To create a site, you must have a domain name and web hosting. But what is a domain name? What is web hosting? Aren’t they the same?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important that you are completely clear in their differences before moving on to\u00a0creating your first site\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Web hosting is a computer on which people store their websites. Think of it as a house where you store all your things; but instead of storing clothes and furniture, you store computer files (HTML, documents, images, videos, etc.) in a web host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most often, the term \u201cweb hosting\u201d refers to a company that rents its computer \/ servers to store your site and provides an Internet connection so that other users can access the files on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most cases, these hosting companies will handle server maintenance work, such as backups, root configuration, maintenance, crash recovery, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To host a website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Web hosting company:\u00a0SiteGround \u00a0,\u00a0A2 hosting etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A domain is the address of your site. Before you can set up a website, you will need a domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To have a domain name, you need to register it with a domain registrar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A domain name is not something physical that you can touch or see.\u00a0This is a string of characters that give your site an identity (yes, a name, both a person and a business).\u00a0Examples of a domain name are Google.com, Alexa.com, Linux.org, wordpress.com, and Yahoo.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is a domain name?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n