1. Setting up your website

2. What you need
Domain Name
www.yourname.co.uk / com / etc
Web Space
Provided by a web host
3. How it works
Domain registrant provides DNS for your domain name
Web host provides your web server
Some companies provide both services
4. How it works
You put your web content into your web server space
Domain registrants DNS points your domain name to your web space
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Web Server Structure
You have a Root or Home folder / directory
In that you have a public html folder
public_html
www_html
web_home
Etc.
11. Where to put your stuff
You upload all your stuff to your webspace via FTP or using the web hosts Control Panel
Everything goes in your public_html folder
Home page usually called index.html / htm
Server is configured to always serve this file to any incoming requests
12. What happens behind the scenes
Someone types in www.yourname.co.uk in their browser
The DNS resolves this name to the location of your webserver (using info from its datatabse)
The web browser is directed to your webserver
Your stuff is displayed in the browser.
Demo