1. Domains and Hosting Randolph Technical Career Center Bobby Erwin

2. Where We Are Going Two classes –Domains and Hosting –Website Content Management Systems

3. 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

4. Website Content Management Systems What is a CMS? Sign on and play with a live CMS Install and configure your CMS

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Internet Vocabulary Domain (network) –A group of computers available on a common network.

8. 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."

9. Internet Vocabulary Nameserver –The lowest-level domain name server –Run by your web host –Points to the folder where your website exists

10. 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.

11. Internet Vocabulary Domain Name System (DNS) –The "phone book" of the Internet. –Connects domain names to IP addresses.

12. Internet Vocabulary Internet Architecture DNS ISP Host ISP User Website

13. Internet Vocabulary Propagation –The process used by computers on the Internet to share the DNS “phone book” –Think “telephone”

14. 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

15. Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content

16. Register Your Domain With an Internet Registrar –www.NetworkSolutions.comwww.NetworkSolutions.com –www.GoDaddy.comwww.GoDaddy.com

17. Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content

18. Pick a Web Hosting Service What to look for –Technical support –Space / bandwidth –Email –Security / backups

19. Pick a Web Hosting Service Required programming technologies –PHP –MySQL Other programming technologies –Active Server Pages (ASP) –Frontpage Extensions –Perl

20. Pick a Web Hosting Service Installable applications –Blogs –Content Management Systems –Forums –Storefronts

21. Pick a Web Hosting Service Examples –Local www.vtweb.com (Rutland)www.vtweb.com www.eternitywebdev.com (South Burlington)www.eternitywebdev.com –National / International www.ipage.com (Worldwide)www.ipage.com www.webhostingpad.com (Illinois)www.webhostingpad.com

22. Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content

23. Connect the Domain to the Hosting Service Nameservers –From your web host –Entered at your domain registrar

24. Connect the Domain to the Hosting Service DNS ISP Host ISP User Website

25. Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content

26. Propagate DNS ISP Host ISP User Website

27. Steps to Getting Online Register your domain Pick a web hosting service Connect the domain to the hosting service Propagate Post content

28. Post Content FTP Web-based tools Content Management System

29. 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