{"id":104,"date":"2012-11-24T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T15:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2015-03-18T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T23:44:13","slug":"hostingdomain-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/hostingdomain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting\/Domain Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is the diff between hosting &amp; domain name?<\/h2>\n<p>Websites have hosting which is a place on the web that you rent by the year\/month to hold your site. You also need a domain name which is also rented by the year. Domain names can be .com .ca .biz .org .info .net etc.\u00a0 First choice for a domain name would be .com and .ca is also\u00a0 perfectly acceptable.\u00a0 If you purchase a .ca name you must also register the domain name with CIRA which is a government agency governing .ca domain names.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cira.ca\/\">www.cira.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"btn\" style=\"width: 300px; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/whois.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find out information about a domain name<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosting and domain name are separate<\/strong>\u00a0and usually purchased from separate suppliers. Both are a must for a website. Hosting and domain names are connected by name servers that tell the domain name where to get the content for the site which is stored on the host.<\/p>\n<h3>Obtaining hosting<\/h3>\n<p>We can supply hosting for $10\/mth. We use Gator Host a very reputable hosting company in the US.\u00a0 Not all hosting is created equal. It is best to have a host that has a configuration that is widely used such as a Cpanel and is ftp accessible. This will save you money and us time when managing your site.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/secure.hostgator.com\/\">Host Gator<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may also want to obtain your own hosting and that works as well. We will need the username and password in order to upload your website.<\/p>\n<h3>Registering a domain name<\/h3>\n<p>We can register a domain name for you. We use Namespro for .ca domains and for .com we use Enom. Registering the domain name for you is a service we provide. You may also register a domain name. We recommend the below registrars. Once you have registered the domain name we will need the registrars name (Enom\/Namespro) and your log in info (username &amp; password) to change the names servers to point to the host.<br \/>\nDomain names cost approx $13\/year<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.namespro.ca\/\">www.namespro.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enom.com\/\">www.enom.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to choose a domain name?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To help your website and business flourish, pick a domain name that:<\/li>\n<li>Is easy for web users to remember and find<\/li>\n<li>Suggests the nature of your product or service<\/li>\n<li>Serves as a strong trademark so competitors won&#8217;t be able to use a business name or domain name similar to it<\/li>\n<li>Is free of legal conflicts with trademarks belonging to other businesses<\/li>\n<li>Has a good extension &#8211; If a person is surfing around looking for a site, and they know its name, most people will try .com. So, for the web site owner who wants their site to be found, the rule is: if at all possible, get a .com name<\/li>\n<li>Is short &#8211; less than 7 characters ideally. A simple name will roll off the tongue more easily in conversation, look more professional, and have less chance of being mistyped<\/li>\n<li>Is easy to spell &#8211; Make sure it passes the phone test: if you were to say the domain name of your website to a friend over the phone, would your friend be able to spell it correctly the first time without your having to spell it for them<\/li>\n<li>Descriptive &#8211; A good site or business name will describe exactly what the site is about. In most cases it&#8217;s important for a person to be able to get some sort of sense what the website is about just by reading the domain name<\/li>\n<li>Phonetic land mines &#8211; Some domains contain more than one word. For example www.therapistfinder.com could be read as TherapistFinder.com or TheRapistFinder.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the diff between hosting &amp; domain name? Websites have hosting which is a place on the web that you rent by the year\/month to hold your site. You also need a domain name which is also rented by the year. Domain names can be .com .ca .biz .org .info .net etc.\u00a0 First choice&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/hostingdomain-names\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodenledingham.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}