FAQ
¿What is a Domain Name?
On the Internet, a domain is part of every network address. All devices sharing a common part of an address, or URL, are said to be in the same domain. In the address www.ticostyle.com/clients/address.shtml, ticostyle is the domain, clients is a directory in that domain, and address.shtml is a file in the directory.
Internet domains are organized by level. Most people are familiar with the Top Level Domains (TLDs) of .com, .edu, .net, and .org. TLDs are the most general and basic part of the URL. There are actually many top level domains. Every country is assigned one. In Costa Rica exist .co.cr
With TicoStyle® you will have your own web site address, for example:
http://www.mydomain.com
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¿What is Web Hosting?
Web Hosting Costa Rica or 'Hosting Costa Rica' is a service provided by a vendor which offers a physical location for the storage of web pages and files. Think of a Web Hosting Company as a type of landlord, they rent physical space on their servers allowing webpages to be viewed on the Internet.
The mail accounts are included in the hosting plans sharing the total space. Each mail box can be personalized by you in the control panel. For example: "yourname@mydomain.com", you can either send or receive emails.
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¿What is Web Design?
The arrangement and creation of web pages that in turn make up a web site. There are many aspects to this process, and due to the rapid development of the Internet, new aspects are continually being added. Web design Costa Rica requires to take care a lot of details like easy navigation, interactivity, usability, arquitecture of the content and the interaccion of all media.
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SEO - Search Engine Optimization
Short for search engine optimization in Costa Rica (SEO Costa Rica), the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a Web site by ranking high in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user. It is common practice for users to not click through pages and pages of search results, so where a site ranks in a search is essential for directing more traffic toward the site.
SEO helps to ensure that a site is accessible to a search engine and improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine.
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CMS - Content Management System
A Web Content Management System (WCM, WCMS or Web CMS) is content management system (CMS) software, implemented as a Web application, for creating and managing content such as HTML, but also including XML and SVG in particular. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images). A WCMS facilitates content creation, content control, editing, and essential Web maintenance functions.
Content management is an inherently collaborative process. It often consists of the following basic roles and responsibilities:
* Creator - responsible for creating and editing content.
* Editor - responsible for tuning the content message and the style of delivery, including translation and localization.
* Publisher - responsible for releasing the content for use.
* Administrator - responsible for managing access permissions to folders and files, usually accomplished by assigning access rights to user groups or roles. Admins may also assist and support users in various ways.
* Consumer, viewer or guest- the person who reads or otherwise takes in content after it is published or shared.
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What is Joomla?
Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
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What is Wordpress?
WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plugin architecture and a templating system.
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