International Research Journal of Computer Science (IRJCS) ISSN: 2393-9842 Issue 01, Volume 6 (January 2019) www.irjcs.com __________________________________________________________________________________________ IRJCS: Mendeley (Elsevier Indexed) CiteFactor Journal Citations Impact Factor 1.81 –SJIF: Innospace, Morocco (2016): 4.281 Indexcopernicus: (ICV 2016): 88.80 © 2014-19, IRJCS- All Rights Reserved Page-21 DEVELOPING AND HOSTING A WEBSITE FOR WILJEAN SINGING MINISTRY Wilfred Mathias, Adamawa State University, Mubi., Nigeria Mathiaswilfred7@yahoo.com ; Dr. Jerome M. Gumpy, Adamawa State University, Mubi., Nigeria Manuscript History Number: IRJCS/RS/Vol.06/Issue01/JACS10092 Received: 02, January 2018 Draft Correction: 14, June 2018 Final Correction: 20, September 2018 Final Accepted: 23, November 2018 Published: January 2019 Citation: Mathias & Gumpy (2019). Developing and Hosting a Website for Wiljean Singing Ministry. IRJCS:: International Research Journal of Computer Science, Volume VI, 21-32. doi://10.26562/IRJCS.2019.JACS10092 Editor: Dr.A.Arul L.S, Chief Editor, IRJCS, AM Publications, India Copyright: ©2019 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, Which Permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study With the current advancement in the music world, one need to make a way in other to promote his or her music else, no one will know you. One of the ways you can achieve this is to host your music website on the internet so that anyone on the web can be able to view and have access to it. By so doing, you promote your music, because everybody loves music. “Without music life would be a mistake” (Friedrich, 1990). This project is meant to develop a website and hosted for WilJean Singing Ministry. WilJean is a group of singers that are doing their best to see that their music reaches the world. The best way to promote a group is by the use of internet and this project is targeted at hosting a web site where everyone around the world can view information about WilJean, learn and download their songs. “A website is simply a collection of documents much like you would have on your computer that display mostly text and images. These computer documents (files) are stored on a special computer called a web server or web host, in a format that is compatible with applications called web browsers. When people browse the Internet, they can view these documents, provided they know where to look.” (Greg, 2007) The web host, or web server that stores the website files has a special address called an Internet Protocol (IP) number, which is associated with a specific domain name. When that domain name is typed into the web surfer’s browser, the website being stored on that host is displayed. In order to have a web site on the Internet, you need a place to store it so that the public can find it. When you purchase web hosting, you are sort of renting space on the Internet. Actually, you are just renting hard drive space along with some very useful applications and important website tools from a company that provides space on the Internet. That “space” is called a web server and is provided by a web HOST. The Web Host makes sure your website is available to people who are browsing the Internet. You are also paying for bandwidth which, in basic terms, is just a measurement of accessibility between the public and your website files. When someone views your website, for example, they are spending your bandwidth. A web host is a service provider that allows you to place your web site on a computer (server) which is connected to the Internet. This gives people who surf the Internet a way to access your website. The computer that the web hosting company uses is similar to the computer you have at home, the difference being that it is set up to “serve” websites and is therefore called a "server". It is a much more robust computer than the desktop at home and is usually loaded with countless software applications that make managing websites much easier.