Maybe a DUMB question?

[transam1978]

Like the title says, "Maybe a DUMB question?". I gues the ONLY way to gain knowledge is too ask right? Well here it goes. Does it matter what operating system (OS) your domain host is using (UNIX, Windows) in order for you to put a website on their server? More info: If I'm using windows to write the HTML and I up it to a UNIX Server will it still display my site? OR is HTML just HTML regardless of what OS was used to write it? Something to think about "MAYBE"!

 

[Saltin]

Sure it matters.
Example: Apache wont run things like .asp very well/at all (to my knowledge).
With,HTML though, and it won't matter. It should run on anything.

 

[transam1978]

What about things like the usual web stuf (FLASH, jpg, gif etc...)? So far I understand what your saying and I'm just making sure.

 

[Superwormy]

HTML, XML, Flash, GIF, PNG, JPEG, Javascript are all CLIENT SIDE.

All that the webserver does is send your web browser a stream if bytes, and your web browser assmbles everything. Any webserver can send a client a stream of bytes. Those files will work the same regardless of the OS / Webserver the server is running.


However, SERVER-SIDE stuff like PHP Scripts, ASP Scripts, ColdFusion, Java ( NOT Javascript ) IT DOES MATTER IN SOME CASES, for instance you wouldn't want to write an ASP script and put it up on a Linux / Unix server, because MOST Unix / Linux servers dont' support ASP ( and the ones that do have limited support ), only IIS/MicroSoft does the ASP thing.