Domains and Hosting Randolph Technical Career Center Bobby Erwin
Where We Are Going Two classes –Domains and Hosting –Website Content Management Systems
Domains and Hosting Tonight –Internet vocabulary –Internet architecture –Steps to getting online Saturday –Register domain –Sign up for host –DNS - Connect the two –DATE CHANGE
Website Content Management Systems What is a CMS? Sign on and play with a live CMS Install and configure your CMS
Internet Vocabulary Web hosting Domain (network) Domain (web host) Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) Domain Name System (DNS) Nameserver Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet Architecture Propagation
Internet Vocabulary Web hosting –A service that allows your content (web site) to be available on the Internet. –The web host owns and maintains the computer connected to the Internet. –You lease disk space and access from the host.
Internet Vocabulary Domain (network) –A group of computers available on a common network.
Internet Vocabulary Domain (web host) –A name used to gather web page and other web applications into a single site. –Think "web site". –For example, "google.com."
Internet Vocabulary Nameserver –The lowest-level domain name server –Run by your web host –Points to the folder where your website exists
Internet Vocabulary Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) –The numeric address of a specific computer or device, used by computers to locate specific devices on a computer network.
Internet Vocabulary Domain Name System (DNS) –The "phone book" of the Internet. –Connects domain names to IP addresses.
Internet Vocabulary Internet Architecture DNS ISP Host ISP User Website
Internet Vocabulary Propagation –The process used by computers on the Internet to share the DNS “phone book” –Think “telephone”
What We’ll Cover Tonight –Internet vocabulary –Internet architecture –Steps to getting online Saturday –Register domain –Sign up for host –DNS - Connect the two –DATE CHANGE
Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content
Register Your Domain With an Internet Registrar – –
Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content
Pick a Web Hosting Service What to look for –Technical support –Space / bandwidth – –Security / backups
Pick a Web Hosting Service Required programming technologies –PHP –MySQL Other programming technologies –Active Server Pages (ASP) –Frontpage Extensions –Perl
Pick a Web Hosting Service Installable applications –Blogs –Content Management Systems –Forums –Storefronts
Pick a Web Hosting Service Examples –Local (Rutland) (South Burlington) –National / International (Worldwide) (Illinois)
Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content
Connect the Domain to the Hosting Service Nameservers –From your web host –Entered at your domain registrar
Connect the Domain to the Hosting Service DNS ISP Host ISP User Website
Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content
Propagate DNS ISP Host ISP User Website
Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content
Post Content FTP Web-based tools Content Management System
What We’ll Cover Tonight –Internet vocabulary –Internet architecture –Steps to getting online Saturday –Register domain –Sign up for host –DNS - Connect the two –DATE CHANGE