Web+Domains+and+Hosting

=**Web Domains and Hosting**= Amanda Lee, Montana Carroll, Courtenay Cronin, Chris Stone, and Megan Hill.



Topic
The reason our group chose Domains and Web Hosting as a topic was to find out the best and most cost effective companies to use when creating a website. As IT and ICT students at FSU it is a good idea to make your own websites that demonstrate your knowledge of website design, java, html, and more. A website is also a good place to display projects that you have worked on in school or internships (if you have permission to do so). It is also a great place to put your resume so that employers can access your site after job interviews.



Description
In basic terms a web domain is a link to a file that is on the internet, also called the Internet Protocol (IP). The purpose of a domain name is to make it easy to find a website that is linked to the topic that you are searching for such as a business name, personal website, or informational website. There are a lot of different sites you can go to to create a web domain such as godaddy.com, domain.com, and register.com.

Web hosting is normally provided by companies such as [], [], and []. What these companies do is offer space on the internet that they have already bought. This makes it easier on businesses and people looking to put up websites because they just pay a monthly or yearly fee and the web hosting service will put up the website and do any maintenance on it. domains and hosting normally work together because in order to put something onto the internet through the web hosting services, you have to pick out a web domain.



Applications
Web hosting is a very important part of any business. There are many applications that make web hosting easy. Since online shopping has become such a big craze, all websites should have shopping parts. Shopify allows the user to create their own store on the hosted website. The application allows the user to edit the whole look and feel of the store.

Another important consideration when making a website is how it looks. If a website is dull and drab, then no one will be interested in it. Flavors.me is an application that makes keeping the website colorful a very easy experience. Instead of having to use CSS to edit the website, Flavors.me does all of the work for the user. Lastly, one of the most important parts of a website is the webmail support. Google Apps provides incredible mail service as well as many other things. Google Apps also has calendars and online office solutions. All of these functions could be done without using any applications; but these applications make it so much easier.



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