Basically how a website work?
Step 01
Type a domain name in your browser
Step 02
It will search it?s own name server / DNS (Domain name server) where your domain name is hosted
Step 03
Domain will request your targeted page / file Or content from your hosting server directory
Step 04
Hosting Server will examine your request & Execute your request & will return your content
Requirements of a website
Domain Name Registration
Website Hosting
Website Planning
Website Development
Content Management remotely with FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Website Monitoring
What is Domain Name?
Domain name is an online identity which deserves your uniqueness. Domain name is always unique. Every website has a domain name that address the website?s name & identity.
Domain Name Registration
To buy or register a domain name you have to go to any domain reseller or domain seller. i.e: hdwebprovider, previewict, namecheap, enom etc.
Your desired domain name must be unique name & it must be available for registration.
.com/.net/.org etc. is the domain name ext. You can also buy TLD (Top level domain / country domain) such as .bd/.in./.us/.mil etc?
Domain name price vary with various domain extension & domain seller. (i.e: 9.69 USD for .com domain)
Website Hosting
- To build a website you must buy a hosting space where all of your website content will be stored & accessible from anywhere anytime.
- Hosting server are many types: major two types are ?Linux Hosting? & ?Windows Hosting?. PHP is specialized for Linux hosting, ASP is for Windows hosting. Because it is too hard to host ASP & PHP in same server. PHP is more & more popular. So Linux Hosting may be your best choice. It is also better for greatest security.
Interaction with Hosting Server
When you will buy a hosting server from any web hosting company, they will give a specific web space where you can store your file. Just as like as your HDD (Hard Disk Space) just this server PC is always available for everybody.
You will get access into your hosting server (your allocated hosting space) by the login credentials that is given by hosting company.
You can download & upload all of your website contents, scripts & files into your hosting directory by FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. i.e: FileZilla, WS_FTP etc..
Website Development
-Think, your all technical issue is clear. Now time to develop your website with contents, pages, scripts etc?
– To develop your web pages you should know the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). For dynamic content & application you should know the PHP Web development skill cycle:
HTML -> CSS -> JavaScript -> AJAX -> PHP -> MySQL
Website Monitoring
To increase or development your most known security issue you can regularly monitor your website with various tools or application such as cPanel.