Why php and mysql combination is a powerful tool for making a successful websites?


Php and mysql combine to form a powerful way to create dynamic webpages. Basically all the normal webpage are built using HTML but by adding PHP and MYSQL a web designer can collect data , create specific designs , can make website much more attractive and secure from the user’s point of view and a lot of things which html alone cannot do.

Web developers can use php in an existing HTML page to enhance the functionality of a webpage. With the help of php the webpage can become more dynamic and the features of the webpage will be more advanced. By using php and mysql the website can store all the information of the clients in the database. Mysql provides the database for the website in which all the information of the user will be stored safely.

Basically PHP stands for Pre Hypertext Processor. It is basically a server side scripting language which is used to create static and dynamic websites. We can also use JavaScript to make validations and the secure level high. With the help of this we can also perform mathematical calculations and the Boolean operations.

Php and mysql is used independently that means they are not dependent on each other. Php is used for collecting data and mysql helps in storing that data.

Php is popular because it is an open source language that means there is no need to buy a license or any kind of authorization is required for using it.

Php is very accessible in the market along with Java and is one of the most popular development language.

Php is providing a lot of benefits to the users:

  1. It supports multimedia platforms and web servers.
  2. It supports Mysql databases.
  3. It supports XML also.
  4. It provides powerful API.
  5. The security level is quite high in this.

Web hosting using Linux


In the world of internet, everyone wants to be available on net by using social networking sites or by their own personal websites. This has given rise to web hosting services that are in being used in a large amount by users. Web hosting has become useful and profitable as websites present on Internet that provide us the knowledge for what exactly we are trying to search or what kind of website we want to build. It also helps in storing web pages in bulk that are made available for visitors on web servers.

The availability of plenty of server space is one of the primary aspects of establishing a website. Good bandwidth provided on the server also enables hassle free functionality of a website. Higher bandwidth helps in loading the page faster in order to quickly respond to visitor. India has become a leader in providing various web-based applications among which website hosting is popular. These services have become an integral part for making websites accessible easily on Internet.

Linux hosting services are being used widely by business firms using web programming language PHP. Linux web hosting is advantageous as the Linux operating system platform is compatible with the server. These user friendly services provide number of benefits by making website administrating easier.

With the help of Linux operating system, we can easily manage things with the help of control panel. The open source code allows user to copy the code from web and make changes. Quality and stability are assured by Linux-based web hosting which does not depend on bugs.

Various files can be stored on the server with the help of hosting services. Enough storage space and ability to process dynamic content are some of the features of these services.

Game server hosting


Nowadays game servers are the fastest growing thing in the web hosting industry. Many business offer online gaming of all kinds and they definitely require a game server for there online gaming industry.

It basically requires a large amount of server space to meet the demands of all the players at one time. There are many persons who play online games and they require a good server for it which can accommodate all the players at one without much hanging problems.

Heavy traffic is not only the problem but there are some other problems also. If control panels are given then it won’t be a problem to automate and organize all the processes that are being run. Because there are many customers and a lot of applications / software updates have to be done and if a good control panel is given to the user then it would not create any problem for the user to handle. The amount of space needed to handle the needs of the gaming s/w may also limit the number of games available and the hosting company selected. A special node is assigned and the slots are given as to how many players can play in the server at one time.

If a gamer server hosting company is good then it will definitely provide 15 nodes on each server. This also introduces the need for reporting features that quickly let the website owner to know which of their games are in much demand and being played always. If the owner comes to know about which of the games are being played very much then the owner can also provide some extra features to that particular game which will increase its profit.

Many online gamers also like to discuss about the games that they are playing and to socialize with fellow gamers, because of this it is important to see if the game server web hosting company provides applications such as chatting or forums which will add to the enjoyment of the customers. The game server must also provide the chatting section in which the players can also interact with each other to share their views about that particular game. As we know that these servers are new in market and the security level is not much high.

Importance of Bandwidth


Bandwidth is a term which is very important in web hosting. It basically means within a given amount of time how much data moves across the network. Basically the time period is for one month. The companies charge from the web hosters monthly or annually.

It is hard to calculate the bandwidth used by the websites due to variations among different web hosting companies. For eg: If just one visitor visits average of 4 pages per month then that means website is having 5000 unique visitors every month.

