If you are an absolute beginner this is where you should start. if you already have your own domain name and web hosting you can fast forward to part 3.

Once you found what you're looking for, you can easily forget about the whole " Shared Web Hosting " thing because you already found it and it works for you automatically, so you can let go and do something else.
 

Some web sites which are being hosted by cheap web site host providers are usually prone to down time. A reflection on the kind of services which cheap web hosting plans are known about. But, then again, this does not apply to all; there are still some cheap web hosting out there that are mindful to their clients' needs and concerns. One should also see in a wider perspective that if your server frequently crashes down, there is a tendency to lose your clients.

Not all Affordable Web Hosting companies offer unlimited amounts of e-mail addresses or e-mail accounts. If you are more than one person, a business for instance, you should consider web hosts that offer unlimited, or at least a lot more e-mail accounts than you need, to be sure you will not have to pay extra fees. You should also have a look on their web mail interface. Most web hosts offer web mail - but if it is poor, and you or other employees are traveling alot, you may want to reconsider your choice.

Most free CMS (Content Management System) like Wordpress, Joomla, drupal, written in PHP and need database to store the contents. You should choose web hosting plan that support database like MySQL. We recommend choosing web hosting plan with more than one database allowed (ex. five or ten). Who knows you need some try-out with different databases? If you just want to set up a blog, just find one of the free CMS mention earlier; most likely you'll stay with Linux and MySQL.

Before deciding on a snappy name for your new Shared Web Hosting UK property, what do you want your site to say about your business? Are you going to offer information only, will it be an online catalogue, will you sell online or do you just want to encourage visitors to call your office? If you already have a company registered then it makes sense to register a domain name in the same name. If you are just setting up in business try and make sure your domain name matches your trading name.

The second thing that you should not overlook is customer support. You are of great likely need to get help from their technical staff here and there. One of the main thing to be noted here is that you should make sure your web hosting provider will going to provide you support by email or by phone or by live-chat 24/7.

Try to schedule the transfer at a time where there's least traffic. Start by creating custom error pages on the new host server. Let your website visitors know about the move. By giving them prior warning, you can ease the transition. Configure your existing email accounts on the new sever. Transfer your existing website via FTP to the new server. Test everything to make sure it all works. Set up all the extra features and let your site run for a few days. Once your new web hosting plan has been activated and your website is up and running, cancel your old hosting plan. Make sure you have retrieved all your data from your old account.