If you want to make an online presence then you will need
your own website. Whether you want to make your personal blog or business
website, you will need hosting account. In this article, we will see what the
exact procedure to make online presence is.
In order to make a website, you will first need to register
a domain name. You can register a domain name from any domain registrar. There
are many domain registrars who offer domain registration service. Domain
registration costs you around $11-$15 per year. I would suggest you to register
a domain name from name.com or dreamhost.com.
Once the domain name is registered, you will need the
hosting account. In the hosting account, you will put all your website’s files.
Registering a domain name is a different thing then purchasing a hosting account.
The domain name gives your website a name and you need
hosting account to put all your files. So domain name actually points where
your files are hosted.
Now you need to purchase a hosting account. For hosting, I
would suggest DreamHost or HostGator. Both companies provide great service for
hosting. DreamHost offers 2 weeks free trial and HostGator offers 1 month of
trial for 1 cent.
If you are going to purchase HostGator service then you can
use discount codes to
get a discount. You can get up to 50% of discount using the HostGator promo
codes.
Once the hosting is purchased, you need to set domain name
servers for your domain. When you purchase a hosting you will get name servers
details. Name server points your domain name to the IP address where your files
are hosted.
To set the name servers, you need to go to the registrars
then login to your account. There you will find change the name server option.
Change the name server to the name servers which you got from hosting account.
Once the name servers are set, you are done. That’s it. Now
just upload the html or php files in to your hosting account and your website
will show those files when accessed.
If you don’t understand how to subscribe to the hostgator
service then watch the following video to understand the signup process. Also
you will know where to use the coupon to get discount.
Now have fun with your online presence.
