Compared with the domain name, and many do not know about hosting providers.So let us lecture (Sorry)you some basic information about hosting.
To run WordPress your host just needs a couple of things:
- PHP version 4.3 or greater
- MySQL version 4.0 or greater
- The mod_rewrite Apache module
Web-hosting companies give details of what they offering in their plan details but you must consider the following features-
- WordPress requires a Linux-based server to offer maximum functionality and stability.
- Bandwidth and storage are important but remember not to overlook other parts of the package.
- How many domains and databases do you need?Does your potential host allow multiple MySQL databases and multiple domains on one account? Belive me you need a large number of databases.
- Did they offer cPanel or similar Control Panels?
- PHP ,MySQL ,Ruby on Rails, Python/Perl CGI .htaccess, cron jobs are all widely used programming languages and databases, so if you don’t have one or more of these tools in your hosting, your design options will be limited.
- If you want one or more email addresses with your domain name, does your host offer them,if yes then how many?
- Do they offer access to .htaccess and allow to enable mod_rewrite module ?(It give you flexibility to change your link structure)
- Do they offer a WordPress easy one-click install using Fanastico?
- Do they offer regular backups?
- Do they offer quick customer support?You should test out customer support yourself by asking them few technical questions and also look into other blogs and websites that offer reviews.
- Their uptime guarantee?A 99.9% uptime guarantee means that you should have no more than 40 minutes downtime per month, or 8 hours per year. While this sounds good, in theory, having this downtime at peak times could still be disastrous.
- Be sure to ask those questions to them before you pay-handing over your money only to find out your issue isn’t addressed can hurt, badly.
Things you must check after setting up your website-
- If you use shared hosting you should check your cpu and ram usage regularly.Your website may be suspended for Exessive load of CPU usage.Shared hosting is exactly what the name says ‘it’s shared’.If your usage leads to server overloading and performance starts to degrade for other customers, they will act. It’s just how things are in a shared hosting environment.
- If you are with in your host’s CPU/RAM limits you are safe to host a number of sites.
Next time, we will introduce the process of installing WordPress.
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