{"id":24103,"date":"2022-02-02T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/what-is-web-hosting\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:08:14","slug":"what-is-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/what-is-web-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"What is web hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-identifyelement=\"445\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information as to what the web hosting term refers to.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"445\">\n<p data-identifyelement=\"445\">\n<p data-identifyelement=\"445\">\n<p data-identifyelement=\"445\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 435px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042453735\/original\/dEh_7wruRuxXnwS5LoG8WSjdRDkzw5IqpA.png?1592983206\" height=\"290\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33042453735\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"445\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: 400 14px \/ 2.4rem Gotham-Book, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #606060; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Web hosting is the process of renting space and bandwidth through a company so that your website will be online. It means that you can publish your website so that anybody in the world can visit your website on the Web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: 400 14px \/ 2.4rem Gotham-Book, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #606060; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can either pay a web hosting company for your website hosting on a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared server<\/a> o<span style=\"color: #000000;\">r you can rent a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/vps-hosting\/\">Virtual Private Server(VPS)<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">You will be able to host your website and email on this hosting space and could also rent out some of your hosting space to your customers should you go for a Reseller hosting Space.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: 400 14px \/ 2.4rem Gotham-Book, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #606060; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With 1-grid you can also rent a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/dedicated-servers-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dedicated Server<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">should you have a medium to large business. 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