Hosting and domain name

What is web hosting?

A web host (or Internet host) is an entity whose vocation is to make websites designed and managed by third parties available to Internet users (Wikipedia).

The main activities of a hosting provider consist in installing, securing and updating servers to protect them from malicious attacks.

The hosting provider provides FTP settings to enable you to send your files to their servers.

To create a site, you need to create web pages (HTML files for simplicity’s sake) and send them to your hosting provider via FTP, enabling all Internet users to visit your pages.

What is a domain name?

An Internet address or domain name is the equivalent of your postal address on the Internet (for example: https://www.webacappella.com ).

This is how your contacts and customers will find your website on the web. A domain name is therefore essential when creating your website!

How do I get a domain name and hosting?

A hosting service may provide a domain name with its hosting package, but it’s possible to get a domain name and hosting from 2 different providers.

Rates are approx:

• 10 eur/year for a single domain name (.com / .fr ).

• 5 eur/month for hosting a medium-sized site.

See the O2Switch offer: O2SWITCH.