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We offer FREE .NET and Linux hosting solutions!
While our FREE hosting packages don't offer as much disk space or bandwidth as our paid packages, they certainly come with the same fantastic support and all the other features you would expect from a paid service. With the FREE package, you can easily host a basic business website, set up e-mail with your own domain name, create a database and much more!
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I transfer my hosting account to Namhost?
In some cases where you already have and existing domain with another hosting company when you make the decision to purchase one of our hosting packages.
The article will explain the procedure for moving this domain over to our hosting package.
Your main concern should be that your website is not down for the 48 hour propagation period.
Your first step is to look at our hosting packages, making sure that the new hosting package of your choice provide you with all the services your previous host did to insure that you don't lose major functionality required for your website to function properly.
- Do not cancel your old hosting before your data is secured on our servers.
- Send a request to your old hosting provider to unlock the domain name and send you the EPP/Authorisation Key. You can then supply your representative at Namhost with this EPP/Authorisation Key and we will set the domain transfer in progress.
- Move your data from your old hosting provider to the you new hosting package at Namhost.
If you require assistance in transferring your data from the old host to our hosting account, contact us for any assistance.
At this point you should have two hosting accounts, one with Namhost and the other with previous provider.
Once you or Namhost have confirmed the data has been transferred, we will commence with changing your domain name details to reflect as required to link to our servers; this is referred to as the propagation period.
During this transition period your website will be bouncing between the two hosts every other minute.
After the 48 hour propagation period, we will confirm that your website has fully moved over to the new hosting account. Once we have confirmed with you, you can proceed to cancel the old hosting account.
If you have any question or require assistance with this process, please don't hesitate to contact us.
What is the difference between web hosting and a domain name?
In order to have a website and custom email addresses you require at least one domain name and a web hosting account.
Domain name:
A domain name is a name registered to reflect your business and/or website and will be the address where visitors can reach your website. When you register a domain name it becomes your property and becomes unavailable to anyone else for registration. You can register a domain name for up to ten years in advance, but for a minimum of one year.
Web hosting:
In order for your website to appear on the internet, the site’s files need to be uploaded to a server. These files will then be “hosted” on the server and the space it is stored on is called your hosting account. Hosting is usually billed monthly or annually. Emails are also stored on your hosting account.
Domain names and hosting accounts can be obtained from various and separate entities, but it is best to register your domain and host your files and emails with the same provider.
How do I place a Hosting and Domain Name order on Namhost.com?
This guide will show you the process of placing an order on our website for both domain names and hosting accounts.
- Go to Namhost.com
- Click on the "Web Hosting" tab you should see the page as shown below, here you can choose between either Linux hosting or Windows hosting:
- Once you have selected your desired Operating System for hosting you will find a list of available packages and their features. Once you decided on which hosting package you would like proceed to select your billing cycle and to click on "Add to Cart" as shown below:
- You will need to assign a domain name to your hosting account.The yellow highlighted box is where you will enter your desired domain name and in the green highlighted box you will select the domain extension. Proceed to click on "Check Availability":
- If the domain name is available click on the link highlighted in yellow as shown in picture. If the domain is not available please try another domain name:
- You should now see both domain name and hosting account in your shopping cart. Proceed to click on "Checkout" (highlighted in yellow):
- Once you have clicked on "Checkout" you will now need to register as a new Namhost.com user. Proceed to fill out all the required details and click on "Submit" to place your order.
Once your order has been placed an invoice will be emailed to you. We do the final processing once the paid amount reflects in one of our bank accounts.
If you have any related queries please feel free to contact us.
How do I choose the right hosting package?
Choosing the correct hosting package is a very important step in getting your web site online.
If miscalculated, you could end up spending a lot of extra money on hosting that you don't really need. Some basic questions that you need to answer before you pick a hosting package, include:
- How much bandwidth do I truly need?
- How many hits is my site most likely to get?
- Are there ways that I can avoid using too much bandwidth?
- Will I be installing several scripts on my site?
- How many mailboxes must I set up?
- How much space is required for my mailboxes?
Our packages were designed with these questions in mind. We firmly believe that for 95% of our clients the "Lite Package" (our smallest package) should be more than sufficient to effectively run a web site. And the reality is, over the last 3 years we have proved this theory to be spot on.
Currently, 95% of our users are in fact, signed up on the lite package. So, let's see if you form part of this 95% or if your requirements are more.
