2011-01-20, 04:30 AM
Fiel Wrote:A webhost is a place from which you buy a server from. They give you a slot on a server and an IP address. You buy a name from a DNS registrar (godaddy and namecheap are popular). Then you tell the DNS server where you want your name to point - what IP address. Then when people type in "example.com" they'll go to your site.
That's pretty neat-o. IP address and web server from one single place.
One thing though, when I tell "The DNS" where to point to when given the name example.com, am I adding example.com to something universal (which means I do it once, everybody can connect to it) or do I have to work with multiple DNS servers for my own good (which means I have to visit most, if not all the information booths to let them know that example.com now refers to my site at 45.68.143.72, so that clients who visit those booths will be directed to my site?)