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Beginner's Guide To Multiple Domain Web Hosting
by Adrian Aditya
Web Hosting Articles
Published on this site: December 10th, 2010 - See
more articles from this month
Gone are the days when you had to open a separate account for
each of your website. Since the past few years website owners
have been able to enjoy the various advantages offered by
multiple domain hosting services.
As the name implies, this kind of hosting plan allows you to host
more than one website under one hosting account. This means there
is no any additional fee required every time you have a new site.
In the long run this can save you a great amount of money.
To add a new domain, what you need to do first is to go to the
web hosting control panel. Then go to a section called Addon
Domains and fill in the boxes provided therein with your new
domain, document root, username and password. Finally click the
Add Domain button. It is that simple!
The username and password that you insert in the above section
will be used to access the files of your website through an FTP
program. In fact, each of your site has its own FTP account.
After that you should create at least one email account for your
new domain name. Once again, you can set up several email
accounts dedicated for a certain domain.
Not only FTP accounts and email accounts, the multiple domain
hosting service also provides one or more statistical reports for
each of your domains. The most common programs used for this
purpose are AWStats and Webalizer. With these features you can
find out how each of your sites has performed.
The same also applies for database. A multiple domain hosting
service enables users to install different databases for
different websites. As you know scripts like WordPress or Joomla
require database to operate. This means you can develop a
different type of websites for each of your domain.
Usually multiple domain hosting providers provide a feature
called Fantastico. Using this tool it will be very easy for you
to install various scripts for all of your sites. From web log to
image gallery, all can be installed with a few mouse clicks with
Fanstastico.
Another advantage of using a multiple domain web host is that you
can use some of your domains for redirection. This can be very
useful to hide affiliate links for instance.
Once again, a hosting service with multiple domain features lets
you host all the sites that you own without having to open
different hosting accounts. It is like opening more than one
accounts, except it is cheaper because what you use for the
additional domains is actually the subfolder of your root
directory.
Although basically multiple domain hostings are offered as shared
hosting services, some providers allow you to use a dedicated IP
for all of your domains with no cost or for a small fee.
Before choosing a hosting company that provides this feature
there are several things to take into account. You should know
how many domains are allowed to be hosted. There are companies
that allow you to host a maximum of 10 domains, while others
allow you to host domain names in an unlimited number.
Another important thing to consider is the amount of monthly data
transfer as well as disk space offered. Generally, the more sites
you want to build the larger disk space and monthly data transfer
you will need.
Clearly, this type of web host is very suitable for you who have
a plan to build numerous sites covering different niches. So if
your business plan incorporates more than one website, multiple
hosting plan is something that you should consider.
Adrian Aditya: Find tips and tricks on how to utilize an unlimited
domain hosting. Adrian Aditya is the owner of
http://www.unlimitedhostingplan.com/ offering solutions
for people who intend to host multiple websites.
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