Question

I thought I’d try building my own website but don’t really have a clue what I am doing. I registered a domain name last night (a .co.uk one) and the same site offers web hosting. As it’s just a hobby at the moment I don’t want to pay out too much expense so there’s two £3.99 per month options. One with linux and one with windows 2003. What’s the difference?

Answer

When choosing a server you have to take into consideration what you want in a server. Windows server is more inclined to virus attack compared to Linux which is more secured in terms of the site. To connect to a database you will need to learn all about MySQL (probably) and writing PHP web pages.