Web hosting is a service that allows individuals and businesses to make a website visible on the World Wide Web and web hosts (like us) are the companies that provide space on a server along with a variety of additional tools and services facilitating the transfer (upload) of a site to the hosting solution.
UK Web Hosting Provider
As with much in the web development and technical world there are a huge variety of hosting solutions available. The most basic or starter type package will provide web space and the ability to upload files via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or through a web interface accessible through your web browser software (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc).
Helpful Hosting our Speciality
Simple, static pages are supported by all hosting services but more complex sites require a database and a web programming language like PHP, JSP, Ruby on Rails or Microsofts ASP.Net. An environment such as this one would allow for the hosting of complex content management systems or eCommerce stores. Ordinarily, a hosting package would provide one or more of these technologies so you would need to decide (or ask your web developer) what type of package you require.
Web Hosting for Your Business
If you are looking to get a website for your business or organisation then you need a reliable hosting provider and you need your website to be accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You would also be looking for a websites hosting service that offered a range of additional services that matched your requirements. Most providers (us included) will offer email and a control panel that allows you to easily make updates to your website through a web browser. All hosting has problems so the most important thing is a good solid uptime of say, 99% and prompt, efficient problem resolution - we provide both, in spades.
The Best Web Hosting Package
Is there any such thing as the best web hosting package? We think so and our package offers everything that our competitors do and so much more. Unlike many of the companies out there, we offer unlimited everything: unlimited email, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited web space and most importantly unlimited help and support. We also only offer a single package so we don't have a crippled starter package to hook you in which then needs to be upgraded to the gold, platinum or diamond package to get what we consider basic features.
The big one though and what really makes us different is the help and support. We provide a free beginners guide to web hosting book that tells you all you need to know to choose the right web hosting package for your business. We also have a web hosting message board where you can talk to us direct and other customers who are still learning the ropes. Beyond that we have a huge support database where 99% of problems will have been solved previously and further still we offer unlimited support via our ticketing system that allows you to get prompt and relevant advice and solutions to your problems.
Any company can provide a range of services but what is sadly lacking in the web hosting world is help and support - we are aiming to put that right.
Getting Started
Our package is £150.00 a year for Linux or Windows hosting and you get all the following absolutely free:
a .co.uk domain name, a website builder, over 500 free website templates, 100,000 free images, unlimited databases, unlimited email accounts, email autoresponders, email mailing lists, email forwarding, junk email filters, email virus scanning, website statistics, FTP access, SSH access, unlimited databases with direct web access, password protection, PHP4/PHP5, Perl, Rails, ASP.Net.
If you are ready to get started or would simply like to ask a few questions then please drop us an This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will get straight back to you.
