In Feburary 2016 17,
Black Apple Host is an easy, free website where you can register quickly and have access to your website in less than 30 seconds. This site currently supports more than 59,000 people (November 2010) and offers support if you run into any problems. The setup is instant, and the site offers 5GB of disk space, 20GB of data transfer, 1 domain hosted, 1 subdomain, Layered Panel, Webstats, PHP, Perl, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, and 1 FTP account with the free access. There are options for upgraded services at a cost.
ATB Host
ATB Host offers free hosting plans with free setup. The site provides online support and live support. Included in the free plan is 1 GB of disk space, 10 GB of monthly bandwidth, 1 e-mail account, 1 MySQL database, 1 FTP account, 5 add-on domains, virus protection and spam guard. If you post in the online forum, they will allow you more bandwidth, disk space and email accounts. There are also options for upgrades for a price.
Netfirms
Netfirms offers basic web hosting, and this site offers free software to assist you in building your first web page. This site offers 25 MB disk space, 1GB monthly transfer, 1 webmail e-mail account, 24/7 FTP Access, Frontpage and Pearl and customer support via e-mail. Netfirms is well-known for assisting investors, entrepreneurs, designers and developers and has been in business since 1998.
In Feburary 2016 17,
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Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
How to Create a Web Site With an Online Radio StationIn Feburary 2016 12,
In Feburary 2016 12,
Start out by planning your new radio station. Ask yourself questions such as, 'What will I play?' and 'What size audience do I expect?' Radio formats come in music or talk, each with its ups and downs. Talk radio requires a microphone and some idea of what you will talk about, but there are far less legal concerns associated with it than music. Do not plan for playing music to which you do not have rights, permission, or licensing to play. Some streaming services pay royalties for you, as part of your service through them, although they may not be appropriate for streaming directly from your website. As for audience size, be aware that as it grows, the stream will become more costly to run.
Sign up for a stream hosting account. For radio stations, the best bitrates are between 64kbps and 128kbps for decent quality audio streaming. To create a radio station that runs on auto-pilot, choose a stream hosting package that includes disk space for hosting your audio files. These packages cost a few dollars more per month but are worth it if you want to run a twenty-four hour a day radio station on your own.
If you do not already have Winamp on your computer, download and install it. ShoutCast, a popular tool for streaming audio on the Web, requires Winamp and a special plug-in to broadcast. Once Winamp is installed, grab the ShoutCast DSP plug-in from the ShoutCast website. Close Winamp if it is already running, and then start the installer for the plug-in. Start Winamp and hit 'Ctrl+P' to bring up the Preferences menu. Choose 'DSP/Effect' under 'Plugins' and configure the ShoutCast plug-in with your stream information.
Create Your Website
Purchase an inexpensive Web hosting account with a domain name and the third-party application installer Fantastico, which will install WordPress for you with only a few simple steps. Log-in and click on the Fantastico icon, and then choose WordPress. This blogging system is also a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows for easy plug-in installation, and that will come in useful when integrating your radio station.
Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. To change WordPress from a blog into a CMS with a static front page, click 'Pages' on the right-hand menu and add a new page. Name the new page 'Blog' and then go to 'Settings' on the right-hand menu. From there, go to 'Reading' and set WordPress to use a static front page. Use the automatically created 'About' page for the front page and 'Blog' for the blog page. Now, your site can have a blog, but it will not be the first page visitors see when surfing to your website.
Go to 'Permalinks' under 'Settings' and choose a permalink structure other than the default. Doing this gives every page made within WordPress its own semantic name rather than numbers.
Go to 'Plugins' on the right-hand menu and click 'add plugin.' Search for 'shoutcast' and look at the list of plug-ins for streaming radio on your website. Install 'Shout Stream' and activate. Click on 'Settings' and go to 'Shout Stream' for that plug-in's settings page. Fill in the form with information about your radio stream so that the widget can connect to it. Go to 'Appearance' and then 'Widgets' to click and drag the 'Shout Stream' widget into your sidebar. Now when you visit your site, you will see a radio player in your sidebar. Click on it and play!
