iUKHost offer domain registration services. Here is our pricing for the domains that we offer. You are welcome to contact support if the domain extension that you want is not supported.
.com - £7.99
.co.uk - £12.00 (2 Years)
.org.uk - £12.00 (2 Years)
.net - £7.99
.org - £7.99
.tv - £20.00
.info - £7.99
.us - £7.99
What is a Blog?
Blogs have become increasingly popular and now most websites have a blog alongside the standard content. Blog is short for Weblog and is used to report on day to day events witht he aid of images, video and text content. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
What is Blog Hosting?
Blog hosting allows you to host your own blog on your own domain name. You have full control over the blog including its content and its theme. WordPress is a popular blogging solution and this can be installed just by clicking links. This is possible using a feature that is free with our hosting plans called fantastico.
WordPress is very popular and therefore has many themes and plugins that you can implement on your blog to make it unique.
cPanel Advantages and Blog Hosting
cPanel is great for blog hosting because it gives the end user a graphical user interface (GUI) to control their blog. The blog owner can check visitor statistics, bandwidth usage and disk usage. It is very user friendly and makes taking database backups of your weblog very easy.
Simple Machines Forum, SMF, is a freeware Internet forum script. The script is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database.
SMF is professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.
Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other.
SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software - and best of all it is and will always remain completely free!
Look at our SMF Hosting plans if you want to setup your own SMF forum. With our hosting plans you get Fantastico free which allows you to simply click links to install the software. This means that no manual installation is required.
This is the official SMF Site.
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name “phpBB” is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. phpBB is free software so anyone can create a forum.
Millions of people use phpBB on a daily basis, making it the most widely used open source bulletin board system in the world. Whether you want to stay in touch with a small group of friends or are looking to set up a large multi-category board for a corporate website, phpBB has the features you need built in.
phpBB has an extensive administration panel, which allows the customization of even the most intricate features without having to edit code directly, while advanced users will value the ease with which phpBB can be integrated into existing systems.
Look at our phpBB Hosting plans if you want to setup your own phpBB forum. With our hosting plans you get Fantastico free which allows you to simply click links to install the software. This means that no manual installation is required.
This is the phpBB website where you can download the software.
YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
Youtube Content
YouTube uses Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content. Content includes movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.
The Sale of YouTube
In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for US$1.65 billion in Google stock.
Blocking Youtube
YouTube has been blocked in certain countries due to the content that it hosts. Schools in certain countries have started to block access to YouTube because of students uploading videos of bullying behavior.
There are many free online games arcades on the Internet. If you have one and are looking for affordable and reliable arcade hosting then look at these web hosting packages.
iUKHost recommend looking at the Silver Hosting Plan and the Gold Hosting Plan. You are going to need large amounts of space to host the flash game files on the server. You are also going to need considerable bandwidth allowance so that the games can be loaded multiple times for different end users.
Arcade Uptime
As a games arcade owner you need to consider a couple of things when ordering hosting. You will want to have good uptime for your arcade so that your users are not disappointed and are able to access your site 24/7.
Arcade Speed
Reliable servers will be needed with fast data speeds to ensure that your visitors are not left waiting for games to load.
Database Features
Most games arcade scripts run alongside a database. With all iUKHost Packages there are unlimited MySQL Databases. You will need to check that your script is compatible with PHP5.
If you are in a band or group and need web hostingto promote yourselves then look no further. iUKHost offer cheap web hosting services where you can upload your bands website.
With the iUKHost Copper Plan there is 300mb of disk space and 3GB of bandwidth. The package comes complete with cPanel that allows you to control your website all for £22.95 a year.
300MB Web Disk Space
This is the amount of disk space that you are allocated on the server. You can upload many web pages, images, video files etc at any time.
3GB Data Transfer per Month
Everytime your website is accessed, data is sent across the Internet. This is your limit of data transfer. The more visitors that your website has the more transfer will be used. This is the same if you have large image or video files loading on your website.
E-mail Features
You can setup an unlimited number of e-mail accounts that are each password protected. You can access these by configuring your mail client such as Outlook or by using webmail applications such as Horde Mail, Squirrel Mail or RoundCube Webmail.
Control Panel
You can manage every part of your website from the easy to use control provided with your hosting account. Using cPanel you can configure e-mail, databases, domains, files and install scripts.
Domain Registration or Transfer
We can register a domain on your behalf or you can transfer your current domain name to us.
Learn more about Band Web Hosting! - Alcester Web Hosting
So you want to build your first website? Here are the things that you need to do.
1. Choose a Domain Name
You will need to choose a domain name. This is an address that visitors will type into the web browser to find your website (such as iukhost.com). It is best if the domain name is relevant to the content that your site will have.
2. Web Hosting
You will need a web host to host your website on the Internet. Shared Web Hosting is the best type of hosting to choose for a personal site. There are many shared web hosting packages to choose from, see iUKHost Web Hosting Packages. Once you have some hosting you can then link the domain name to the hosting account.
You web hosting account is where you upload your website files.
3. DNS - Domain Name Servers
(If you get a domain and hosting from the same provider, this may already be done)
Domain name servers link the domain name to the hosting account. Go to the provider of your domain name and ask to update the name servers to those that have been provided by your web host. These will look something like:
ns1.iukhost.om
ns2.iukhost.com
4. Make Your Website
To make your website you could use a site builder which is a handy tool that allows you to design a website online and simply type in information. They use templates to create your website.
The other way is to code the website yourself using HTML. You can learn HTML at W3 Schools.
5. Upload Your Website
You can upload your website files that you have created using an FTP client, or from your web host control panel which in most cases is cPanel.
Once you have uploaded your files your website will be visable on the web.
Robots.txt file is used to tell search engines what they are allowed to access on your website. The purpose of this is to stop search engines listing private and sensitive data such as admin login areas.
If you are happy to let search engines visit all files and folders that exist with your website then you do not need to use a robots.txt file. If you do not need to block any content then do not have a robots.txt file on your website.
If the file is incorrectly coded then you run the risk of blocking important content that you may want search engines to list.
If you want a robots.txt file to allow all the content and you really want to have one on your website then create a txt file called robots.txt and enter the following:
User-agent: *
Disallow:
For more information about robots.txt see here!
301 redirects are useful for search engine optimization and protecting other domains that you may have.
Redirecting to another domain
If you have for example iukhost.com and you want to get other extensions such as .org and .net but do not want to create a new website for those domain, you can simply redirect them to the .com domain.
To redirect one site to another in cPanel follow these instructions:
Preliminary Steps
Firstly you need to addon the domain that you wish to redirect.
1. Login to cPanel > Addon Domains
2. Enter the new domain name and then press the tab key. This will fill out the FTP and folder data.
3. Enter a password for the new domain and then click add.
Redirecting the Domain
1. Login to cPanel > Redirects
2. Redirect Type > Permanent (301)
3. From the drop down list select the domain you wish to redirect, for example domain2.com.
4. Enter in the Redirects to box > http://www.domain1.com
5. Leave selected > Redirect with or without www.
6. Then click add.
(There is no need to check the wild card redirect box)
Redirecting domains without www.
If you do not have this redirect setup, search engines will see your domain as two different websites. They will see:
http://yourdomain.com and > http://www.yourdomain.com as two separate websites. The best thing to do is rediect the one without the www.
1. Login to cPanel > Redirects
2. Redirect Type > Permanent (301)
3. From the drop down list select the domain you wish to redirect, for example domain.com.
4. Enter in the Redirects to box > http://www.domain.com
5. Select > Do Not Redirect www.
6. Then click add.
(There is no need to check the wild card redirect box)
