Hosting

Every server on the internet is assigned a unique number – an IP (Internet Protocol) address. This number can be thought of as a ‘telephone number’ which allows other computers to find and access files no matter where they are. The IP  address is 4 bytes (32 bits). Each byte is known as an octet and can have a value between 0 and 255, so IP addresses are written in the form of 123.456.78.9.

IP addresses of 32 bits theoretically allow for more than 4 billion unique addresses, but in practice the actual number is much less. Certain ranges are reserved for special purposes so the number of available IP addresses is limited. Web sites can get...

Shared hosting allows thousands of people to host their own sites at a very reasonable cost. It has some drawbacks, however. Since hundreds of sites can be hosted on a single server resources such as CPU, disk space, and bandwidth have to be shared with your virtual neighbours.

Shared resources are usually not a problem for small to medium sized sites. Your main limitation is the lack of control over system level software – http servers, mail servers etc. You don’t have any choice of operating system and you cannot compile programs or do administrative tasks such as setting up Spam filters or firewalls.

Many people would say ‘So what? I...

One of the fastest growing sectors of the Internet is eCommerce. People are becoming accustomed to buying things from Internet store fronts and every year the volume and value of sales increases substantially. If you would like to open up your own eCommerce web site here are a few basics to get you started.

The first thing you need, obviously, is a product or service that you can sell. If you already have a brick and mortar store you can offer the same items for sale on a web site. The number of products that you sell is a big factor in the type of hosting package you need. If you have let’s say less than 20 items, you could set the whole thing up...

ASP.NET is one of the hottest and latest technologies used for building fast and secured server-side applications. No wonder, ASP.NET 2.0 has simplified the work for developers by introducing new Web form controls, namespaces, and classes. Moreover, developers need not have to spend a long time coding as it has been reduced to a great extent due to the introduction of new features. There are many resources available on the Web for learning ASP.NET 2.0. The main disadvantage of this is that learners have to be online to access these materials. Moreover, none of them completely touches all aspects of the technology.

Programming

A web hosting reseller program is a program run by a web hosting company. If you're planning to or just think about starting a web hosting business, the best way to start is by reselling webspace from a good web hosting reseller program.

1) Why start with a web hosting reseller program