hosting you own website

[jay_bo]

Out of interrest how would you host your own website. i know you would need a server but if you made one and hooked it up to the web n brought a domain name, what application would you need?

 

[mbshinde78]

You need to get a static IP from your internet provider which needs to be linked through your router using NAT, i think.

 

[CrazeD]

Keep in mind that many ISP's block the port in which webservers run on.

 

[kpmwrestler]

you can either use Apache or microsoft's IIS to host from your comuter.

Apache is more powerful but IIS is more straightforward.

I have successfully hosted a website from my WAN address using apache

 

[peterhuang913]

You can use freewebs to get started.
You can upload custom pages but you won't get the .com domain though. You can register for some free domain redirect though.

 

[jay_bo]

yea but you cnt use php on free webs n other things/

 

[themaster]

Hi there,

Moonfruit is something that I reccommend to people looking for a free site creator.

Moonfruit

Ben

 

[jay_bo]

were not looking for a site creator, we are on about hosting sites ur self, having a ur own server at home

 

[mikesgroovin]

Keep in mind that many ISP's block the port in which webservers run on.

Right, and this has been a plague in the local ISP -> Web Server running community. We need to address this problem ASAP!!! Wait... oh yea, the other 50,000 ports that we can use

Don't "keep this in mind". In fact, this is some kid that knows nothing about what he is talking about.

 

[Raze664]

If you know how to use ftp, and html. I recommend using Freehostia to host it, simple to use and gives good amount of space.