I’m purchasing a website from HostGator, & I have no idea what these things are?
Posted on Jul 14, 2009 under hostgator.com | 5 CommentsCGI, PHP 5, RoR, Perl, MySQL, SSH, SSL, IMAP, POP???
What are those things?
All I want to do is have a blog with my own url that I can put pictures on. I don’t understand.
Also, it was telling me all kinds of things about FTP files? What are those?
July 14th, 2009 at 3:12 am
oh dear. You might want to do a little more research.
I don’t know all of it, but I will explain what I know.
PHP 5, RoR, Perl – If I’m correct, coding your server can support.
MySQL – A database used commonly for forums. Google it.
SSH – A secure connection between two databases
IMAP, POP – Email Servers
FTP – File Transfer Protocol – An FTP client will allow you to upload files to your web server.
Some of these are a little complex (RoR, Perl, PHP, IMAP/POP) for beginners to understand, but if you don’t know about FTP, then you might need some help setting up the site.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Why buy something you don’t know how to use? Yahoo offers a web page for $ 1.99 first year, and they are so user friendly you will be up and running before you can say: "Peek-a-boo". Without knowing anything!!
Peace.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Why do you care? You want a blog with photos, I assume HostGator supports that or you wouldn’t even consider them. You can just ignore all the other stuff.
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