Active Server Page Web Hosting

A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Emily Selden

Asp Web Hosting

ASP web hosting is a term that relates to companies who provide support for ASP with their web hosting. ASP stands for Active Server Pages Companies searching for a data-driven web site can use embedded ASP code in normal HTML pages of the the web site. This allows the pages to change when a user is viewing a web site that is developed using ASP. The actions of the user determine the changes that happen on the website through the code that was used in creating the pages.

ASP code allows web pages to be linked to a database Users can use the link to the database to interact with the web page. The users log in to create, or simply use, their own personal settings or use the connection to place orders interactively on the web site.

Explaining Asp for Web Hosting

Active Server Pages are ASP code embedded HTML pages. The pages contain ASP scripts these pages are processed by the server before the page is accessed by user. ASP code embedded within the pages allows them to be database driven and dynamic. An Internet surfer stops by the website embedded with ASP code and can automatically access data in a database using the information they supply. The user might choose to interact with objects on the page, for example: using Active X or Java components.

Here is how the ASP embedding works. Type in a URL into any web browser's address box or simply click on a web site in the bookmarks section, whenever this is done it requests the web server to send a file to the computer. For a standard HTML file when the web browser receives the web page it will be read as identical to how it looked on the web server. Take this same page and embed it with ASP code and now an ASP file is sent to the computer from the web server.

The first process the server will do is to run the HTML code. Second, the server will run the ASP code. The ASP code allows pages to become "real time" as opposed to static- only what was updated on the last update.

This is why ASP web hosting has become so vitally important to websites, it allows the site to become interactive and "real time". Most companies are seeking this and many more web hosting companies are offering it. It becomes imperative in the highly competitive and time sensitive internet market to be in synch with the web surfers who are now used to dealing with real-time websites.

To Find an Asp Web Host

To find a web host, who will accommodate an ASP website well, comparison shopping online is key. Another key component in the search is ensuring that the host is running a Windows 2000 server. The stability and usability of ASP pages on a Windows 2000 server is better. Databases are a further consideration, discuss support for the ASP pages and database with your web hosting provider before finalizing any contracts for service.