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What is a Nameserver?

A Nameserver (or Name Server) stores a database of human readable domain names (e.g. google.com) and their computer friendly IP address (e.g. 74.125.230.113) and, when asked, translates one to the other.

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In this guide we cover the basic aspects of using web hosting for the first time. From choosing a domain name and package to configuring email addresses and uploading your website.

1. Domain Name
2. Which Package?
3. Create your account
4. Domain Names & DNS
5. Upload your files
6. Setting up email addresses

Read on after the break for the complete guide.

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As part of our new focus on helping you make the most of your web hosting we’ve just launched our new monthly web hosting newsletter.

Each month we’ll use this newsletter to provide helpful tips on using your web hosting, as well as snippets of code and tutorials you may find useful on your website. We’ll also let you know about our latest offers and news here at Anvil.

You can read the first edition of our newsletter by clicking on over here.

In future newsletters we’ll be covering topics such as web design, HTML, web standards & semantics (W3C), JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and perhaps a few bits of PHP thrown into the mix.

If your already a customer then you’ll automatically recieive the newsletter (unless you choose not to!). Anyone else can sign up to recieve future issues over on our newsletter signup page.

For information on how we use the user information that we collect – such as your email address – feel free to view our privacy policy.