinkster.com, www.godaddy.com • Upload your website to server

  15. How can I host my website ? • An example: hosting your website at UCD • Free Web hosting • Provider : UCD • Your account is available when you enroll • Host: ouray.cudenver.edu • Username: your username used to log in to University’s email box • Password: your password used to log in to University’s email box • Uploading your website • Can use WinSCP • Port number: 22 ( default) • File protocol: SFTP ( default) • See lecture 1 for detail instructions

  16. How can I host my website ? • An example: hosting your website at www.brinkster.com • Free or Paid Web hosting • Provider : Brinkster • Choose a plan and register an account • Upload your website

  17. Domain Name

  18. Domain Name • The name that identifies a website • It is a component of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used to access websites • For example: • URL: http://www.example.net/index.html • Domain Name: www.example.net

  19. Domain Name • Domain Levels • Ex: en.wikipedia.org • Top-level domain: gov, edu, com, org, net, info, us • Second-level domain : created based on the name of a company, organization, product, people … • wikipedia, ucdenver , google, yahoo • Third-level domain: used to designate a particular host server, a department, function, or service… • Also called Subdomain Second-level Top-level Third-level

  20. Resale of domain names • Business.com for $7.5 million in December 1999 • AsSeenOnTv.com for $5.1 million in January 2000 • Altavista.com for $3.3 million in August 1998 • Wine.com for $2.9 million in September 1999 • CreditCards.com for $2.75 million in July 2004 • Autos.com for $2.2 million in December 1999

  21. Website address • URL to a website (also called web link) • http://sites.google.com/site/Your_WebSite_Name • http://en.wikipedia.org • http://carbon.cudenver.edu • http://ouray.cudenver.edu/~YourUsername • http://sites.google.com/site

  22. How to have a Website address with my own domain name? • Register your domain name at a domain name registrar • Domain name registrar: organization/company is authorized to provide domain name • Ex: GoDaddy, eNom, Tucows, Network Solutions … • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_ranking_domain_registrars • Map the domain name to your web link provided web hosting provider • See the instructions of web hosting provider and domain name registrar • Many providers provides both web hosting and domain name registration services • www.brinkster.com, www.godaddy.com

  23. NOTE !!! • Prof. GitaAlgraband may request you to submit your ePorfolio Website link at the end of this semester • Contact me if you need any help in creating your website • You can find me at Raytheon Lab: • Every afternoon, Monday – Friday • 12:30 pm – 16:30 pm

  24. Thanks for joining this class

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