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domains and hosting

  • 27-01-2005 10:23pm
    #1
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭


    I've been looking to a place online, and I was wondering, some websites offer you

    domain name registration, for some fee and hosting, I don't get it, if you get only domain, how are you going to use it? I mean it's only name and you don't have a space or anything, and how can you have hosting without domain? they offer hosting separatelly, but where are you going to find you webspace with out domain?

    I'm confused.


Comments

  • #2
    I am MAN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭I am MAN


    You may already have a domain or you may just want to use it for storage?


  • #3
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    both, but if you just only have a domain, what are you going to do with it? I mean without space


  • #4
    liamo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    There are countless companies that will sell you a hosting service for that domain. That will get you some space on their server (how much space depends on how much you're willing to pay), at least a few email addresses, maybe an FTP service. Shop around, there's no shortage of place to choose from.

    Alternatively, if you have DSL into your home, you might want to host your own server.


  • #5
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    can you buy a domain name from one company and then guy a hosting from another?, but how can you add hosting to your domain if it's from different company?

    this is so confusing I will just stop

    Thanks everyone


  • #6
    Fester3282
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭Fester3282


    CyberGhost wrote:
    can you buy a domain name from one company and then guy a hosting from another?, but how can you add hosting to your domain if it's from different company?

    this is so confusing I will just stop

    Thanks everyone

    Once you have purchased your hosting service, simply ask your domain registrar to point it towards hosting company's nameservers.


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  • #7
    Nietzschean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    CyberGhost wrote:
    can you buy a domain name from one company and then guy a hosting from another?, but how can you add hosting to your domain if it's from different company?
    you can get domains from anywhere and use them with any hosting company


    And secondly, domains work based on registry, to which u can update the 'nameservers' these are servers that a client queries to find out the ip(and hence location) of the website. So when you changing hosting providers you can change the nameserver records in the registry to point to your new hosting provider.


  • #8
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    These pages should explain thing for you:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp

    I recommend www.doteasy.com - free hosting when you purchace a domain name, but there are loads out there...

    Hope this helps


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