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I wasn’t really motivated to write this, but since somebody asked for help in Hardwarezone, I felt that writing about this would not only help the new-comer, but also turn me into a traffic whore. (Perhaps I already have. Unless having accounts with 3 different traffic trackers, and staring compulsively at the numbers several times per day don’t count.)At the end of this, you understand what both web hosts and registrars are.

The beauty about this process is that you can get all these done all with the power of sending ten digits over the Internet.

Ingredients:

• 1 piece of plastic with 10 numbers on the front called a “debit/credit card”.
• Various pieces of hardware, which when connected together form a collective existence. Commonly known as the “Computer”.
• 1 active Internet connection.
• 2 Panadol tablets.
• 1 glass of water to swallow the tablets.
• (optional) an open window to hurl item 2 out of when you find out things don’t work.

First, make sure that you are really serious about getting a website with its own domain name. You see, there are many websites out there that offer free web hosting, and give you a free subdomain, all without cost on your part. If you are getting your own domain name, it costs around US$9 per year for most registrars, therefore it pays to think carefully.

Registrar and web host explained:

A registrar is the company that you go to when you wish to purchase your own dot com. They will raise the request into their server that essentially tells computers over the world to “look for me if you want to find the server for ‘xxx.com’ (assuming that you registered ‘xxx.com’). Your registrar server will then point all computers looking for your domain name to the actual server on your web host that would serve up your web pages.

You web host is the company that rents space on its server for you to put all your pages.

Your web host might be your registrar, but it could be two seperate companies.

If you look around, you can find free web hosts that accept hosting domain names. Once you register your domain name, ask the registrar to point its servers to a specific machine name that your web host supply. Set the timer for 24 hours (you may wish to go to sleep while this happens), and wake up to find your website live.

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