ASP web hosting refers to a hosting company supporting ASP (Active Server Page). If you want a dynamic data-driven website, you may wish to embed ASP code into your HTML Pages. When a user is viewing a website developed using ASP, the pages can change depending on the user’s actions. ASP code allows you to link your web pages to a database, where users can interact with the webpage by logging in and using their personal settings or interacting to place orders on your website.

ASP stands for Active Server Pages. Active Server Pages are HTML pages with embedded ASP scripts processed on the server before the page is sent to the user. ASP allows you to create dynamic database-driven pages; a user can access data in a database and interact with page objects such as Active X or Java components.

When you type a URL in the Address Box or click on a web page, you are asking the web server to send a file to your computer; if the file is standard HTML, then when your web browser receives the web page, it will look exactly the same as it did on the web server. However, if an ASP file is sent to your computer from the web server, the server will run the HTML code and then run the ASP code.

For example, the ASP code could be the current date, time, and other information. How to find an ASP web host: You must find a web host who will host your website on a Windows 2000 server. Hosting your ASP pages on a Windows 2000 server is safer as they are more stable, and most ASP components work with IIS (Internet Information Services), which is specific to Windows. You also need to consider if your website uses a database (e.g. SQL, Access) and then ensure your web host supports the database your website uses.