Web site hosting on the Internet
Web hosting is a service that allows individuals or organizations to publish a web page on the Internet. A web hosting service is provided by web hosting companies that build the necessary infrastructure so that the web page can be viewed on the Internet. Web pages are hosted/uploaded on hosting servers. In order to view the web pages, visitors need to enter a specific Internet address in their browser. Their computer, via the browser, will connect to the hosting server and retrieve the content of the web page, then display it.
In most cases, you will need a domain to host your website on the Internet. Hosting companies will require you to either point your domain to their name servers or purchase a new one from them. Some hosting companies also allow websites to be hosted in sub-domains or directories, but in most cases you will need to have a separate domain for each website.
How do I create and host a website on the Internet in a few steps?
1. Creating a website - If you can't program, you need to contact a web design studio or programmer to develop the required website. It is advisable to optimize the website through SEO techniques so that it is indexed properly by search engines and potential customers find your website more easily.
2. Filling the website with information - It is desirable to fill your website with as much information as possible on the topic it is about, so that search engines can assess the value of the site against the information laid out in it.
3. Translate content into different languages - The more languages your site supports, the better. The goal is to reach as large an audience as possible and have as many visitors and customers as possible. La Fit Trans Ltd specializes in translating websites into over 50 languages. As part of a group of companies in the field of Information Technology, which includes a hosting company, we can offer not only translation of your website, but also its upload to a specialized hosting company. As a customer of La Fit Trans Ltd, you will receive discounted hosting services with ITA Network Solutions - a hosting company with over 18 years experience and over 100,000 customers worldwide.
4. Subscribing to a Hosting Service - To subscribe to a hosting service with ITA Network Solutions, visit https://www.itanets.bg and select a plan. When signing up, use promo code LAFIT-TRANS to receive a discount on the subscription price. In the registration process, you will need to either enter your current domain or enter a new one for registration.
5. Change name servers - If you choose to register a new domain in the registration process for the hosting service, the hosting company will make sure that the DNS settings of the domain are filled out correctly. If you have your own domain, you will need to fill in the new DNS settings according to the hosting company's instructions. Basically, this means changing the name servers from the current ones to the ones provided to you by the hosting company so that the domain is pointed to the correct web hosting server.
6. Uploading the website to the hosting account - To upload the website to the hosting account, you need to use either the control panel, which has a file manager, or an FTP account, which allows an FTP client (program) to upload files to the web hosting server. You choose the appropriate method and upload the website files to the location designated by the hosting company.
7. Configure the website in the hosting account - Depending on what technology the website is developed with, you need to consult with the developer about whether additional configurations are needed such as a certain version of PHP, SSL certificate, index file change, etc. It is possible through the control panel to create limited access to the developer so that he can upload and configure the website in the hosting account.
8. Creating email inboxes - In the control panel of the hosting account, there is a Mail section where you can create unlimited number of email inboxes and set a disk space limit for them as per the requirement.
9. Starting the website - By changing the name servers of the domain and more specifically, 48 hours after that, the site will be visible on the Internet. That is why you must decide when to make the change. If there is ongoing work on the website and it is not ready for an official launch, you can use the alternative URL address, which will be provided to you by the hosting company and you will be able to change the name servers whenever you are ready.
10. Advertising the website - One of the main misconceptions is that it's enough for a website to be uploaded on the Internet, and visitors will start entering it directly and finding it on their own. Yes, if the website's SEO optimization is good, a certain number of visitors will come from search engines, but in most cases, this is not enough. It is necessary for the website to be advertised so that it can attract more visitors. There are many paid advertising methods on platforms like Facebook or Google Adwords, but there are also free alternatives such as the Yepse platform - https://www.yepse.com, where you can create a multimedia presentation of your site and post a link to it. The platform promotes your multimedia presentation on many other websites, which will provide free visits to your new website.