In Feburary 2016 12,
Start out by planning your new radio station. Ask yourself questions such as, 'What will I play?' and 'What size audience do I expect?' Radio formats come in music or talk, each with its ups and downs. Talk radio requires a microphone and some idea of what you will talk about, but there are far less legal concerns associated with it than music. Do not plan for playing music to which you do not have rights, permission, or licensing to play. Some streaming services pay royalties for you, as part of your service through them, although they may not be appropriate for streaming directly from your website. As for audience size, be aware that as it grows, the stream will become more costly to run.
Sign up for a stream hosting account. For radio stations, the best bitrates are between 64kbps and 128kbps for decent quality audio streaming. To create a radio station that runs on auto-pilot, choose a stream hosting package that includes disk space for hosting your audio files. These packages cost a few dollars more per month but are worth it if you want to run a twenty-four hour a day radio station on your own.
If you do not already have Winamp on your computer, download and install it. ShoutCast, a popular tool for streaming audio on the Web, requires Winamp and a special plug-in to broadcast. Once Winamp is installed, grab the ShoutCast DSP plug-in from the ShoutCast website. Close Winamp if it is already running, and then start the installer for the plug-in. Start Winamp and hit 'Ctrl+P' to bring up the Preferences menu. Choose 'DSP/Effect' under 'Plugins' and configure the ShoutCast plug-in with your stream information.
Create Your Website
Purchase an inexpensive Web hosting account with a domain name and the third-party application installer Fantastico, which will install WordPress for you with only a few simple steps. Log-in and click on the Fantastico icon, and then choose WordPress. This blogging system is also a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows for easy plug-in installation, and that will come in useful when integrating your radio station.
Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. To change WordPress from a blog into a CMS with a static front page, click 'Pages' on the right-hand menu and add a new page. Name the new page 'Blog' and then go to 'Settings' on the right-hand menu. From there, go to 'Reading' and set WordPress to use a static front page. Use the automatically created 'About' page for the front page and 'Blog' for the blog page. Now, your site can have a blog, but it will not be the first page visitors see when surfing to your website.
Go to 'Permalinks' under 'Settings' and choose a permalink structure other than the default. Doing this gives every page made within WordPress its own semantic name rather than numbers.
Go to 'Plugins' on the right-hand menu and click 'add plugin.' Search for 'shoutcast' and look at the list of plug-ins for streaming radio on your website. Install 'Shout Stream' and activate. Click on 'Settings' and go to 'Shout Stream' for that plug-in's settings page. Fill in the form with information about your radio stream so that the widget can connect to it. Go to 'Appearance' and then 'Widgets' to click and drag the 'Shout Stream' widget into your sidebar. Now when you visit your site, you will see a radio player in your sidebar. Click on it and play!
In Feburary 2016 12,
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The Best FTP Download SitesIn Feburary 2016 11,
In Feburary 2016 11,
According to Top10FTPHosting.com, InstantFTPSites.com is one of the best overall FTP site experiences on the Web. It has a strong reputation around the industry of reliably hosting FTP sites for major companies. Customer support can be reach five days a week with longer support times than other companies of its type. For each customer, it offers a large amount of bandwidth and disk space and full customer support access. For unlimited bandwidth and 500 megabytes of disk space, customers pay a low fee of only $12.50 per month (as of 2010). Larger options are available for only $40 per month, with as many as 40 FTP sites available, which is perfect for a growing company.
UltimateFTP.net
UltimateFTP.net owns its own data center, which gives it full control over all of the FTP sites that it monitors for its clients. It has a number of unique services available to its customers. One consists of a support response guarantee that promises customers who are having a problem with their FTP site that a customer support representative will get back to them in three hours or they won't have to pay the full amount for their FTP rental. UltimateFTP.net also guarantees that whatever price you pay for your FTP site when you first sign up with it will be the price you pay for as long as you are its customer.
MyEasyFTP.com
MyEasyFTP.com is one of the premiere FTP hosting firms since it has exceptional service for all of its customers, even though it has grown in recent years into one of the largest FTP hosting companies on the Internet. It has 24-hour customer service so that you can reach the support center whenever a problem arises. Each FTP site can handle only a limited amount of data, unless you want to spend a bit more money than you would with other FTP sites. That said, this FTP site is best for small- to medium-sized companies that aren't transferring outrageously large files or amounts of data regularly.
