How to Make a Website With VPS
VPS, or virtual private server, hosting is available to those who want the flexibility and reliability of a dedicated server, but the price of a shared hosting plan. VPS hosting also gives the client special features such as custom firewalls, dedicated IP addresses and SSH access---all typical components of its dedicated counterpart. Creating a web site using a VPS is similar to creating one with shared hosting.
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Instructions
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Instructions
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Choose a name you would like to use as the URL, also called domain name, for your web site. Verify that the name is available by using the free service at Network Solutions.
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Open your browser window. Type "VPS Hosting" into the search bar of your favorite search engine. Research available plans from the VPS providers listed in the search. Determine how many gigabytes of disk space and bandwidth you will require along with how much you would like to spend on hosting per month. Sign up for the hosting plan of your choice and make any required payments.
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Research the Internet for any necessary software programs needed to create the web site such as an HTML editor or WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor and image editor. Download the programs to your computer.
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Create any images including a header, background, banners and buttons that will be used on your website with your image editor.
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Open your page editing program. Choose a color scheme that will be used for your site. Add a header image which includes your domain name to the top of your site. Include additional images, text and links in the body. Save your work.
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Connect to your VPS by entering your username, password, and IP address into the proper fields of the FTP portion of your web page editor. Upload your web site using the "Publish" feature. Test your web site by entering the URL into your browsers address window. Check that all links function properly.
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Provide your friends and family with a link to your web site. Use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to invite your contacts. Increase traffic to your web site by adding the URL to the footer of your email, leaving comments on other web sites and submitting the link to search engines.
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Tips & Warnings
Be sure to read all the costs associated with your VPS hosting plan.
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