{"id":346,"date":"2009-05-25T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T16:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/?p=346"},"modified":"2009-05-25T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T16:09:44","slug":"web-hosting-features-%e2%80%93-a-necessary-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/web-hosting-features-%e2%80%93-a-necessary-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Hosting Features \u2013 A Necessary Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">For a plethora of reasons, millions of customer are motivated to start a website.\u00a0 Each new hosting acount accompanies a unique set of requirements.\u00a0 Although price, customer support, and reliability are key points, features also play a major role in making a decision.\u00a0 Features are often the most attractive part of a web hosting package and thy act as the foundation to any hosting account.\u00a0\u00a0 This article will talk about some of the most common features you will encounter when looking for service.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Email Tools <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">Email is the preferred method of communication for millions of individuals and businesses across the world.\u00a0 Realizing this, web hosting companies provide all the email features needed to keep base with contacts.\u00a0 Aside from multiple accounts, you generally get complimentary features such as webmail, autoresponders and forwarders to communicate effectively no matter where you might be.\u00a0 Because unsolicited mail and virus infected attachments are a tremendous problem, hosting providers help you stay protected with spam filtering applications to dramatically cut down on those potentially dangerous messages.\u00a0 Often overshadowed by more luxurious offerings, but email remains to be one of the most useful features in any hosting plan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Shopping Cart Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">E-commerce is a driving force on the web and shopping carts are a big part of what enables this thriving industry.\u00a0 If you have aspirations of selling your own products or services online, this is the type of software you need to make it happen. Shopping carts often come included in business or e-commerce hosting packages, usually at no additional costs.\u00a0 In many cases, these programs can be easily installed through your control panel interface.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Programming Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">Scripting or programming languages, have become common on the web hosting market but these features are geared towards more advanced users.\u00a0 Some examples are open-source languages such as PHP, Perl and Ruby on Rails and proprietary technologies such as ASP and ASP.NET.\u00a0 These programming tools serve benefit to developers and webmasters who are proficient at coding and building content from scratch. \u00a0A hosting provider that has these software packages installed on their server allow you to diversify your website with dynamic content that stand outs from static HTML pages.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Site Builders <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">Almost all web hosting plans come equipped with utilities that provide you the ability to create your site.\u00a0 With most tools, you can choose from a nice selection of pre-designed templates and basically create your website in easy drag-and-drop fashion.\u00a0 These utilities typically do not call for you to have any knowledge in client-side programming languages such as HTML or even server-side variations like Python or PHP.\u00a0 In addition to integrated building tools, many host also offer support for standalone web design applications such as Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage. These programs allow you to create your site offline and upload it to the server without the use of an FTP client.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Conclusion <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">The list of web hosting features is huge and seems to expand every year.\u00a0 Others you might find interesting include support for multimedia applications, web stat applications and databases among others.\u00a0 To each its own in this regard because everyone has that dynamic tool set they just can&#8217;t do without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a plethora of reasons, millions of customer are motivated to start a website.\u00a0 Each new hosting acount accompanies a unique set of requirements.\u00a0 Although price, customer support, and reliability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[446,452,694,696,67,17,485,83,690,691,693,2798],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-stuff","tag-asp","tag-aspnet","tag-autoresponders","tag-dreamweaver","tag-ecommerce","tag-email","tag-frontpage","tag-shopping-cart","tag-web-host-features","tag-web-hosting-features","tag-webmail","tag-website-building"],"views":193,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}