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Many large companies who are not internet service providers also need a computer permanently connected to the web so they can send email, files, etc. to other sites. They may also use the computer as a website host so they can provide details of their goods and services to anyone interested. Additionally these people may decide to place online orders.

* Free web hosting service: offered by different companies with limited services, sometimes supported by advertisements, and often limited when compared to paid hosting.

* Shared webhosting service: one’s website is placed on the same server as many other sites, ranging from a few to hundreds or thousands. Typically, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU. The features available with this type of service can be quite extensive. A shared website may be hosted with a reseller.

* Reseller web hosting: allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Resellers could function, for individual domains, under any combination of these listed types of hosting, depending on who they are affiliated with as a provider. Resellers’ accounts may vary tremendously in size: they may have their own virtual dedicated server to a collocated server. Many resellers provide a nearly identical service to their provider’s shared hosting plan and provide the technical support themselves.

* Virtual Dedicated Server: also known as a Virtual Private Server (VPS), divides server resources into virtual servers, where resources can be allocated in a way that does not directly reflect the underlying hardware. VPS will often be allocated resources based on a one server to many VPSs relationship, however virtualisation may be done for a number of reasons, including the ability to move a VPS container between servers. The users may have root access to their own virtual space. Customers are sometimes responsible for patching and maintaining the server.

* Dedicated hosting service: the user gets his or her own Web server and gains full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows); however, the user typically does not own the server. Another type of Dedicated hosting is Self-Managed or Unmanaged. This is usually the least expensive for Dedicated plans. The user has full administrative access to the box, which means the client is responsible for the security and maintenance of his own dedicated box.

* Managed hosting service: the user gets his or her own Web server but is not allowed full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows); however, they are allowed to manage their data via FTP or other remote management tools. The user is disallowed full control so that the provider can guarantee quality of service by not allowing the user to modify the server or potentially create configuration problems. The user typically does not own the server. The server is leased to the client.

* Colocation web hosting service: similar to the dedicated web hosting service, but the user owns the colo server; the hosting company provides physical space that the server takes up and takes care of the server. This is the most powerful and expensive type of web hosting service. In most cases, the colocation provider may provide little to no support directly for their client’s machine, providing only the electrical, Internet access, and storage facilities for the server. In most cases for colo, the client would have his own administrator visit the data center on site to do any hardware upgrades or changes.

* Cloud Hosting: is a new type of hosting platform that allows customers powerful, scalable and reliable hosting based on clustered load-balanced servers and utility billing. Removing single-point of failures and allowing customers to pay for only what they use versus what they could use.

* Clustered hosting: having multiple servers hosting the same content for better resource utilization. Clustered Servers are a perfect solution for high-availability dedicated hosting, or creating a scalable web hosting solution. A cluster may separate web serving from database hosting capability.

* Grid hosting: this form of distributed hosting is when a server cluster acts like a grid and is composed of multiple nodes.

* Home server: usually a single machine placed in a private residence can be used to host one or more web sites from a usually consumer-grade broadband connection. These can be purpose-built machines or more commonly old PCs. Some ISPs actively attempt to block home servers by disallowing incoming requests to TCP port 80 of the user’s connection and by refusing to provide static IP addresses. A common way to attain a reliable DNS hostname is by creating an account with a dynamic DNS service. A dynamic DNS service will automatically change the IP address that a URL points to when the IP address changes.

Some specific types of hosting provided by web site  hosting service providers:

* File hosting service: hosts files, not web pages

* Image hosting service

* Video hosting service

* Blog hosting service

* One-click hosting

* Pastebin Hosts text snippets

* Shopping cart software

* E-mail hosting service

The primary function of an email archiving system is to extract message contents and attachments from incoming and outgoing emails. It indexes them and stores them in a read-only format, which ensures that they are recorded and maintained in their original state. One of the benefits of archiving emails is that it creates more space on the mail server. Emails are stored in a compressed format, which saves a huge amount of disk space for users and companies. Emails can be requested as evidence in a court of law. They must be in their original state and the records must be as complete as possible. This could entail the presentation of hundreds or thousands of emails in court. Searching for all relevant emails that aren’t archived but are merely saved on a back-up system takes time and costs money.

