What is a Domain Name?
A technical term for the ‘address’ of a particular website on the internet, the domain name tells your browser where to look to access the pages you want to see. The domain name for this website, for example, is “nastardesigns.com” and you arrived at this page from clicking through one webpage to another, moving from one domain name to another, or by typing the exact address into the address bar of your browser

Do I need a Domain name?
Yes, you do, a domain name is the URL that people type in the browser bar to locate your site online. To register your domain name click here or contact us and we can do this for you.

What is a website?
A web site is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, accessible via the Internet. All accessible websites are seen collectively as constituting the "World Wide Web." Each web page has a specific textual address on the Internet at which it can be found by the browser, this is known as its "URL." The World Wide Web is made up of millions of websites, and each website consists of one or more web pages. A web page contains the textual content that is displayed by the browser, in addition to: coded instructions on how this text is laid out in the document, references to the graphic files that are also part of the viewable document, and link definitions to allow a user to connect to other pages or related files (within the same website or elsewhere on the Internet). Written in a tagging language called HTML, a web page often contains text, pictures, as well as links to other web pages or Internet resources.

What is hosting?
Every website is 'hosted' somewhere. In other words, the 'hosting' entity runs a machine that not only stores a given website but - most critically - makes it possible for other machines around the Internet to find that website on their machine. Many Internet Service Providers (Nastar Designs) offer physical space on their machines for their customers to create and manage their own website. The Provider (known as an ISP) runs the software that enables those websites to be found by those looking for them around the world.

Do Nastar Designs offer campaigns such as Google adwords?
No we don't, we can refer you to SEO specialists. We offer standard keywords and meta tags, your site is also submitted to all major search engines. If you have keywords you would specifically like entered we can place this into your coding.

Are your websites compliant ?
All websites designed by Nastar Designs use original and authorised testimonials. All websites comply with the applicable laws and codes of conduct.

What is a mail client?
A mail client is a front-end computer program used to manage email. Your mail client could be Outlook express, Mac mail, Microsoft entourage and many more.

How long should I register my domain name for?
We recommend at least a 2 year period as this shows Google longevity.

Why should I host with Nastar Designs?
The biggest benefits of hosting with Nastar Designs is that we run off an Australian Server, No added extra costs with currency exchange and we will maintain your website with unlimited text changing whilst hosted with us.

Do I need hosting?
To have your website on the internet you must have a hosting package.

What is HTML?
"Hypertext Markup Language" HTML is the language that is used to construct pages on the World Wide Web."