# Setting Up And Maintaining Your Web Site

Once you have registered your domain name, constructed your web site, and purchased a hosting package from your hosting service provider, you can:

- Publish your site to your web space on the provider's server,
- Deploy databases and applications that your web server will be using,
- Secure data transfer with Secure Sockets Layer encryption and restrict access to web server resources with password protection.

In this chapter:

Publishing Your Site

Previewing Your Site

Deploying Databases

Installing Applications

Securing Online Transactions on Your Site With SSL Encryption

Customizing DNS Zone Configuration for Your Domain

Customizing Web Server Error Messages

Serving Your Site with External Domain Name Servers

Restricting Access to Web Server's Resources With Password Protection

Organizing Your Site Structure With Subdomains

Setting Up Anonymous FTP Access to the Server

Setting Up Additional Domain Names for a Site (Domain Aliases)

Hosting Personal Web Pages on Your Web Server