In Feburary 2016 11,
According to Top10FTPHosting.com, InstantFTPSites.com is one of the best overall FTP site experiences on the Web. It has a strong reputation around the industry of reliably hosting FTP sites for major companies. Customer support can be reach five days a week with longer support times than other companies of its type. For each customer, it offers a large amount of bandwidth and disk space and full customer support access. For unlimited bandwidth and 500 megabytes of disk space, customers pay a low fee of only $12.50 per month (as of 2010). Larger options are available for only $40 per month, with as many as 40 FTP sites available, which is perfect for a growing company.
UltimateFTP.net
UltimateFTP.net owns its own data center, which gives it full control over all of the FTP sites that it monitors for its clients. It has a number of unique services available to its customers. One consists of a support response guarantee that promises customers who are having a problem with their FTP site that a customer support representative will get back to them in three hours or they won't have to pay the full amount for their FTP rental. UltimateFTP.net also guarantees that whatever price you pay for your FTP site when you first sign up with it will be the price you pay for as long as you are its customer.
MyEasyFTP.com
MyEasyFTP.com is one of the premiere FTP hosting firms since it has exceptional service for all of its customers, even though it has grown in recent years into one of the largest FTP hosting companies on the Internet. It has 24-hour customer service so that you can reach the support center whenever a problem arises. Each FTP site can handle only a limited amount of data, unless you want to spend a bit more money than you would with other FTP sites. That said, this FTP site is best for small- to medium-sized companies that aren't transferring outrageously large files or amounts of data regularly.
In Feburary 2016 11,
Saturday, 6 February 2016
How Does a Server Work?In Feburary 2016 06,
In Feburary 2016 06,
The basic function of a server is to listen in on a port for incoming network requests, and a good demonstration of this is the interaction between a Web server and browser. Although to a user the process is instantaneous, or nearly so, when he clicks a link while surfing the Web, several things are taking place behind the scenes: the request for the Web page is transmitted to the corresponding Web server, the server fetches and assembles the Web page and retransmits it using a protocol like HTTP, and, finally, the user's browser receives the data, converts it, and displays the page to him.
Understanding the Technology
Depending on the type of server being set up, a server-class machine with specialized hardware is usually needed. Rather than a hard drive like most desktops have, servers use a data storage system known as Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, or RAID for short. As the name implies, RAID systems are actually several disk drives configured to act like one. This improves efficiency, and if one disk fails, the array continues to function with little or no loss of data. Commercial servers also need fast processors, enough RAM to service the estimated number of requests, and an uninterrupted power supply. Many organizations have redundancies built into their system to accommodate failover; that is, if one server goes down, the standby server takes over immediately.
Types of Servers
Some of the most common servers in use today are database servers, application servers, mail servers and Web servers. As the name indicates, a database server provides the services and connections for storing, organizing and searching enterprise data. An application server, also called middleware, is the glue that holds the entire system together; it provides the runtime environment for applications and seamlessly coordinates things between the applications and database. Without mail servers, email would not get delivered; as bad or worse to go down would be Web servers, which are what allow people to surf the Web. Other types of critical servers in use are FTP servers, print servers, proxy servers, file servers and domain-name servers, to name a few.
Setting Up a Server
Almost any computer can be set up as a server. Many people use slightly obsolete computers to set up their own network servers at home using operating systems like Linux that aren't resource-intensive -- some don't even have graphical user interfaces -- and know that you don't need newer machines to make good servers. Some folks even set up Web servers and use it to host their own site, and the remarkable thing is that this can be done on a shoestring budget given that most of the software you will need is open source and free. Also, unless you're planning on having Web traffic approaching that of Amazon or Google, an old computer should be powerful enough for your server needs. There are some good, easy to understand tutorials on the Web to help you get started (see links in Resources).
In Feburary 2016 06,
The basic function of a server is to listen in on a port for incoming network requests, and a good demonstration of this is the interaction between a Web server and browser. Although to a user the process is instantaneous, or nearly so, when he clicks a link while surfing the Web, several things are taking place behind the scenes: the request for the Web page is transmitted to the corresponding Web server, the server fetches and assembles the Web page and retransmits it using a protocol like HTTP, and, finally, the user's browser receives the data, converts it, and displays the page to him.
