Hosting 101
What is hosting?
Not hosting a braai at your house or a venue hosting a special event.
We’re not talking about a bacteria or virus finding a host either.
Today, we’re discussing the term as used in technological circles – referring to websites, servers, and other technical jargon.
Hosting a website
Generally, hosting refers to internet technology concerning the maintenance and accommodation of websites.
That could mean simply keeping websites running on the internet and attaching unique addresses to those websites, or providing complex tools for building these sites.
Every website on the internet needs a spot on a physical server, which provides the resources for the site to be accessible and run smoothly on the internet.
A person could use their personal computers to host their websites, but it would mean that the website constantly uses the computer’s resources to run.
The superior alternative is working with one of the many companies offering hosting services.
These services range from hosting single websites to providing a place for thousands of customisable sites.
Hosting at Afrihost
Afrihost likes to make things easy, and that philosophy isn’t limited to their Wi-Fi and mobile plans.
In fact, Afrihost originally started in 2000 as a hosting provider!
Their hosting services have been expanding and evolving along with the company, and clients are now able to manage their hosting plans according to the needs of their website.
For users new to the world of hosting, Afrihost recommends one of their shared hosting packages.
It’s a great way to get a website up and running, and it starts from only R79pm.
For users who are looking to get a bit more from their web hosting, Afrihost provides full control of powerful and fast servers with their Dedicated hosting plans, and less expensive, scalable virtual environments with Cloud hosting.
They also provide more specific hosting options with Reseller hosting for web hosting enterprises, and Rack hosting for facilitating custom hardware in their data centre.
Beyond website hosting, Afrihost offers domains (whether you’re ready to set up your website hosting or not, you can secure the domain name you’ve always dreamed of) and unique email accounts for businesses.
Afrihost also offers Afridesign packages.
These packages let clients focus on their business while Afridesign develops, designs, and maintains their website.
Click here to learn more about Afridesign.
Click here to learn more about the options Afrihost Hosting has to offer.
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