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Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice.
In order to have a blog or website, you need a good host and platform.
🌸 A host is a company that houses the servers needed for your website to run.
🌸 A platform provides the tools to support your blog. An example of a platform is Wordpress(.org). There are also all-in-one companies that provide both the hosting and the platform for you to build your site, and we'll discuss them later! One example is Wix.
🌻 Tip: If you’ll picture your blog as an apartment unit, then a host would be the building (the host company allows your blog to take up storage space and data within one of its physical servers). Without a host, your website cannot be accessed. A good host will provide excellent security, performance, and support. You can also self-host, but I don't really recommend it for beginners because you need to manage and configure more things - it requires technical skills.
We'll go over different types of hosts but first let's quickly discuss a domain name, next.
Go to next --> Registering Your Domain Name