Understanding the Technology
Depending on the type of server being set up, a server-class machine with specialized hardware is usually needed. Rather than a hard drive like most desktops have, servers use a data storage system known as Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, or RAID for short. As the name implies, RAID systems are actually several disk drives configured to act like one. This improves efficiency, and if one disk fails, the array continues to function with little or no loss of data. Commercial servers also need fast processors, enough RAM to service the estimated number of requests, and an uninterrupted power supply. Many organizations have redundancies built into their system to accommodate failover; that is, if one server goes down, the standby server takes over immediately.
Types of Servers
Some of the most common servers in use today are database servers, application servers, mail servers and Web servers. As the name indicates, a database server provides the services and connections for storing, organizing and searching enterprise data. An application server, also called middleware, is the glue that holds the entire system together; it provides the runtime environment for applications and seamlessly coordinates things between the applications and database. Without mail servers, email would not get delivered; as bad or worse to go down would be Web servers, which are what allow people to surf the Web. Other types of critical servers in use are FTP servers, print servers, proxy servers, file servers and domain-name servers, to name a few.
Setting Up a Server
Almost any computer can be set up as a server. Many people use slightly obsolete computers to set up their own network servers at home using operating systems like Linux that aren't resource-intensive -- some don't even have graphical user interfaces -- and know that you don't need newer machines to make good servers. Some folks even set up Web servers and use it to host their own site, and the remarkable thing is that this can be done on a shoestring budget given that most of the software you will need is open source and free. Also, unless you're planning on having Web traffic approaching that of Amazon or Google, an old computer should be powerful enough for your server needs. There are some good, easy to understand tutorials on the Web to help you get started (see links in Resources).
In Feburary 2016 06,
Friday, 5 February 2016
How to Start a Web Hosting Business at HomeIn Feburary 2016 05,
In Feburary 2016 05,
Shop around for a web hosting reseller. There are literally thousands of reseller hosting companies to choose from. A few of the more popular ones include HostGator.com, PremiumReseller.com and HostDime.com. Each service offers a series of different packages at different prices ranging from $15 a month to $99 a month. Pay close attention to the disk space and bandwidth provided for each plan, as well as the number of domains you will be permitted to host. These will be the primary limitations to the size of your business.
Purchase your reseller hosting package. Most packages offer both a monthly rate and a discounted yearly rate.
Familiarize yourself with the web hosting management interface. Your reseller account comes with an interface that allows you to create and manage web host accounts for your clients. Ensure you understand the process before you begin selling hosting accounts.
Set up your web hosting sales website. Most reseller accounts offer a number of templates for selling web hosting services. Select a template you like or have one designed for you. Determine the exact services you will be offering and the prices of each web hosting package you intend to sell. Add your sales copy to your web pages and test the billing system.
Advertise your web hosting services by promoting your sales website. Many resellers provide excellent guidance on marketing and advertising. Take advantage of any marketing services they offer.
In Feburary 2016 05,
Shop around for a web hosting reseller. There are literally thousands of reseller hosting companies to choose from. A few of the more popular ones include HostGator.com, PremiumReseller.com and HostDime.com. Each service offers a series of different packages at different prices ranging from $15 a month to $99 a month. Pay close attention to the disk space and bandwidth provided for each plan, as well as the number of domains you will be permitted to host. These will be the primary limitations to the size of your business.
Purchase your reseller hosting package. Most packages offer both a monthly rate and a discounted yearly rate.
Familiarize yourself with the web hosting management interface. Your reseller account comes with an interface that allows you to create and manage web host accounts for your clients. Ensure you understand the process before you begin selling hosting accounts.
Set up your web hosting sales website. Most reseller accounts offer a number of templates for selling web hosting services. Select a template you like or have one designed for you. Determine the exact services you will be offering and the prices of each web hosting package you intend to sell. Add your sales copy to your web pages and test the billing system.
Advertise your web hosting services by promoting your sales website. Many resellers provide excellent guidance on marketing and advertising. Take advantage of any marketing services they offer.
In Feburary 2016 05,
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