Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - An Introduction to Web Hosting
Are you confused about web hosting? Do you feel like you are trying to navigate through a minefield of technical jargon, and no one seems to have the time to fully explain everything to you? Fear no more, because this unique and intensive one day web hosting training course will fully introduce you to the all of the technical aspects of successful web hosting, offering you a short, powerful and complete jargon-busting learning experience. From describing the various types of web hosting currently on offer in the marketplace, to all of the most common (and some lesser-known) technical aspects of web hosting, this unique course will jump start you to the head of the queue, replacing industry mystique with a clear and concise road map of the way ahead for your business.
This course is ideal for those who are looking to become fully versed in the various technicalities of web hosting, whether you are planning to start your own web hosting service, or to simply become more knowledgeable regarding the technical jargon used in the web hosting industry. This course is taught by an industry respected managing director with over 15 years experience in web site hosting and project management.
Duration: 1 day.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd (Production Offices), Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
Click here for a map]
Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Courseware: The book which accompanies this course is posted to you upon payment confirmation.
Accommodation & Transport: Details of local accomodation and transport can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
Web Hosting
- What is web hosting?
- Types of web hosting: Unix/Linux & Windows OS
- Web hosting packages
- Web hosting hardware
- Choosing a web hosting company
- What is web space, and how much do I need?
- Web forwarding
- Data Transfer & Bandwidth
- Virtual Servers & Shared Hosting
- Virtual Private Servers
- Dedicated Servers and Colocation Hosting
- Business Hosting
- Reseller Accounts
- Setup and monthly costs
- Money back guarantees
- Free trials
- Advantages and disadvantages of using UK and overseas data centres
- Support contracts
- ISO 9001
- Microsoft Certified Partners
- What they don't tell you
Email
- Email forwarding (Single and Catch-All)
- POP3 & IMAP Mailboxes
- Microsoft Exchange
- Autoresponders
- Virus Scanning
- Spam Protection and Junk Mail Filters
- Webmail
- SMS Text Messaging
- What is SMTP?
Domains and Domain Names
- Choosing a domain name
- Domain name types (.com, .co.uk, .eu)
- Registering a Domain Name
- DNS Management, Contacts and Domain Nameservers
- Domain transfers: Transferring domains in, Transferring domains out
- Nominet Tags
- Locking and unlocking domains
- Domain parking and forwarding
- Sub domains
Databases & Web Programming
- MySQL Databases
- MS SQL databases
- PHP 4 & 5 & phpMyAdmin
- ASP & ASP.NET
- CGI, CGI-BINs and Perl
- ColdFusion
- Java & JavaScript
Hosting Functionality
- FTP Accounts - how they work and how to use them
- Home page creators & website builders
- Web site templates & Flash templates: the pro's and con's.
- Zen Cart, Wordpress & Mambo
- Shopping Cart / E-commerce hosting
- Merchant Accounts
- White-label softwares
- Remote management
- Root access
- Control panels
- Customer Management Systems
- Up-time & Downtime
- Upload & Download Speeds
- Firewalls
- Load Balancing
- Static IP Addresses
- FrontPage Extensions
- Password Protection
- Scheduled Tasks
- Backup and Restore
- Web site statistics & reading log files
- Secure Servers and SSL Certificates
- SSI - Server Side Includes
- cPanel, Plesk & WHM Control Panels
- Search Engine Submission
- Google Adwords
