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This guide is intended for those entering the field of web hosting and those who want to install their website - created a personal website or business and put it online. This guide is here to help you establish your présenceen online without having to study the ins and outs of web hosting.

If you're already an experienced webmaster, you can instead view the sections of the guide hosting the FAQ or the recent news from the world of website hosting.

Well, here we go! Four steps are essential to consider in the process of building a site: determining a domain name, design and create your site, find a hosting site and finally, to publicize the site and make it popular.
The domain

At first, you must choose a domain name for your site. A domain name is the internet address of your site. Customers can access your website by typing your domain name into their browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, for example). For more information on domain names, you can read the article "How to Choose a domain name. For example, the domain of our site is reviewed-hebergement-web.com. Choose a domain name that best describes the content of your website. It can also be your own name or that of your business. You can also, for example adopt the name of your company.

Many web hosting companies allocate a portion of Lot hosting site registration (to ensure its exclusivity) of a domain name for you (sometimes even at a fairly reasonable price, but not always).
Nevertheless, I recommend that you register your domain name elsewhere with a registrar of your choice such as GoDaddy.com (USA) or Netissime (France), where you can register a domain name for as little only 10 euro / year.
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The second step is to design and develop your website. You have three main options:

1. You can design and create the site entirely alone. There are many programs creators website the best known: Design, develop and maintain websites and web applications standard with Adobe ® Dreamweaver ® CS4, you can use to implement web pages without knowing any of the HTML . Sometimes this kind of Programmeis already included in the pack web hosting. Most of these programs provide valuable models of website where you can just type your text without worrying about the rest. Some have even dynamic components ready to use forms that tells retroactive, a guestbook, a counter and image galleries. However, if you have no experience designing websites or do not have the possibility of losing your time learning how to build a website, go to the second and third options.
2. You can use a service that offers the creation of a website turnkey. Enjoying their services you can quickly create a personal website or a professional and aesthetically pleasing. All you need to choose the options layout and illustrations and enter your text, and all online. Thus, you can add lots of dynamic elements such as maps of shopping, discussion forums, surveys or photo albums using a user-friendly interface. This is a good option if you want to put your site online as quickly and economically as possible.
3. You can hire a professional web design. This option is more expensive but may be the best choice for customized solutions and professional looking sites. This choice gives you davanatge flexibility compared to the two previous options. With a professional web design, you can specify your exact needs. No restrictions. You can order a simple HTML page or a full ecommerce site with online payments, a database of products and any other option imaginable. If you are interested in this option please complete the form for a quotation.

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Currently, services hosting sites available can be grouped into three main categories: shared hosting or shared hosting, dedicated hosting and collocation (virtual private server). The most appropriate and least expensive for 99% of webmasters still shared hosting. Here's how the process works:

1. You choose the hosting solution website that is more appropriate to the needs of your site (which is why we created the site). You can see our recommendation hosts French and U.S. hosts to find the best web host that best meets your needs.
2. You acquire an account with the company hosting that you have chosen. Usually, payments are made online by credit card, paypal, some web hosts also accept electronic checks. Other methods of payment are also accepted. Visit the hosting site for more details.
3. Generally, you receive a welcome email with all information necessary to manage your hosting account, including information from the server name you need to update your domain name (for more information, consult the guide called domain). Among the information provided, you will find your login / password to access your account, the URL of the account control panel (Control Panel), the temporary address where you can test your site, etc..
4. You download all the site files (HTML, images, etc.) on the server. This can be done either through some FTP programs (such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP or SmartFTP, etc.. PureMAC and for Mac users) using the editor of your webpage as FrontPage, or by using a file manager based on the web accompany the control panel of your hosting account. Once the files downloaded from your site, you can test your site with the URL provided with temporary space on your web site. If everything is correct, you can update the name servers for your domain if you have registered in your name. If you choose to register your domain name with the hosting company sites, you will be ready to update the name servers for your domain name if necessary. Please note that the brand of your domain name usually takes effect in less than 24 hours.
5. If you have registered your domain name elsewhere and if you have updated the name server / DNS accordance with instructions from your email host of your hosting account, 24 to 48 hours will be needed to allow changes spread throughout the world. Once the DNS changes to diffuse through internet (So 24-48h), you can access your new web site using your domain name.

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Making a popular site requires knowledge of a set of new themes and many aspects are considered. That said, generally create a site that will be useful to users anywhere. Update your site regularly and sooner or later you will see that your site will be expanding and will be successful. These days many people use the famous search engines (like Yahoo, Google, Altavista, etc..) Searching for products and / or information on the Internet. So you will need to be listed.

You'll likely face fierce competition from other sites that have the same theme as yours. The moeturs search algorithms work with very complex and very dynamic (change their algorithm frequently). You must now follow these new search engines. Another option would be to use the services of companies SEO (Search Engine Optimization). There are several. However, watch out for most of them taking your money without providing a valuable service.

Contact us for a quote on submitting your site for the different search engines and directories and optimize your website
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If you are a new webmaster, you've got what you need to know:

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Be wary of programs unlimited hosting sites available. There are many hosting plans with reasonable and probably provides enough resources for your sites - a web space, transfer, email boxes, etc. ...
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Larger companies are often more expensive although there are no significant differences in quality of services provided between a large company and one smaller.
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In general, support quality, good reliability, uptime and meet lots of features cost money. Nowadays, the competition in the market for web hosting has so much to lower prices. For less than $ 10 per month you can have as many resources and features you probably will not use that half. Further more detailed explanations about the items listed above you are available in our guide to hosting and in our frequently asked questions.