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| hosting package they usually consider only a few | | | | problems anytime, not only on weekdays. For this |
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| However, typical web hosting plan consists of | | | | week. |
| many other components. Continue reading this | | | | 5. Emails |
| article to learn more. | | | | Almost every web host offers email services. |
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| web hosting package? | | | | and virus protection. You will like these features |
| 1. Number of domains allowed under one account | | | | as soon as you start to receive a lot of junk |
| Some hosting providers require to buy separate | | | | emails. |
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| most webmasters get new marketing ideas | | | | support. PHP usually works with MySQL database, |
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| 2. Domain name registration | | | | speed up the scripts. |
| To host your own website you need to own a | | | | 7. FTP (File transfer protocol) |
| domain name. Domain names can be bought from | | | | File transfer protocol allows to upload the files to |
| the registrars or directly from the web hosting | | | | your web space using software like Total |
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| 3. Subdomains | | | | on your hard drive to another one. |
| You many need to create subdomains in your | | | | 8. Website statistics |
| web space. Typical hosting plan allows to set up | | | | The hosting package may consist of the |
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| of subdomains can your set up. | | | | important information about your website and |
| 4. Customer support | | | | visitor. Some web hosts also allow to download |
| Customer support is sometimes overlooked, but | | | | the logs which can be very useful when you want |
| it is very important part of the hosting service. | | | | to analyze your traffic. |