If we work on simple web pages then they consume very less amount of bandwidth but when we download some files like .mp3,.wav then a large amount of bandwidth is used. Because if the bandwidth is not proper then there will be a problem in downloading your content from the particular website whereas in some cases the sites get hanged up is the user’s bandwidth is not proper.

The bandwidths are provided by the web hosting company according to the usage of the website or the contents that are being used by the website. If the companies use the maximum bandwidth then they will be shuttled down. By keeping this fact in mind the web hosting companies provide the bandwidth accordingly and decide the price.

Customers can have a complete idea of the bandwidth required if he knows how to manage the accounts. If the user has taken small bandwidth and he is providing high value contents like music, video and games then his site will definitely hanged. If the user does not have the idea of the amount of bandwidth he requires for the website then he can face a great problem. The user should be well aware of the charges for the bandwidth which he is getting and should always keep a cost factor in mind while deciding the bandwidth he needs.

Web hosting and its types


When you want to make your website online then you have to choose a website hosting company which is the important way of making your website online on the internet. This is basically one of the most important factors for a website’s success. There are different packages that a web hosting company offers to its clients and the clients have to choose according to the website’s traffic and what all kind of user’s are going to visit your website.

As the web industry is growing at large and there are lots of opportunities for users. Reseller and cloud hosting are the two most famous hosting plans that are creating a boom in the industry.

Reseller hosting is one of the simplest hosting plan that enables the user to earn money. In this the user is given the permission to further resell its web space to other users. Once the user has decided he has the ability to set his own hosting prices and sell it according to what the user has asked him and the set the plan according to what are the requirements of that particular user. The important part of this plan is that there is no issue on the technical aspects that means there is not much understanding needed for the technical issues. In this all the management is done by the main web host.

Cloud hosting is the latest plan that is present in the web hosting industry. In this the user has the processing power on a number of interconnected servers. The user only has to pay for the resources that he is using very often. The user has the power to access the bandwidth, memory and processing power. Cloud server offers maximum level of security using firewall guard and inaccessible disk space. These servers are usually suitable for business seeking for better performance without high costs.

Windows and Linux are the most commonly used operating systems used today. Most of the hosting companies offer windows hosting, Linux hosting and java hosting plans to its customers.

Smarty framework


Smarty, the name is new over the internet web, but in short time Smarty has gained lots of fame across the internet. Smarty is a basically web template system and its entirely written in PHP. Smarty is also known as PHP Smarty and it’s a frame work and widely exploited to create dynamic web scripts and web pages as per one needs and desires. A collection that enables the construction of HTML templates which are used in PHP scripts to decrease the efforts getting in the procedure of web page design.

It is an open source framework, which allows one to build favorite web scripts, web forms and web pages. Smarty lets anyone to generate PHP web sites and web pages with easy to use and most affordable attribute. We should use Smarty because it’s free so one can download it free of cost, it’s a free so you cam amaze that its development cost is zero is you are developer and if you are not then also you can save lots of resource on your development project because it helps you to reduce al your resources and efforts.

It is a kind of web template engine for PHP which offers separation of HTML and CSS from code. It is mainly used to separate php code and the design template so that developers can easily change coding.

Features of Smarty framework are as follows:

  • Control flow statements (for each statement),
  • Conditional statements (if, if-else, else if),
  • Variable modifiers,
  • Functions,
  • Output filters,
  • We can also generate modifiers/functions,
  • Caching of pages can also be done.

It helps in building text and content with the help of smarty tags within a web page. These tags are routed with additional code. Tags contain the information for Smarty that is surrounded by templates. Smarty enables PHP developers to identify custom functions that can be used with the help of Smarty tags.

Importance of Directory Submission


Directory submission is one of the best strategies to get popularity to your site by submitting your hyperlink to the list of service providers. It is like submitting your website to yellow pages like web directories from where you can get clients for your website. It is basically a link building process which involves submission of links to a web directory. It increases your site visibility. It also helps in getting back links to your web site.

Directory submission will increase your site visibility on the major search engines and return it will help to increase your web traffic. It creates back links for your web site and the more back links you get the high will be your rank in the search engines. Many search engines do crawling through directories and when you have links submitted to the directories you can find spiders reaching your website with the help of these links and helps in indexing of your website.

With the help of directory submission you will be able to get your targeted audience and will give a lot of profit to your company and also helps to increase your web site traffic.

Directory submission is done in two ways: Automatic and manual submission. Basically we prefer the manual submission first because when the submission is done manually the service provider weighs the condition and then act accordingly. In this we can submit a limited amount of directories everyday which helps in proper uploading and better targeted submission.

