Websites are really becoming a necessity these days, and everyone is going to create a website these days. Now if someone is preparing the website, then does it mean that he knows everything about a website? I guess NO.

Let me guide you about a few quick terms which you need to know about the websites. You should know about these terms as you might need them while building your website from scratch.

Domain Name:  Domain name is like the postal address of your website. As someone mails us and the mail reach to the postal address, similarly if someone is sending the request to the domain name, then he or she will get the website which is associated with that particular domain name. It is the unique identity, and it has two parts. First part is known as the domain name and second one is known as the extension, like bestitcrunch is the domain name of my website while .info is its extension. There are different types of extensions available in the online world and these are .com, .info, .org, .us, .in, .co.in etc.

Web Hosting: Web hosting is the most important aspect associated with your website. It is like having your house in the postal address which you have. You can design your website in any manner but it is useless if no one other than you can see it. So it should require the web hosting where you can save your website and other people can then access your website. Web hosting is nothing special as it is simply the space of the memory of a system, which is actually a web server.

Web Space: When you purchase a web hosting you will get some amount of memory space on that server, this space is known as the web space. You must know about the web space which you are getting. I still remember my first website www.webtools-support.com and I purchased a space of 20MB for it, but later I came to know that it is too less, and till that time I was not a user who can even think about changing the web server, so I faced many problems with the website. Later I changed the web hosting of the site. So if you don’t want to face any sort of problem you should opt for higher web space, 512 MB, or 1 GB would be normal.

Bandwidth: Bandwidth is something which is not yet known to many people out there. Whenever you are purchasing a web hosting you should know about the bandwidth which they are offering to you. Bandwidth is a measure of data communication associated with your website, and it is counted on a monthly basis.

Web Designing: It is the look of your website; you can use different types of images and flash to get the perfect look of your site. You should not compromise with the designing of the site, as you won’t prefer to do the same with your hose too. You will always try to get the perfect look for your home, so why not for the website too?

Development: Popularly known as the web development part, it is the last phase of building the website and it might not be required too. It is required for preparing the admin section or for some back end process on the website. Whenever you are using any sort of database you need the help of the development part. There are many free development tools available in the market.

So knowing these terms will surely enhance your knowledge about building the website from scratch. Do let me know if I can help you in any way in building the website.