The document outlines the basics of web hosting, including types such as shared, VPS, dedicated, and cloud hosting, and describes the process of registering a domain name. It provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a website with Byethost, including account activation and file uploading. Additionally, it details how to configure a custom email for your domain after hosting the website.

1. Basics for hosting a website

2. What Is Web Hosting?
• A place for storing files of websites.
• A internet enabled computer that can be accessed
from other computers connected to internet.
• Can store datas like HTML files, images, videos… etc
• A server computer with high performance and
high-speed internet connectivity.

3. Types of Web Hosting
• Shared Server Hosting
• Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
• Dedicated Server Hosting
• Cloud Hosting

4. Shared Server Hosting
• Easy to manage
• Less security
• Less control on server
• Have common pool of
server resource for all
domains.

5. Virtual Private Server (VPS)
Hosting
• Need knowledge about
networking.
• Offers security
• More control on server

6. Dedicated Server Hosting
• Need knowledge about
networking and
configurations.
• Offers high security
• Full control on server

7. Cloud Hosting
• Ability to handle high
traffic
• Offers high security
• Multiple computers to
work together to handle
high traffic levels

8. What Is A Domain Name?
• A domain is the name of your website.
• You will need to register your domain with a domain
registrar. (Eg:Godaddy,Domain.com, dot.tk...etc.)

9. Let us start..!
Open your browser and go to
www. byethost.com

10. Let us start..!

11. Sign up

12. Fill up the form

13. Activating the account
• Check your mail, for the activation link and
you will get the login details from that link.
• Then login to the control panel.

14. Control panel

15. Files tab - >online file manager

16. Open the htdocs directory

17. Click the upload button and upload
the files

18. • If you need to create folders on server,
then click on the “new dir” button and give
a name.

19. Is it working?
Go to your website url (given by byethost) to
check if it is working or not.
• If you have a file named index.html then it will
automatically opens that file otherwise you
need to mention the file name with url
Ex:
<yourSubDomain>.byethost<n>.com/<filename.html>

20. DONE..!
You have hosted your website..!

21. Email configuration

22. Email tab -> Email accounts

23. • Fill the email address field and password field
and click on add button.

24. • Now you have created a custom email for your
domain.
• You can now login to your inbox using the link
given in the window.

25. Your email account

26. DONE..!
You have hosted your website and got a custom email..!