How to make a blog tutorial - part 1 - register domain name and find web hosting provider
How to make a blog first step: register domain name and find good web hosting provider
The first steps in making a blog are registering domain name and finding good web hosting provider. I already wrote about it in posts named “Do I Need To Register Domain for My Blog” and “Finding Good Web Hosting Provider for Your Blog”. If you read these posts you know why is so important to have your own domain name and good, but not too expensive, hosting provider.
My favorite web hosting provider is IX Web Hosting. I host almost 30 domains on their servers, and there is a list of reasons why I like working with them:
- By signing up for their web hosting account you get up to 3 FREE domain registrations
- You get more than enough web space and bandwidth
- Technical support is EXCELLENT. You will receive answer to your questions very qucikly and those people will actually solve your problem
- They guarantee that your website will be 99,9% of time on-line, and I can confirm that is true.
- You can backup your data.
- They offer H-SPHERE control panel which is very easy to use. This control panel allows you to manage your domains, e-mail accounts, files and folders, MySQL databases…Don’t be afraid if you never used software like this before, it is easy to learn, and don’t hesitate to contact technical support.
- Prices are moderate. I recommend to sign up for “Business plus” package.
If you want to check is domain name you want for your blog free, go to www.goddady.com. You can search for domains on this web site, if domain name you want is already taken, they’ll give you suggestions. When you find free domain name, go back to IX Web Hosting and sign up for web hosting account.
Click here to sign up for web hosting account for your blog.
After you clicked on “sign up” button you will be asked to enter domain name you want to register. In combo box below you choose extension for your domain (.com, .net, .org, .info, .us…).
After this, you are transferred to step 2. Here you are asked to select product (I recommend Business plus hosting plan on Linux servers), select biling cycle, and enter contact information and credit card number.
On the bottom of the page you will be asked to enter access information. That is username and password you will be using to access control panel and to login to your directory on server using FTP client. Be sure not to forget that information.
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