Frequently Asked Questions
Imagine that everybody in the world used their Social Security number or their telephone number instead of their name... If names didn't exist, you'd be forced to invent them, or you'd never be able to identify your closest friends, let alone casual acquaintances you'd met only a couple of times!
Domain names were invented to fill a similar need on the Internet. Most computers connected to the Internet are identified by a unique number called an IP address (for instance, 234.208.12.129). IP addresses are neither intuitive (they don't correspond to a geographical location) nor easy to remember (you can prove that by glancing away from this page and then trying to recall the IP address above!) If you type the IP address into the URL bar of your browser you will be taken to the web site it is assigned to. As well as being hard to remember, however, IP addresses are also FIXED (i.e. if you change web hosting companies you'll need to get a new IP address for your site).
Domain names offer a more intuitive way to name and find a website. Each domain name replaces a string of meaningless numbers (an IP address) with a simple word or expression. That's the theory - in practice, domain names can be pretty obscure too.
No problem. If you already own a domain name, but still want to buy a website with esqsites123.com, we make it easy for you to setup up your existing domain name with your new website. All you do is purchase your website with the option of "I already own a domain name" and support@esqsites123.com will contact you regtarding your domain name setup.
If you've been surfing the Web, you have undoubtedly heard the term URL and have used URLs to access HTML pages from the Web.
It's often easiest, although not entirely accurate, to think of a URL as the name of a file on the World Wide Web because most URLs refer to a file on some machine on the network. However, remember that URLs also can point to other resources on the network, such as database queries and command output.
Note that the protocol identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two forward slashes. The protocol identifier indicates the name of the protocol to be used to fetch the resource. The example uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is typically used to serve up hypertext documents. HTTP is just one of many different protocols used to access different types of resources on the net. Other protocols include File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Gopher, File, and News.
A URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which could be any kind of link to any kind of page on the internet. A domain name is a specific name such as "google.com" or "esqsites123.com" or "yourWebsite.com" that points to a website.
A link is usually something that you can click on (on a web page) that will take you to another web page. There are various forms of links, but the basic function of a link is to move your web browser from one page or document to another.
Imagine a "parking spot" for your car. Web hosting companies are essentially parking lots for websites.
Yes. When you sign up with ESQ Sites we give you your very own login information (of your choosing) so that you can manage your web site content at anytime, anywhere and as often as you like. All you need is web access.
YES! Right now we allow custom pictures to be uploaded, anytime, for any page.
Yes! Right now we are currently developing the technology for you, the attorney, to create and use your own custom pages on your website however you like!
You own "your-domain-name.com", whether you bought your domain name from EsqSites123.com or if you purchased it somewhere else. If you choose to cancel your ESQ Sites web site, you still have control of your domain name. If you ever wanted to build a new website somewhere else, the only information you would need to provide to your new web hosting company would be your domain name.
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