Web Hosting Rules
Your website is your virtual home on the web. When you partner with a web hosting company, you pay the company a monthly fee to have your website hosted on their server. In a sense, you become a virtual tenant and the web hosting company is your virtual landlord. Just like there are rules that tenants must follow in the real world, there are also rules assigned in the virtual arena. When you know what those rules are you will know what is expected from you as a tenant and what you can expect from your web hosting provider.
Instructions
Difficulty:
Step 1
Avoid creating a website that is contrary to the type of sites allowed by the web hosting company. For example, pornographic websites, websites that promote illegal activity, sites that violate copyright laws, and other sites, such as gaming and file sharing websites that use a lot of bandwidth.
Step 2
Make sure that you are knowledgeable of the code that is required to design and maintain your website. While the web hosting company will steer you in the right direction--to a site builder--to get started with the design of your website, in most cases, they will not offer tech support for coding related issues.
Step 3
Do not exceed the amount of bandwidth that is alloted as your space on the server. If you go over the amount of bandwidth that is allotted, your service will be suspended until you upgrade. If you have bandwidth left over at the end of the month that has not been utilized, it will not "roll over" to the next month.
Step 4
Renew your web hosting services on time. Although you are generally provided with a grace period for a few days, once the web hosting company decides to delete your account, it is gone. The length of the grace period will vary between companies.
Step 5
Maintain a backup version of your website offline, on your computer's hard drive or via an external hard drive. The reason for this is because a lot of web hosting companies do not guarantee their back up services. While they do make an effort to back up your site on another server, if something goes wrong with the backup, the web hosting company can not be held liable.
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Article Written By Faizah Imani
Faizah Imani, an educator, minister and published author, has worked with clients such as Harrison House Author, Thomas Weeks III, Candle Of Prayer Company and "Truth & Church Magazine." Her dossier includes JaZaMM WebDesigns, assistant high-school band director, district manager for the Clarion Ledger and event coordinator for the Vicksburg Convention Center.