| For a website to appear on the Internet,
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| | notice) capability.24-hour customer
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| you require a "server" that is usually
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| | service, by phone, even if it's a long
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| provided by a web hosting company. Hosting
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| | distance call, is best!50 mg space (the
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| companies are paid monthly, quarterly or
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| | space you need for a 100 page website with
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| yearly. Some companies come with
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| | each page being approx. 8x11)2 Gig Data
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| guarantees, too. Recommendations from
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| | Transfer/month (this will be enough for
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| other business owners and web designers
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| | quite a while!)Front Page Extensions -
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| are excellent ways to find a good hosting
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| | only necessary if you create a web site
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| service.One of the primary features I
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| | with MS Front PageCgi/PHP/MySQL (or asp
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| recommend is that the hosting companies
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| | availability). Check with your designer to
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| can grow with you. If they only offer one
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| | see what you'll require for forms to be
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| package, and you need more, your web site
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| | created).Easy Control Panel: This feature
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| maybe down for up to 2 days and/or you may
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| | is especially important if you want to
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| have to change the code on any forms you
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| | maintain your site or have someone else
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| use to match the new "server
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| | easily maintain it. It's the one place to
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| settings".Don't be afraid to read a
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| | visit when making changes to your site,
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| hosting service's subscriber information,
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| | add addresses, etcStatistics - Does your
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| FAQs (frequently asked questions), note
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| | hosting companies plan include monthly and
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| areas or bulletin boards on their sites.A
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| | yearly statistics on each of your web
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| good hosting company offers as many of
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| | pages? Will you know how someone found
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| these basics as possible: This is a
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| | each of your web pages?Secure server,
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| hosting company I can easily afford. They
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| | Shopping cart (and other things you'll
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| offer a Money Back Guarantee.They have
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| | need to set up a merchant account
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| information on their site about server
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| | system)Server type: The type of server a
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| uptime/downtime.The company contacts me,
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| | hosting company you choose, should take
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| at my primary email address, when/if there
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| | into consideration the programs you will
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| are any server problems. (Could be
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| | run for things like your shopping cart,
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| problems when they're updating their
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| | affiliate program, web site pages, etc. If
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| server, hurricanes, etc.)They offer your
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| | you're using ASP, JSP, PHP, CGI, PL, or
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| own IP address provide at least 5 POP
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| | CSS, these programs will influence the
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| email accounts (example ) Your email
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| | choice of a server and vice-versa. Your
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| accounts should include Alias Accounts,
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| | hosting service may use Windows (which for
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| which look like a POP account to the
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| | example accepts ASP but not PHP), Linux or
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| person sending you an email; however, the
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| | Unix-based (Apache/FreeBSD/etc.)
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| address is actually an "alias" that's
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| | servers.Password Protection - If you have
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| forwarded to any other email account you
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| | plans to create a membership are or
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| choose. And when you send an email back to
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| | client's only area of your site, this is
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| the original sender, it is the forwarding
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| | something to consider.Newsletter or
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| email account, NOT the that the sender
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| | announcement listAuto-responders (not
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| receives.There is a Web-based Email system
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| | usually available on very low cost hosting
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| (a place for you to read your email
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| | packages)Special thanks to wise-women.org
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| online). If not, my favorite is easy
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| | and for some assistance with this list.
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| system for email forwarding (and vacation
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