There are three types if directories in which we can submit:

Paid: For listing these we need to pay.

Niche: It helps in providing a link from related niche with relevant content.

Free: Web administrators do not charge for listing in these directories.

Benefits of Directory Submission are:

  • Helps in increasing the back links.
  • Increases the chance of being indexed by search engines.
  • Increase the web traffic.
  • If anchor text is applied then it helps to create a hyperlink for your web site.
  • With the help of directory submission we can also exchange links with other websites for gaining the popularity in the market.

Add-on Pricing


Please look below for additional add-on pricing. (This pricing is valid for Virtual Servers, Shared Hosting and Reseller Hosting Accounts.

Prices are only for accounts that do not already include the price in the package
Add-on Features Set-up fee Monthly fee
Data Transfer $0 $1.00/GB
Disk Space $0 $1.00/GB
Mail Quota $0 $1.00/mb
Domain Registration $0 $14.95
Additional Domains $0 $0.00
SubDomain $0.00 $0.00
Third Level Domain $0.00 $0.00
Stop Gap Domain $0.00 $0.00
Domain Alias $0.00 $0
Parked Domain $0 $0
CGI Resource $0.00 $0.00
cgi-bin Resource $0.00 $0.00
FrontPage $0 $0
Server Side Include $0.00 $0.00
PHP Module $0.00 $0.00
E-Mail Box $0.00 $1.00/15 boxes/mon.
Mailing List $0.00 $10.00
SSL Module $10.00 $5.00
Shared SSL $10.00 $5.00
MIVA Resource $50.00 $30.00
MySQL Database $10.00 $5.00
Anonymous FTP Server $10.00 $5.00
IP Address $0 $2.00/ip

SITE CREATION


A website, also written as Web site, or simply site, is a set of related WebPages containing content, including text, video, music, audio, images, etc. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet address known as a Uniform Resource Locator. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.

Website builders are tools that allow the construction of websites without manual code editing. They fall into two categories: on-line proprietary tools provided by web hosting companies, typically intended for users to build their private site; and software which runs on a computer, creating pages off-line and which can then publish these pages on any host.
Later software was written to help design web pages and by 1998 Dreamweaver had been established as the industry leader; however some have criticized the quality of the code produced by such software as being overblown and reliant on tables. As the industry moved towards W3C standards, Dreamweaver and others were criticized for not being compliant. Compliance has improved over time, but many professionals still prefer to write optimized markup by hand.
A website contains webpage; a webpage is a document, typically written in plain text interspersed with formatting instructions of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). A webpage may incorporate elements from other websites with suitable markup anchors.
WebPages are accessed and transported with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which may optionally employ encryption (HTTP Secure, HTTPS) to provide security and privacy for the user of the webpage content. The user’s application, often a web browser, renders the page content according to its HTML markup instructions onto a display terminal.
The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a simple Uniform Resource Locator (URL) called the homepage. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although hyper linking between them conveys the reader’s perceived site structure and guides the reader’s navigation of the site.
Some websites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription websites include many business sites, parts of news websites, academic journal websites, gaming websites, file-sharing websites, message boards, web-based email, social networking websites, websites providing real-time stock market data, and websites providing various other services.
Many web hosting companies and domain sellers offer website builder programs and templates in their packages. If you use the website builder provided by your web host, be sure to try out the many different templates offered so you can more effectively relay your web page’s image to your viewers.

Upload your files using a FTP


Most graphical operating systems have a browser installed by default. The basic idea is to first establish a connection with server and your computer and then upload the files.

  1. Open your web browser and enter ftp://username@domainname.com in the address bar.
  2. You will be prompted to enter the password for this account
  3. Once you successfully login you will see a listing of the files in your website on server.
  4. You can now drag files from your local computer into this folder to upload files to server or drag files from this folder to your local computer to download files off your website.

If you require a different home page name (called a “default document”), you can update it through the Control Panel or technical support person accommodate your needs. Please let it know what name you require. In most cases it is easier to rename your home page to one of the documents above. Please note that some file names (such as .asp and .shtml) are reserved for specific types of web applications. If you are unsure of which file extension to use, you can probably safely use .htm or .html.

Also, these documents carry an “order of precedence” as they are listed above. For example, if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the index.html file will show up when viewing your site with the domain name or IP address.