Summary

This chapter expanded on the basic ISP or IPP discussion that was begun in Chapter 3 by looking at how to choose a Web-hosting solution. Before shopping for a Web-hosting service, you should ask yourself about the complexity of scripting, databases, and add-ons you want for your site. Once you've made those decisions, you can make a more informed choice.

In particular, this chapter covered some solutions for Web hosting, from the free services offered by AOL, Yahoo!, and Lycos to some e-commerce solutions. Although many, many Web-hosting companies compete for your attention (and many more than are mentioned in this chapter deserve a look), this chapter looked at a few fairly unique e-commerce solutions that all promise to be easy to set up and administer.