What is streaming?

What is streaming?The word streaming means your site or page is using multimedia on it, which is the use of music, videos, audio or similar files. The use of streaming is most popular in the listening to the radio online, or watching a music video or news online.Streaming is done from the server where your website files are hosted. Streaming allows the information to be heard or seen without interruption, without downloading information to the users computer. Streaming allows those who are listening or using the information from the server to see...

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What do I need to host multimedia content on my server?

What do I need to host multimedia content on my server?A web page is more than the words on a page. A web page can contain information such as movies, music, audio or in other words, it can contain sound or video. Your hosting company may provide you with a small amount of space, or a large amount of space for your website, depending on the company and the amount of money that you are charged.The more audio and visual files you have on your page, on your web site the larger the amount of space you will require for hosting of those pages.There are...

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What is website builder?

What is website builder?To build a web site, or just one web page, you need the use of HTML language, scripts and other programming, but a website builder is going to take all the hard work out of creating and building a web site so you can build it yourself.A website builder could be software that you access online or that you purchase online. The website builder is a series of templates that already include the use of HTML and scripts and other needed languages to get you the same results. Some hosting companies and some domain name providers...

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How do I put my website on the server?

How do I put my website on the server?The creation of your web pages is completed on your computer. Then, you must put those files you have created on the server where you have chosen to have your site hosted. The first step in doing this is to build your site, and then set up a user name and password for your site with a hosting provider.The files are transferred to the server of the hosting company by use of ftp. This is the fastest and safest way for all of your files to be transferred. This is a direct link to the server where other people...

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What is HTML?

What is HTML?The computers you use, and the Internet you use, are created using a different language compared to what you speak. HTML is a code, which tells the computer what to do, what to display and how to display it. For example, the color behind this writing could be white, blue or green, or even mixed – all as a result of the HTML code the page is written. The writing you see could be BIG, bold, or italic, again controlled by the HTML code.Students learn to write basic HTML in school, but most people are not interested unless they are going...

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How do I create my website?

How do I create my website?Creating a web site can be done in various ways. Editing and programming software, also known as web site building software is one of the easiest methods of building a web site. Additionally, programs such as Front page and Macromedia Dream weaver are available for create and building a web site.You can create pages using your PC, and then import those pages into the web building programs and then simply upload them to the hosting site of your choice. The page you create in word, in excel, PDF, and other programs are...

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What are Databases?

What are Databases?A database is useful in many ways. A database could be a price list, a listing of addresses, a listing of items you are selling, a listing of product numbers, or a listing of people attending a school. A database is a method of organizing information, which could be a small listing, or a very huge listing of information.Using a database and a script, those who are on your web page can find what they want. A reader could look in the database for red shoes, black shoes or shoes that are size 13. Using a database, you give those...

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What are scripts?

What are scripts? (PHP, ASP, Perl, CGI, ETC..)The pages of your web site are created to ‘do’ things different, to make colors, to make sounds, and to make the person using your site see things as you want. Motions, colors, sounds, and interaction online is completed using PHP, ASP, Perl, CGI programs and more.The methods of how your web pages work together are created using scripts. If you are not a programmer you may not ever need to know how these items work, but you can use web site builders to create your pages all the same. The scripts, the...

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What are mailboxes (mail accounts)?

What are mailboxes (mail accounts)?What is SMTP and POP3?You already have an email, but a personalize email that uses your domain name helps your business grow and makes those who are using your site more aware of the ease in contacting you personally or the business you are growing.Your email is where your message goes, from readers, those surfing your site, and from users of your site. Think about the many post offices you find offline, and you can relate to how the email account works. The mail on the Internet goes through various stages, to...

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How do I choose a web hosting provider?

How do I choose a web hosting provider?Your website name leads people to you, but you have to have a ‘place’ where your website will be found. Similar to buying property for a home, you need to rent space on the Internet from a hosting provider for your website. Choosing a hosting provider can be easy when you research and read a little on the services provided.What you need to research and learn about any hosting provider will be based on the same general information, time after time, which will include:How much money do you want to spend on...

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What is a Domain Name?

What is a Domain Name?A domain name is your website name, the name of your business, your pages, and you online. A domain name is the address where people from around the country or around the world can access you site. Consider your domain name similar to that of your name. What do people call you, how do they address your mail to send you postal mail? A domain name is similar to the address and name in that respect. A domain name could be any combination of letters, and numbers, and then it will be used in combination of .com, .net, .biz and...

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What is Web Hosting?

What is Web Hosting?You have purchased a domain name, and you have built your website, and now you need to put your pages online. You need web hosting. Consider hosting similar to this: have a book, and you want to put the book on a shelf, but you need to pay for space on that shelf to allow others to read that book. Hosting is the space you will pay for to have your site on the Internet, so others can see and use your web pages.What type of hosting should you consider? You want a hosting provider that is always ‘up’. The meaning of always ‘up’...

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