Step Three

Hosting

Step Three: Hosting your web site on a web server. This is basically where you rent space on a computer that is always connected to the Internet. Price will vary, depending on the amount of disk space you will have and the connection to the Internet.

When choosing a hosting company:

· Does it offer POP3 email accounts?
A more professional image is given, when your contact email is
sales@your-domain-name.com rather than an everyday ISP account like
john.smith@bigpond.com added to which, if you change you ISP your email address will never change. This can save you cost and trouble in reprinting letterheads, business cards etc. and having to advise all your customers of new details

· Does it support FTP Access?

· Does it offer web site logs?

· Does it allow for use of forms and CGI scripts?