| If you want your web site to be visible to the world, | | | | to wait until the next working day. Toll-free phone |
| you have to store it on a web server. | | | | could be vital if you don't want to pay for long |
| Most small businesses and companies store their web | | | | distance calls. |
| site on a server provided a web site hosting provider. | | | | Your web site hosting provider should have a daily |
| Are you looking for a web site hosting provider? | | | | backup |
| Then consider the following things before you choose | | | | Make sure your web site hosting provider runs a |
| one. | | | | secure daily backup routine, otherwise you may lose |
| Using a web site hosting provider | | | | some valuable data. |
| Renting a server from a web site hosting provider is | | | | Traffic Volume |
| a common option. Here are some advantages: | | | | Study the web site hosting providers traffic volume |
| In choosing a web site hosting provider, you must | | | | restrictions. Make sure that you don't have to pay a |
| consider connection speed | | | | fortune for unexpected high traffic if your web site |
| Most providers have very fast connections to the | | | | becomes popular. |
| Internet, like full T3 fiber-optic 45Mps connections | | | | Bandwidth or Content Restrictions |
| equivalent to about 2000 traditional (28K) modems or | | | | Make sure you study the web site hosting provider. I |
| 1000 high speed (56K) modems. | | | | mean their bandwidth and content restrictions. If you |
| Consider powerful hardware | | | | plan to publish pictures or broadcast video or sound, |
| A web site hosting provider often has many | | | | make sure that you can. |
| powerful web servers that can be shared by several | | | | Email Capabilities |
| companies. You can also expect them to have an | | | | Make sure your web site hosting provider fully |
| effective load balancing, and necessary backup | | | | supports the email capabilities you need. (You can |
| servers. | | | | read more about email capabilities in a later chapter) |
| Look out for security and stability | | | | Front Page Extensions |
| A web site hosting provider is a specialist on web | | | | Make sure your web site hosting provider fully |
| hosting. Expect their servers to have more than 99% | | | | supports Front Page server extensions if you plan to |
| up time, the latest software patches, and the best | | | | use Front Page to develop your site. |
| virus protection. | | | | Database Access |
| Things to Consider | | | | Make sure your web site hosting provider fully |
| Make sure your web site hosting provider offers | | | | supports the database access you need if you plan |
| 24-hours support. Don't put yourself in a situation | | | | to use databases from your site. |
| where you cannot fix critical problems without having | | | | |