By Arpit Sharma
Web hosting has been around for several years now and hasevolved from simple HTML pages hosting small simple sites with afew images into full blown web based hosted applications whereend users can visit a site, interact with the web site owner andeven purchase goods and services all over the internet.
Web hosting platforms vary from different types of operatingsystems. Microsoft Windows Server and Redhat Linux are just twoexamples and probably the most well known web hosting platforms.So, what is Windows web hosting and what are the advantages anddisadvantages to hosting your web site on a Windows Server.Well, that's just the answer isn't it ?
Windows Web hosting utilizes the Microsoft Windows Serveroperating system to host websites containing simple HTML pagesand even applications written in ASP or ASP.NET. Windows uses abuilt-in application or "service" called Internet InformationServices (abbreviated as IIS).
IIS is the "Service" or "application" that runs on a windowsserver that is responsible for serving or rendering your HTMLpages to a browser. Whenever you visit a site, saywww.3essentials.com and you view the content, your web browseris "downloading" or "Viewing" the pages that are stored on ourWindows Server, via IIS.
Why use Windows and not Linux, or Unix ? This usually comes downto a couple of "proprietary" requirements you may have whensearching for a web hosting provider. If you need to use ASP orASP.NET, then these scripting languages are only available onWindows. If you have never designed a web page before then mostlikely either Windows or Linux will work fine for your needs.With Windows Web Hosting from 3Essentials, you have manydifferent options in getting your HTML pages that you designuploaded to your web hosting account.
You can use File Transfer Protocal (FTP), there are many FreeFTP programs available and some that you can buy at veryreasonable prices. If you use FrontPage or MacromediaDreamWeaver you can upload your pages directly from theapplication.
Sending and receiving email is done easily on a Windows hostingaccount. Once your mailbox has been created you can use aWebMail interface to send and receive email from a web browseror you can use Outlook and Outloox Express email clients.
Self Management of your website on a Windows Web Hosting Planwith 3Essentials hosting is made very easy with ourImplementation of the Award Winning Control Panel software bySw-Soft called Plesk. Plesk is a web based interface to yourWindows web hosting account that allows you to create e-mailaddresses and mailboxes, view your web site traffic statistics,set permissions on your HTML, ASP, and ASP.NET pages... and more.
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