The Lite Package has the following features:
- 400 Mb Space
- 4000 Mb Bandwidth
- 20 Mailboxes
- 1 MySQL Database
Web Space:
400 Megabytes really do go a long way nowadays. Most web sites hosted by us rarely use more than 50% of their allotted web space. To get a feel for how much 400 Mb is on the internet, I've listed a few examples of what you can do with 100 Mb...
100 Mb equals approximately:
- 2000 Images, or
- 34000 HTML Pages
- 10 videos
These are just rough estimates, but should give you a fair idea of what can be done with 100 Mb.
Let's say you want to install Joomla, a very advanced Content Management Systems available for free through Fantastico. This will use a total of 12.1 Mb of your total web space. The same goes for most of the scripts available for free through Fantastico.
They rarely take up more than about 10 Mb of space. Basically, unless you are running an intense media site or expect to host several thousands of pictures on your web site, it is extremely unlikely that you will need more than 100Mb web space.
Bandwidth:
Bandwidth is basically how much traffic your web site will allow. Every time someone accesses your site they are actually downloading data from our server (or who ever is hosting the site's server). For example, if you have a picture of 50Kb on the site, your total bandwidth for the month will decrease by 50Kb every time someone accesses that picture.
Clients usually over-estimate bandwidth completely. Any new-comer would like to believe their web site will generate a large amount of traffic. The reality is that very few do at first.
Even those that do generate large numbers of unique hits, rarely require huge amounts of bandwidth. Only in cases where web sites become large multimedia portals, does bandwidth ever really become a problem.
Sites that might require a lot of bandwidth even though few unique hits occur, include:
- Photo gallery sites
- Streaming video / audio sites
- Sites with large archived documents
- Sites with other large downloadable files (zip, exe etc)
To give you an idea of how much 1000 Mb bandwidth is, I'll use an example. A normal HTML web page with some graphics is rarely more than about 100Kb. In fact, 100Kb is a a fairly large web page.
With 1000 Mb bandwidth, this will allow users to access your site 10000 times. This gives you an average of about 333 hits a day. The most successful web site in Namibia that I know of, gets about 200 unique hits a day.
Most sites are lucky to get 10 - 40 unique hits per day. Basically, unless you have a extremely big advertising campaign and expect hundreds (or thousands) of hits, it's unlikely you will be using any more than than 1000Mb of bandwidth.
The average bandwidth on sites hosted by Namhost is 150Mb, not even close to a fifth of the total amount available.
Mailboxes:
The lite package comes with 20 mailboxes. This means you can set up 20 email addresses with SMTP and POP access. You can specify the size of the mailboxes to be anything.
It is even possible to set up 20 mailboxes of 50 megs each. This will of course add up to 1000Mb space, which is well over your 400Mb limit. However, this space only contributes to your limit when it's used. So, only as emails are received, will you start getting closer to your limit.
It is also possible to set up unlimited forwarders. Let's say you have a gmail account, myFakeAddress@gmail.com. It is possible to setup e-mail accounts in cPanel that will forward to this account. And you can set up as many as you want.
Most business set up info@theirdomain.com, sales@theirdomain.com and support@theirdomain.com. It's a lot more professional than having an @mweb.co.za, @gmail or @iway.na account, but makes it easier for you by sending all emails to one central mailbox.
So basically, with the lite package, it's possible to create 20 mailboxes and if that's not enough, you can set up an unlimited amount of forwarders! So again, it's very unlikely that you will need more than 20 mailboxes.
MySQL Databases:
MySQL Databases are primarily used for installing scripts. Although it's possible to install many scripts on one Database, Fantastico requires you to use one Database per script. So, having more than one database is purely a convenience.
Seeing as most web sites just run one CMS (such as Joomla) or one Forum (such as SMF) it's rarely necessary to have more than one DB.
Conclusion:
Unless you are 100% sure that you will be using an enormous amount of traffic, it might be a good idea to start with a small package.
You can always upgrade to a larger package at a later stage, and it definitely might be worth the effort if it means you'll be saving a few bucks.
Which Hosting Type Should You Choose For Your Website?
When it comes to website hosting, you will need to consider the type of hosting that is best for you. This will have direct implication on your website and what you can do with it. Here are just a few options that you have.
Free Hosting
Free hosting is something to consider if you just have a personal website that is not going to generate money. Free hosting is limited and usually means that you have the hosting site as part of your domain name. However, this is a great way to start out your personal site and offer information on a very limited budget.
