Wanting do host a website... What do I need?

[Krueger81]

Hello,

I have a spare server that I'd like to use to host my personal website. I'd like to have a domain and host the website from at home.

I am not really sure what I need to do.

Do I just register a domain and give them my server info/IP and I am all set?

Thnaks
Phil

 

[Mrfrog840]

need to set up a DNS server on your comp. Id go with www.godaddy.com i think it is. Great hosting my friend loved them

 

[RossMAN]

Register a domain with NameCheap.com they're highly recommended.

 

[edro]

Yeah.... NameCheap.com for Domain name registering..... then I recommend AllAboutHosting.co.uk for hosting.

 

[Paulson]

zoneedit.com - free dns server

so buy a domain, have your domain point to zoneedit.com, and zoneedit.com points the domain to your ip..

It's really simple.

 

[Krueger81]

let's say I register a domain with namecheap.com do I still need to find a host if I wanna host it from my house. and also let's say people punch in www.blablabla.com would I have to redirect it or can I give them my IP and that would take care of that.

Phil

 

[DanFungus]

you also need to setup and run a program to actually host the website. I reccomend Apache. It takes a bit of work to get it setup and running correctly, but once you do that, it's awesome. I used IIS (made by Microsoft), and after using both, I definitely reccomend Apache.

Here are some links to the Binaries (executable files) for Apache

 

[Krueger81]

I allready have IIS running.

http://12.221.254.24:1000

is the website that is currently up. It's just a BS page for now

Phil

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: Krueger81
let's say I register a domain with namecheap.com do I still need to find a host if I wanna host it from my house. and also let's say people punch in www.blablabla.com would I have to redirect it or can I give them my IP and that would take care of that.

Phil

What would happen, is if you want to host it from your house, you would run a program (i.e. Apache ) and then you'd have the domain name point to your IP address. The whole point of the domain name is to not use the IP address. It would auto redirect to your IP, find apache, then serve the webpage. One problem is that if yuor IP changes, it'll take a little while, 0-24/48 hours, I believe to re-setup the IP address with the domain name

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: Krueger81
I allready have IIS running.

http://12.221.254.24:1000

is the website that is currently up. It's just a BS page for now

Phil

What you could also do, for free, if you ddin't need a .com address, you could use DynDNS to have a redirect so that when someone puts is (example) page.mine.nu (one of the free domains), it'll auto redirect to yuor server. You can then run a program on the server so that any time the server's Ip changes, it will auto-update the redirect to go to the correct place. I use one that yuo can get on their site (dyndns) called DirectUpdate. Works well if you want to do it that way

 

[Krueger81]

hmmm.

I am on a cable modem and the IP changes whenever it wants to allthough I haven't had any IP changes at all since I have gotten the cable modem.

Phil

 

[Krueger81]

computersunited.mine.nu is my new ".com" I guess.. anyway what I am trying to figure out if it matters what type of port I specify with them or can I just give them my IP address w/out port.

Thaks
Phil

 

[Krueger81]

www.computersunited.com now belongs to me

registered with namecheap.com

thanks
guys

Phil

 

[RossMAN]

Since your IP changes fairly often (instead of every few months) if you can afford $4.30 a month you can get the following webhosting:

Site Features:
Disk space : 500 MB
Bandwidth : 10 GB
Cpanel Bluetrix : yes
24 hour server monitoring : yes
99.7% uptime guarantee : yes
Support 24/7 : yes
Web Based Stats : yes
Raw Access Log : yes
Auto Installer : yes

Domain Features:
Your own domain name : yes (registration not included)
Additional Domains : 5
Sub-domains : 5

Email Features:
POP/IMAP accounts : 50
SMTP server relay : yes
Web based email : yes
Aliases/Forwarders : unlimited
SPAM Assassin : unlimited
Catch-all address : yes

FTP Features:
Master admin account : yes
FTP user accounts : unlimited
Anonymous FTP : no

Security Features:
Shared SSL certificate : pre-installed
Individual SSL cert : optional - no setup fee
Daily backups : yes
Password protected directories : yes

Developer Features:
Perl : yes
PHP : yes
PHPMyAdmin : yes
MySQL : 5 databases
Custom Error Pages : yes
Server-side includes : yes
FrontPage 2002 : yes
SSH : no
Web file manager : yes

E-Commerce Features:
OSCommerce : yes
Interchange : no

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Krueger81
www.computersunited.com now belongs to me

I just checked your URL and it looks like you're in the process of bringing your website alive

So did you ever sign up for RippleHost.com's $4.99/yr webhosting deal like I recommended?

 

[Krueger81]

yub.

what I am trying to figure out now is how can people witha resolution of 800*600 view my website that was created in 1024*768

Phil

 

[RossMAN]

Cool lemme know how you like RippleHost in a month or so, $4.99/yr is a steal of a deal!