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This is one of episode in Blogging for Beginner.

Now you have a domain name, next we will need a hosting.
A webhosting for our domain where we will put the files for the domain to create a website.
A blog.

In this chapter, we will shop for webhosting, so get ready your money! :-D

A webhosting is a service provided by a web server provider to host your website on their server.

How webserver works.

How webserver works.

There are many various webhosting company that you can choose from the internet.

But for your own comfort, please find a webhosting with these criteria.

  • Run php. At least php5.
  • It have mySQL database.
  • SSI enable. (Server Side Includes)
  • It have cPanel X as manager.
  • FTP access of course.
  • Can add more than 1 domain. (Domain addon)
  • Should give unlimited subdomain for your domain. Or 99, you never use it to that thought… Unless you are spammers. ;-)
    But it good to have some plenty to use.
  • Have a good support.
  • Give hosting space more than 1Gb for reasonable price. (Below RM100.)
cPanel

cPanel

The above image is the screenshot of my cPanel.  As you see, my hosting is almost 10Gb, that is big eh? :-D I don’t even use up to 1Gb.

While most of other blogger choose to be with more expensive webhosting, I go with SealServer.
Cheap webhosting with big space, 10Gb for RM100.00 (±USD$30.00) annually.
Plus almost 24/7 support via Yahoo Messenger.
Wow, what else can I say!

But there are also other hosting that I use.
This blog for example is hosted at Namsahaz.
If you see my blog is not online, you know whos fault it is. ;-)

Other webhosting service that I use is Rawanaz.
They are much more cheaper than SealServer, and offer big hosting space too.
But, the stability is not very pleasant.
I have 11Gb webhosting there with only RM100.00.
At the first appearance, they also offer support via YM.
But recently they are very not responsive through YM, I guess because they have install the online support at their main website recently.
But they are a good hosting company all this while.
And I’m sure you will amazed by how cheap they are.
I mean their pricing… :-P

Just remember when you buy a webhosting service.

You get what you paid for.

Make The Purchase

You can use my the same hosting with me or you can search Google for more other webhosting company.

But for Malaysian, I advise you to take local hosting company so the it is easy when it’s come to payment and support.

So, you can either choose;

  1. SealServer ==> http://www.sealserver.com.my/shared/
  2. Rawanaz ==> http://rawanaz.com.my/hosting.php
  3. Namsahaz ==> http://www.namsahaz.com/pages/features

Point Your Domain Name To The Webhosting

After you make purchase and verify your payment, please ask the webhosting support for dns or also called name server.
They look like these.

for sealserver,

Or

for rawanaz.

However, its not all webhosting use their own domain as a nameserver.

For example, namsahaz is using these,

  • ns1.zelzem.com
  • ns2.zelzem.com

Please verify the name server with your choosen webhosting.

After this, you need to login to your namecheap account and follow the steps below.

Login to namecheap. ==> Your Domains ==> Click the domain name. ==> Domain Name Server Setup/Transfer To Webhost ==> Fill in the name server in the box. ==> Click Save.

We are done! Congratulation! (Y)

After this, you will need your hosting provider to setup your account, and you will aslo need to wait for at most 48 hour for your domain to propagate on all servers around the world.

Next, we will get to know about the most blogging platform. WordPress.