FrontPage World Tips and Tricks
What should I look for in a
FrontPage Web Hosting Provider?
First thing first, get you own domain
name – one of those yourcompany.com things.
They provide the best kind of insurance possible.
Insurance?
Sure. If
your Web address is anything other than www.yourcompany.com
(i.e., yourcompany.therecompany.com, therecompany.com/yourcompany,
or something of the like), and something goes wrong with
your provider, you are up a creek.
You are stuck because the bad guys own your
address. If
you own the domain and something goes wrong, you can move.
If your provider doesn’t provide the service they
promise, you can move.
If you just feel like being snotty, you can move.
Get the idea?
Get your own domain name and find someone who will
let you host your own domain name as well.
Second things second, get yourself
hooked up with a provider that provides FrontPage Extensions
with their hosting. We
say this for two reasons: 1) it is going to save you hours
of messing with FTP and 2) it proves that they are committed
to the degree of hosting that you are looking for. If you are a FrontPage user, there is going to be a degree of
professionalism that you are going to look for from your
provider. Providing
FrontPage Extensions should be the first step.
Thirdly, pay what you need to pay. While we at FrontPage World understand as much as the next
guy (or gal) the need to save money, we recognize that our
Mom was right when she said that you get what you pay for.
In short, if the pricing schedule seems to good to be
true, it probably is. While
it is safe to say that 90% of the Web sites out there
shouldn’t spend more than $100 a month for hosting fees,
it is also safe to say that you should pay enough to make
sure the thing works. Does
your ISP have a history and a client base they can point to
for reference? Does
your ISP have an uptime guarantee?
Why not?
If you are running a professional Web
site, don’t you want to have the speed and uptime that
says you’re are a professional?
There are a lot worse ways you could spend your
money.
Fourthly, consider our official
Web
hosting service. They
were handpicked by us and are one of the best on the Internet today.
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