Simple Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is the cheapest option available and is perfect for basic websites. The idea behind shared hosting is that thousands of websites are on one server and they all have the same IP address. This is something to consider if you have a small website but there are some limitations.
The problem is that you only have access to a limited size of the CPU, which will mean that you need to limit your website design. Another problem is that you could be limited to the countries that your website reaches to, due to other websites on that IP address.
Business and E-Commerce Hosting
When it comes to a business website, you will need to opt for something that costs slightly more. Business and e-commerce hosting usually offer dedicated IP addresses, so you are not limited, and there are some that will offer more CPU usage.
E-commerce hosting also makes it possible to add a shopping cart to your website without having to worry about PHP coding. This is something to consider, especially if you have limited coding skills. This also helps to keep the server side programming to a limit so you do not need to worry about your CPU usage.
Dedicated Hosting
This is a popular option for those who want a server all to themselves. This does cost a lot but is worth it if you have a large business website. This is something for large businesses to consider. Dedicated hosting means that you will definitely have a dedicated IP address, so only you can affect your website’s worldwide range.
You will also be able to gain much more for your money, including extra email addresses, more sub-domains and more CPU usage – since you will have a server all to yourself.
How does a domain transfer work?
A domain can either be transferred to Namhost from another web host, or it can be transferred away from Namhost to another web host.
Transferring to Namhost from another web host
In order to transfer a domain to Namhost, the following must happen in the specified sequence:
- Send an e-mail to your current web host
- Request the EPP code from them. An EPP code is an authorization code required by us to complete the transfer.
- Ask them to unlock the domain
- Place an order for the transfer of the domain. If you place your order, please be sure to specify that you want a transfer and not a new registration and be sure to include the EPP code obtained from the previous host.
Transferring away from Namhost to another web host:
- Contact us and request the EPP code of the domain name as well as for us to unlock it.
- Once you receive the EPP code from us send this information to the new web host.
Note: Please be sure to use the account holder's e-mail address to request this information.
How do I upload a website to my Linux hosting space?
Uploading files using an FTP client
TThe first step would be to download and install an FTP client. I recommend using Filezilla which is a free and open source FTP program that can easily be downloaded directly from the official website. It only takes a few minutes to download and install.
Once you have downloaded the software, the wizard will guide you step by step through the installation process.
When you first open Filezilla you'll need to setup the connection between your hosting account and the FTP program, you may also use the quick connect option but this would mean you need to re-enter the connection details every time you need to upload files to your hosting account.
Click the site manager button on top as indicated by figure 1 and then on the new site button and enter a description. A good name would probably be to use your domain name for example Namhost.com, this is a good choice if you have more than one domain but you can really use any description you like.
Fill in the details as follows:
- Host is where you add your domain name or server IP address.
- Logon Type should be set to Normal.
- User is the username of your hosting account.
- Password is the password of your hosting account.
After you've enter all the details above press the connect button at the bottom to connect to you hosting account.
In the right column you will find all the files located on your hosting account while on the left column you'll find all the files on your computer.
In the right column enter the public_html folder which is the files that will be accessible to the internet through your domain name. Clear out anything unecesssary in that folder.
On the left column browse to the files on your computer that you would like to upload to your hosting account and right click on the file/s and Then select Upload to upload them to your hosting account.
Once the transfer is complete you can close Filezilla and access these files through the internet by going to your domain name using your favourite browser.
Uploading files using cPanel's build in file manager
Access your cPanel by going to your domain name followed by a forward slash for example www.yourdomain.com/cpanel.
Once you logged in scroll down to the Files block and click on File Manager.
Your File Managers option screen should open (but if your File Manger option screen does not open, don't worry as it's means these options have already been set by one of our technicians), select the Web Root option and Show Hidden Files and press the Go button.
On the left column insure your are located within the public_html, all unecassary files are deleted and then click on the upload button at the top.
This opens the file browser where you can select which files you would like to upload to your hosting account.
Once all the files you selected have been uploaded the indication bar at the bottom will show that it's completed.
You may then close the File Browser and File Manager tabs and logout from your cPanel control panel.
Now if you browse to the domain name you should see the files you uploaded.
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.org.na | R 750 | R 6 500 |
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.com.na | R 750 | R 6 500 |
.co.na | R 900 | R 900 |
.edu.na | R 750 | R 6 500 |
Please note: The prices above are for registration and renewal.
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