Chapter 3
Finding and Setting Up a Web Host
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding web hosting providers
Examining the various choices for hosting your site
Choosing the host that’s right for you
Getting comfortable with your new web home
Getting your site files to your web host
You will end up with better software by releasing as early as practically possible, and then spending the rest of your time iterating rapidly based on real-world feedback. So trust me on this one: Even if version 1 sucks, ship it anyway.
— JEFF ATTWOOD
You build your web pages from the comfort of your Mac or PC, and if you have a local development environment running (as I describe in Book 1, Chapter 2), you can even use your computer to preview how your web pages appear before you put them online.
That’s fine and dandy, but I think you’ll agree that the whole point of building a web page is to, you know, put it on the web! First, you need to subject your code to the wilds of the wider web to make sure it works out ...
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