| First thing that comes to mind after selecting the | | | | have sufficient FTP sub accounts. Granting FTP |
| hosting provider is whether to go for Linux | | | | access to clients/users help a lot as the files can |
| Hosting or Windows Hosting. As the owner of the | | | | be uploaded from a password protected folder to |
| website you are the best judge to decide what | | | | the websites. |
| you require and accordingly decide the budget. | | | | 3) Control Panel – If someone wants to handle |
| Normally, this choice would depend on the scripting | | | | the website completely then having a control |
| language used for the website. If languages like | | | | panel is a must. The entire access is with the |
| PHP, mySQL or Perl have been used as scripting | | | | website owner and any sort of modification can |
| languages in your website, then it is advised to | | | | be done by him. The host provider should |
| choose Linux Web Hosting. But if you use ASP.Net | | | | immediately provide the access to the control |
| for your website, then Windows Web Hosting | | | | panel as and when registration with the provider is |
| becomes the finest choice. | | | | completed. |
| Let us focus on Linux Web Hosting for the | | | | 4) Back ups – This is a very important |
| moment and understand the important features | | | | feature and you should ensure that your service |
| that one should consider while selecting Linux Web | | | | provider offers back up option for your data. |
| Hosting plan. | | | | 5) Bandwidth – While selecting the hosting plan |
| 1) POP3 e-mail ids – Since you already know | | | | another factor that needs to be considered is the |
| what your requirements are, it is relatively easy | | | | bandwidth offered by the hosting provider. |
| to decide how many email ids you would want. | | | | Though it is difficult to know the precise |
| The package is selected accordingly, but | | | | requirement in the beginning, there should be the |
| whatever package is selected the service | | | | option available to reduce the bandwidth according |
| provider should provide plenty of POP3 e-mail ids. | | | | to the requirement. |
| 2) FTP accounts – File transfer protocol is the | | | | Though all the factors have not been included but |
| medium which connects the live server and the | | | | the more important ones have been mentioned. I |
| local server. This is the place where all the | | | | hope this will be of some help for those who are |
| modifications are made right from deleting to | | | | looking for quality web hosting. |
| updating anything in the website. It is advisable to | | | | |