The relationship between the domain registrar, name servers and hosting company all relate to getting your website on the Internet. The domain registrar is a company where you purchase a domain name. A name server is part of the DNS (Domain Name Service) that stores a record that tells web [...]
There are thousands of WordPress plugins to pick from. So, how do you pick a WordPress plugin? The first step is to do a search for possible plugins. This can be done right inside WordPress by clicking on the Plugins menu and then Add New. There is a search box [...]
There are many criteria that go into picking a WordPress theme. A WordPress theme is a feature in WordPress that allows you to change the appearance and layout of your WordPress website. WordPress comes with a few sample themes to get your started but to make your website look unique, [...]
You need to backup your website. Accidents happen. Mistakes happens. Web hosting companies go out of business. Like the classic saving goes, it is not "if", it is "when". There are a number of ways to backup your carpenter website. The first is to see if your web hosting company [...]
First, what is a top level domain name? It is the part of the domain name like ".com" in www.companyname.com. You can see a list of possible top level domain names on Wikipedia. So, which top level domain name should you pick? The easiest answer is ".com". It is the [...]
Once you have selected a domain name, the next step is to register it. There are companies called "registrars" that handle the process of registering or reserving your domain name. You pay an annual fee to reserve your domain name and the domain name is yours for as long as [...]
When you want to go to a website, you type something like http://www.companyname.com into your web browser. But have you ever thought about what the "com" at the end means. It is called a Top Level Domain (TLD). It is part of the addressing used to make it easier to [...]
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Once you have your domain name, it really doesn't do anything. This is where DNS or Domain Name System is involved. The Internet actually works on an addressing system that is a bunch of numbers like 192.168.0.123. It is called an IP address or Internet Protocol address. If you type [...]
When you register a domain name, you need to provide contact information. This information is passed to into a database of all registered domain names. This is called the WHOIS database. You can search this database to find out who owns a domain name. GoDaddy has a tool and so [...]