As over 70% of emails is spam, everyone across the board find themselves in a quandary. This means for every gigabyte of email storage, 700 Megabytes is pure junk. This creates an instant data storage problem and also weighs down in infrastructure capacity. Most companies in an effort to be email archiving compliant just store everything that comes across their network based on the assumption that the data has been filtered. Moreover, it is important to implement as much filtering of emails before it even hits your mail servers. This way, much of the junk is eliminated. This means the data that arrives on your mail server is post processed..i.e, cleaned up before arrival. Furthermore, with the ever sophisticated manner with which embedded malicious code is hidden in image files, links, attachments etc, all the end use needs to do is open up the email. You don’t even have to click on a link for the script to be executed. However, if the email has been checked for any “abnormalities”, then the propensity for problems is immensely reduced if not eliminated.

There is a new industry emerging in this area of technology, Managed Services. In a nutshell, your emails hit the service providers systems and is cleaned up before it hits your mail servers. This way, the provider takes the hit first. This process usually takes less than 2 seconds. An email insurance policy of sorts in tech jargon. Organizations need to thoroughly evaluate their data storage needs, classify their data and determine their tolerance level regarding email archiving before determining which solution fits their needs.

When choosing a website hosting arrangement for your website, one should be able to get a service that will totally answer all his requirements for personal or business intentions.
Web hosting can categorized in 4 namely: virtual hosting, dedicated servers , collocation server and reseller hosting.
Dedicated server and virtual hosting are two of the most appropriate hosting. There are several factors that you should consider in preventing any future failures. These factors are web space, bandwidth, uptime or visibility, email accounts, form of server, control panel, tools, technical support and hosting reviews .
Being able to assess these areas will give you a better understanding and strengthening your decision in what service to purchase.

When deciding to build a new website for your small business or company, there are many aspects that should be covered before its official launch to the World Wide Web. A well thought out and organized site can bring more business while a poorly crafted one has the potential to drive clients away.

CODANK Charlotte Web Design Company is here to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs with a few tips and suggestions that will help with the construction of a website. Please refer back to our first set of tips here.

CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company Tips for Web Design

Include a link back to the home page (on each page)
Just in case a visitor gets lost, he or she will more than likely want to start all the way over. Make it easy for them to do so by including a way to get back to the home page. It is best to include the text “home” because many people are not aware that clicking on a logo does the same thing.

Utilize white space
Do not clutter up your website by using too many images, backgrounds and colorful fonts. The best way to do this is by applying the ‘Keep It Simple’ principle. Minimize the use of graphics and actual use a lot more white space.

Place valuable information on each page
Style does not always matter when constructing a website. The purpose of all sites should be to provide visitors with more »

Typography in Web Design:

A very important but often underplayed element in website design is web typography.  Typography itself is as old as the earliest writing systems and has since developed into a very specialised field.

Typography originated after the invention of printing from movable type in the mid 15th century and has come along way since then. Today we find a large number of typefaces on the web.

How you approach typeface in your design, will either enhance or diminish the visual impact of your website. Function and aesthetics are intrinsic in web design and how well your design works is just as important as how it looks.

New liberty in Web Design: sIFR Text

Creative uses for typeface in web design were limited until recently. Today’s new operating systems have made it possible for website designers to move away from the limitations of using standard system fonts.

Scalable Inman Flash Replacement, better known as sIFR text are giving many website designers creative leeway. In simple terms, sIFR text is a flash rendering technique whereby designers can replace on-screen text elements with flash equivalents. In order to display correctly on someone’s web browser, sIFR requires the following: JavaScript and a Flash plug-in.

sIFR allows website headings, pull-quotes and other elements to be styled in whatever font the designer chooses. It is Search engine friendly and will d more »