What is it you are going to be hosting? A Blog, eCommerce website, funny cat pictures or something that is mission critical and requires 100% uptime? Depending on the answer there could be millions of different options….. Current google search for “Web Hosting” results in 115 Million results. How do you sort out the good options from the bad options?
Final tips and info:
Price – do not go for the cheapest option. You get what you pay for!!
Do they provide one click installers for popular programs?
Do they provide a site builder application free of charge? If you use their site builder can you move your site to another host?
Do they offer the services you need for future proofing?
Links:
http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/choose-the-right-web-hosting/
https://www.aawebmasters.com/choose-web-host/
Expires and Headers:
Setting headers on images and other file types to prevent re download.
Add the following lines to your .htaccess file to enable Header Cache-Control. Add your own file types in the FilesMatch area.
[cc]
# 3 Months
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=7257600”
# 1 Week
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=604800”
[/cc]
Links:
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/htaccess/apache-module-mod-expires
http://magentoexpertforum.com/showthread.php/10324-Speed-up-your-site-with-htaccess-caching-mod_expires-and-mod_headers
Gzip compression:
What is it!?
Gzip is a method of compressing files (making them smaller) for faster network transfers. It is also a file format. Compression allows your web server to provide smaller file sizes which load faster for your website users. Enabling gzip compression is a standard practice.
Why would you want to enable it?
How to enable it in cPanel, the great missing menu.
Verify it is working a the following links.
https://checkgzipcompression.com
http://www.gziptest.com
Mime Types:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types
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