Hello everyone , today’s lesson is about the definition of “Domain Name” , so what is meant by domain name ?
Domain name is the name of the site that you write in the address bar in the browser in order to open the website you want , like when you want to open big tutorials website you write in the address bar in the browser : www.bigtutorials.net , and this form “www.bigtutorials.net“ is named by domain name .
What about WWW ? what does it stand for ?
WWW stands for World Wide Web , it is written only to be defined as a domain name , but now it is not necessary to write it , you can write your domain name directly without typing www to be like bigtutorials.net and you will find that you open the website normally .
Full Website address ( URL : Uniform Resource Locator ) :
When you write the website domain name in the address bar in the form of www.bigtutorials.net or without www to be bigtutorials.net you will find that the browser puts http:// before the domain name automatically to be in this form http://bigtutorials.net or http://www.bigtutorials.net , and this full form is named by URL , so when someone or a program asks you to type your URL you will have to write it in the form of http://www.bigtutorials.net so what is http:// ?
Http stands for “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol” and it is the primary technology protocol on the Web that allows linking and browsing , so it is necessary to be found in the domain name , even if you do NOT put it , the browser will put it automatically to allow browsing .
What is secure web page https:// ?
Sometimes you may notice that the browser puts https:// not http:// ( without s ) , s stands for secure web page so when you see that the beginning of the address has been changed to https:// you have to know that you are on a secure web page that will never store any data submitted by you , like credit cards , passwords or any sensitive data , you will notice that when you are buying something and the merchant asks you to put your credit cards for example , you have to be sure that the address bar starts by https:// not http:// , if not then you are exposed to lose your credit card as you are not on a secure web page that will never store any submitted data , and finally never put sensitive data unless you are on a secure web page that its domain name starts by https:// .
What is the importance of the domain name for web designing ?
It is the first step that must be done to start your web designing , it is registering a new domain name , your website must have a domain name to allow people open your website easily through it and branding it over the internet .
When you choose your domain ,you have to know that it will be your website name , for example I searched for a name for my website and I found that Big Tutorials maybe a good name , so I opened the domain availability checker to see if this domain is available or not , as you can’t buy a domain that someone else had already bought it , everyone own his domain name , so you have to search for an available domain , and hence When I search for bigtutorials.net I found that it is available and not registed by someone else , so I bought it .
So your first step in web designing is to search for a good name for your website related to the content you are going to add , for example if you are going to create a website for swimming , your website name could be swimtraining , learnswimming , swimeasy , something like that , and it would be a foolish if you registered a domain like easylearn , tryiteasy , freelearn , as it has no relevant to your website content : swimming .
How to buy a good domain name ?
Firstly your domain name shouldn’t be more than 13 character , more than that it would be hard to save or to be noticed by the people , secondly your domain name must have a meaning , like people who register a domain like qqeeq.com , sure its name is meaningless , try to register a domain name related to your website content as I mentioned , thirdly try to be away from numbers and dashes “-” as it makes the domain weaker , fourthly .com is the best domain name up till now , try to buy .com domain , if you haven’t found a .com while .net is available so no problem it’s not a big matter .
What is the most popular extensions ?
First of all is .com , then .net , .org , .info , .us , .tv , .biz
there are alot of other extensions for your domain name but these are the most popular and common on the internet .
What is the price of the domain name ?
Domain’s price vary according to what extension it is , but the most popular domains like .com , .net and .org are for $10 per year , and there are coupon codes that allow you to buy it for $7.5 instead of $10
there is also free domain in the extension of co.cc ( bigtutorials.co.cc ) , you can learn how to register a domain on co.cc from this post .
What are the best companies I can buy a domain from it ?
There are hundreds of companies that offer you buying a domain name , like Godaddy , Dynadot , Enom
these are the best companies in my opinion , if you are going to buy a domain godaddy right now , I recommend godaddy for you , you can know The Advantages of having your domain on Godaddy , and you also you can get a coupon code to register your new domain name for only $7.5 yearly by clicking here , you can also read this post to learn how to register a new domain name with godaddy .
What is the next step after buying the domain ?
The next step is to choose your web host provider , we will talk about what is web hosting , the difference between free web host and premium web host ,then how to choose your web host company , and how to link the domain name with your web host to have your website and to be ready to create your website .
