hosts http://www.webupon.com/tags/hosts New posts about hosts Setting Up Your Own Website http://www.webupon.com/Hosting/Setting-Up-Your-Own-Website.109721 People set-up or use websites for a number of reasons. It may be to sell or advertise a product, it could be to give information about something, and it could be to explain your business. All of these and more are reasons why we have them. The other good thing about having a website is people would much rather go to their computer and look through a website then use the phone or have to drive around to find the answers you need.

But, before you set-up your very own website, you need to know the basics. A lot of websites, most in fact, require some sort of coding experience. Whether it would be HTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL or others, you will need experience in this sort of coding. The most common would be HTML. I have gathered a few HTML coding guides below. Don't worry! HTML is apparently the easiest language you can learn.

Now, once you have learnt HTML Coding, it's time to move onto planning. Write out a document on what pages you are going to have on your website, what they will contain etc. This is important.

Unfortunately, there is more coding. CSS Coding is coding that allows you to have the background on your website that you want, instead of just having a plain white background. Here is a few guides that will teach you CSS Coding.

Once you have planned out, and are ready to get working on your upcoming site, it's time to find a web hoster. Now, remember that it is important what hoster you choose. There are 2 types of hosting you can have. Free website hosting, which would have your website name as the sub-domain and if you pay for hosting, most of the time it would just be www.yourname.com. Having just your name is a lot better, you will get a lot more visitors to your website.

Once you have chosen if you want free hosting or paid hosting it's time to move onto choosing who will host your website. A website hoster, in case you didn't know, is the organization that registers your domain name and keeps your website online. Now you can research a number of website hosts by just searching Google, but I have put together a list of my most recommended hosts.

These hosts are according to Hosting Review, the top 5 hosts out there. (April)

Well, from then onwards, you can play around and make your website. But hold on, there is something for them people who know nothing about HTML and CSS and don't want to know. It's called a "Website Builder".

Website builders are actually used by a lot of large, often visited websites. Although, website builders may limit you to the amount of actions you can do, and they are sometimes difficult to work, they are very useful to a lot of people. So I have put together a list of website hosts that have a website builder.

That is all for this guide. I hope you like it, and have a great time making your website, whether it would be for your own personal blog, a company or to support something. It's up to you.

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:22:34 PST Nine Solar-Powered Web Hosts http://www.webupon.com/Hosting/Nine-Solarpowered-Web-Hosts.52645 With more and more Websites going online every day and adding more bells and whistles, Web hosting companies need more and more energy to keep their customers up and running. In fact, a recent study estimated that energy consumption by data centers around the world doubled between 2000 and 2005, and now amounts to the output of 14 power plants.

So what's an energy-conscious, green-minded Web hosting customer to do? How about choosing a hosting company that uses renewable energy to power its operations? A growing number of Web hosts are moving in that direction, including these 9 solar-powered companies:

  1. Affordable Internet Services Online

    Based in Romoland, California, AISO is a 10-year-old Web hosting company whose data center is powered by 120 solar panels. AISO also uses solar tubes to light its offices naturally, and is now designing a green roof topped with drought-resistant plants for its data center. The company also hosted the Live Earth concert Websites.

  2. Athenaeum

    In 2005, the U.K.-based Athenaeum launched Ecological Hosting, which is powered by a solar-energy data center in California. Owner-operators Jamie Simpson and Sue Rhodes are also strict vegetarians and avid recyclers.

  3. Atypica

    Atypica completed its conversion to grid-tied solar power in February of 2005. The 10-year-old company, located in Scotia, New York, offers application development, email and hosting services.

  4. Eco Web Design

    Based in the U.K., Eco Web Design uses solar-powered Web servers to provide three types of hosting plans, from entry-level to professional.

  5. Greenest Host

    Launched just this past summer, Greenest Host is powered fully by solar power. The company, located in San Diego, California, offers a variety of Web hosting plans along with email and e-commerce services.

  6. Green WebHost

    Another U.K. based company that uses a solar-powered data center in California, Green WebHost also operates Solar WebHost (http://solarwebhost.net/) and plants a tree on behalf of every customer.

  7. Planetmind Internetworks

    While most of Planetmind's services are run by 100-percent wind power, the Netherlands, Colorado-based company has also added a low-powered Web server running completely on solar power. It offers a limited number of hosting accounts for its solar server.

  8. Solar Host

    A subsidiary of Floppynet Ltd., Solar Host uses energy from a solar-powered data center in California. The U.K.-based company offers email, Web hosting, and Website management services.

  9. ThinkHost

    Founded in 1999 and based in Portland, Oregon, ThinkHost switched to 100-percent solar/wind power in last 2005. Most of its team members also telecommute to reduce their environmental impact. The company offers Web hosting, e-commerce and other services.

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