Blog Web Hosting

Recent 10 years of internet development showed that personal websites are changing from the static ones to more interactive and entertaining. Also the purpose of a personal website has changed. A decade ago it was created mostly for friends and relatives to get updated about the life and interests. Now the personal websites became more personal as authors write their views and opinion hoping for a discussion. Discussion is the main purpose of the blog, which was called a diary in the beginning, later – weblog and no just simply blog.
Blog is a personal website created using special blogging content management system. The most popular blogging CMS is WordPress.
Blog hosting is a simple process which can be handled by anyone even without extensive programming and even HTML knowledge using simple auto-installer applications. Blog hosting may vary depending on the size of a blog and amount of traffic. If the blog has a few readers, free hosting may be ordered. Blog with 100 and more visitors will be working properly in any shared hosting plan. Active and popular blog hosting can be done in VPS hosting plan. Sometimes blogs are written by the group of authors. That is not the same as blogging community. Such multi-user blogs may become really popular and have a huge traffic. Such kind of huge blogs may require dedicated server solutions. Cloud hosting is not usually used for blogging projects.

Why Blog Hosting

Sometimes bloggers have a long discussion if it is worthy and why it pays to host blog professionally instead of using a free blog service such as WordPress.com or Blogger.com. The main argument is the full control over blog. It also includes the setting own rules of the blog content. In free blogging engines, some content may be considered as inappropriate or intolerable, while own blog means that you can write everything. Of course, not illegal issues are tolerated by the hosting company unless the offshore hosting is ordered.

Another benefit of own blog hosting is the possibility to add own domain name and even create sub-domains for different forks of your blog.

From the technical side, own blog hosted in the server is better because of vast possibilities of implementation and adding JavaScript based plug-ins. JavaScripts are usually blocked at free blogging service providers. That may cause lots of difficulties adding Facebook widget or even Google Analytics code for traffic measurements. Such problems are absent using own shared or VPS blog hosting. Own blog can have custom design what is not always possible to have using free blog writing platform.

There are some more benefits why blog hosting is better than free usage of blogger communities.

Blog Hosting in Host1Plus

The basic plan for any Blog hosting at Host1Plus is Cloud VPS Level 4 with 2.4 GHz dedicated CPU, 1024 MB Dedicated RAM, disk space of 40GB, Network speed – 15 Mbps. Of course, some additional parameters may be added as this is the basic Host1Plus offer for a medium size and free Blog hosting. If blog is multi-user and is updated frequently, so additional disk space may be added together with CPU.

Any blog hosting is usually done in Linux servers. Blog usually is done with so called LAMP hosting. LAMP is the first letters of main server components:

• L stands for Linux operational system.

• A stands for Apache server specifications.

• M stands for most popular free database MySQL.

• P stands for the PHP network and programming language the blog is created with.

The Blog hosting works with the basic features of these components if it is an open source one. Commercial blogging CMS (for example TypePad) may have additional requirements, therefore in such cases we suggest contacting our support for help.

When you set the hosting, blog can be set up using automatic installation application which guides through the installation process. It is like a setup wizard used installing every software in a desktop computer. Just follow the instructions and install the blog on your own. If you have any troubles, please look for the problem solution online or ask our support guys for help.

Features of Blog Hosting

Blog hosting require some specific features and has some specific requirements. Majority of blogging CMS have been built using PHP network. It is compatible with majority of database software, therefore can be hosted both in Windows and Linux servers.

Features of blog hosting include (including general features):

• Various blog CMS Auto-installer applications which allow easily install and manage the chosen application.

• Easy to use site administration tools (choose on demand as few control panels are available both free and paid).

• PHP 5.0 supported.

• Linux OS supported.

• MySQL databases

• Multiple Webmail Applications, POP and IMAP email management together with E-mail Anti-virus Protection and Forwarding & Auto-Responders features.

• Detailed Website Statistics and Raw Error Logs.

• Free SSH (Jailed-Shell) Access.

• Website backup tools.

• Live support 24/7 in English, Russian and Lithuanian via email, live chat, FAQ and toll-free phone calls in USA and UK.

• Multiple Domains and databases.

The half of the features are not directly used for blogging. Every VPS hosting include a group of email applications. Blog is a brand, therefore it requires the email with the domain ending. Email management is also used if the blog is getting multi-user. Contact our support for help if there are some specific server requirements, not listed in our website.

How to Get Started with Blog Hosting

Host1Plus hosting company provides the vast range of hosting services. Blog hosting can be done with shared hosting and VPS hosting. If you choose to have your blog set up on the cheap VPS hosting, you need to follow these simple steps:

• Step 1. Choose pricing plan. We recommend Cloud VPS level 4 plan. It is for medium size blog.

• Step 2. Add additional details such as username and root password.

• Step 3. Choose the Operational System from the drop down list. It is recommended to choose Linux distribution.

• Step 4. If needed add additional parameters such as CPU, Disk space, Network speed.

• Step 5. Choose the desired billing period (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 months can be selected). Longer billing period is chosen – less monthly payment.

• Step 6. Click ‘Complete order’ button to finalize the order procedure.

• Step 7. Choose the payment option from the available ones – PayPal, Alipay Payment, Web Money, AlertPay, Skrill (Moneybookers), CashU, Google Checkout. Finalize the payment.

• Step 8. Proceed to email for the data validation. Now you are a registered user and can use all the benefits of Host1Plus, including the special bonuses for first time users.

• Step 9. Use our exclusive bonuses:

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