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Web Hosting & Web Development: Unravel the Technobabble and Create a Quality Website

If youve ever browsed the World Wide Web and
wondered how you could stake your claim onWebsite  Development
the Internet, like the millions of others
that have done so already, then web hostingPoorly designed websites will most likely
can provide you with the services to do justturn away users and harm the credibility of
that. The Internet is a great way of sharingthe information it contains. Thought should
information and it is possible for you tobe put in on the way it looks and the way you
take a portion of the web and make it yourintend your users to interact with the
own. This article introduces the term webcontent. It is also recommended for more
hosting and provides some useful tips for webcomplex websites, a structured development
development once youve obtained some webprocess should be followed. Here is a guide
space.to  the  logical  steps  of  web development:
What  is  the  World  Wide  Web?Requirements Analysis: What is the purpose of
the  website? What content should it contain?
The World Wide Web is the network of
computers from all over the world thatDesign: How should the pages be linked? What
communicate with each other using the HTTPstructure should they take? How should the
protocol, a language that allows thepages  interact  with  the  user?
transmission of web documents. Be careful as
this term is not synonymous with the InternetImplementation: This step is the actual
because it is defined as a network ofcoding of the websites in accordance to the
networks, where the computers communicateprevious  websites.
with protocols other than HTTP. The web is
what you see on your Internet browser, theTesting:  Does the website do what it should?
web pages complete with graphics, sound and
other information. All this has got to comeMaintenance: Is the information on the
from somewhere, and this is where web hostingwebsite  up-to-date?
comes  in.
Some useful hints for web development below
Web  Hostingare taken from software quality aspects but
they apply to the development of websites as
The information that you see from your webwell. They are described in terms of web
browser is contained in web pages. These webdevelopment:
pages are kept on computers called web
servers. Web hosting is about the storage ofReliability: Is the website reliable? Do
the web pages so that people can access them.faults allow for the system to continue
It is possible to host your own websitesrunning?
yourself but the reasons stopping most people
doing this is that there are issues toRobustness: How does the website respond to
consider with having the right hardware andincorrect  input?
software to successfully host your web pages.
Your web pages will take a certain amount ofPerformance: How fast does the web page
space, users will need to download each pagerespond to users actions? Is it efficient in
to view them and your Internet connectionprocessing  requests  and  inputs?
needs to be fast to offer good performance to
your viewers. Using specialised companiesUsability: Is the website easy to navigate
that offer web hosting capabilities on theirand  understand?
web servers will take most of these worries
away from you but you will need to chooseMaintainability: Is the website easy to
wisely and weigh up the costs and your needs.change?  Can  new  functionality  be  added?
In addition to having access to a web server,
you will also need to register a domain namePortability: What software requirements does
(for a cost) that uniquely identifies yourthe website require? Will this limit the
website.amount  of  potential  users?
What  Web  Hosting  Can  Do  For  YouUnderstandability: How well do you understand
the  website  youve  developed?
The most basic service that web hosting
offers is that it exposes your web pages forWhen designing your website, keep these
others to see. The other services are: emailquality aspects in mind as they will help you
capabilities that allow for email to bedevelop pages worth visiting. How to choose
received and sent from your server; databasethe way to host your website is half of the
capabilities that allow for large amounts ofproblem, the other half is to create a
information to be updated and accessed on thewebsite that people would want to visit and
web; and dynamic content which allows forcome back to. Knowledge of producing a good
users to interact with the web pages youvedesign can help you get the most out of your
made.creations.



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