What is Windows Web Hosting ?
Web hosting has been around for several years now and has
evolved from simple HTML pages hosting small simple sites with a
few images into full blown web based hosted applications where
end users can visit a site, interact with the web site owner and
even purchase goods and services all over the internet.
Web hosting platforms vary from different types of operating
systems. Microsoft Windows Server and Redhat Linux are just two
examples and probably the most well known web hosting platforms.
So, what is Windows web hosting and what are the advantages and
disadvantages to hosting your web site on a Windows Server.
Well, that's just the answer isn't it ?
Windows Web hosting utilizes the Microsoft Windows Server
operating system to host websites containing simple HTML pages
and even applications written in ASP or ASP.NET. Windows uses a
built-in application or "service" called Internet Information
Services (abbreviated as IIS).
IIS is the "Service" or "application" that runs on a windows
server that is responsible for serving or rendering your HTML
pages to a browser. Whenever you visit a site, say
www.3essentials.com and you view the content, your web browser
is "downloading" or "Viewing" the pages that are stored on our
Windows Server, via IIS.
Why use Windows and not Linux, or Unix ? This usually comes down
to a couple of "proprietary" requirements you may have when
searching for a web hosting provider. If you need to use ASP or
ASP.NET, then these scripting languages are only available on
Windows. If you have never designed a web page before then most
likely either Windows or Linux will work fine for your needs.
With Windows Web Hosting from 3Essentials, you have many
different options in getting your HTML pages that you design
uploaded to your web hosting account.
You can use File Transfer Protocal (FTP), there are many Free
FTP programs available and some that you can buy at very
reasonable prices. If you use FrontPage or Macromedia
DreamWeaver you can upload your pages directly from the
application.
Sending and receiving email is done easily on a Windows hosting
account. Once your mailbox has been created you can use a
WebMail interface to send and receive email from a web browser
or you can use Outlook and Outloox Express email clients.
Self Management of your website on a Windows Web Hosting Plan
with 3Essentials hosting is made very easy with our
Implementation of the Award Winning Control Panel software by
Sw-Soft called Plesk. Plesk is a web based interface to your
Windows web hosting account that allows you to create e-mail
addresses and mailboxes, view your web site traffic statistics,
set permissions on your HTML, ASP, and ASP.NET pages... and more.
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