Hosting?

A_Zip1 · 05-18-2004, 11:48 PM

Yeah i wanna host my own website, on an old p2. 233mhz 128 mb ram comp.. it has its own internet connection. lol i know its gonna be slow. but who carez!!. haha, so yeah i dunno, its only win98. so what kinda software would i need 2 host it?. im totally new 2 making websites and everything, i just wanna make the site through Front Page, just a simple site with like links to fun stuff and maybe like a couple song downloads for my friends and what not. so yeah, any help would be nice. thankz in advance.

digitaloracle · 05-30-2004, 11:52 AM

You need an http server that will support Front Page extensions, and a domain name. If you have a static ip, you can go to one of any number of sites to register a name. It usually costs money, I think the average might be arount $10 (US) a year. If you have a dynamic ip, like most of us, then you will need to register your domain with a service that allows your computer to upload any changes in it's ip to thier servers (try dyndns.org, they allow this sort of thing and it's free, but you get a subdomain). In order for that to work, a compatible client program needs to be running on your computer. And if you only want to do a simple site, make Front Page save the pages as html documents; you have many more choices for servers if you do. Better yet, learn basic html coding, it's actually very easy.

05-18-2004, 11:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
A_Zip1 Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 351	Hosting? Yeah i wanna host my own website, on an old p2. 233mhz 128 mb ram comp.. it has its own internet connection. lol i know its gonna be slow. but who carez!!. haha, so yeah i dunno, its only win98. so what kinda software would i need 2 host it?. im totally new 2 making websites and everything, i just wanna make the site through Front Page, just a simple site with like links to fun stuff and maybe like a couple song downloads for my friends and what not. so yeah, any help would be nice. thankz in advance.

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05-30-2004, 11:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
digitaloracle Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 725	You need an http server that will support Front Page extensions, and a domain name. If you have a static ip, you can go to one of any number of sites to register a name. It usually costs money, I think the average might be arount $10 (US) a year. If you have a dynamic ip, like most of us, then you will need to register your domain with a service that allows your computer to upload any changes in it's ip to thier servers (try dyndns.org, they allow this sort of thing and it's free, but you get a subdomain). In order for that to work, a compatible client program needs to be running on your computer. And if you only want to do a simple site, make Front Page save the pages as html documents; you have many more choices for servers if you do. Better yet, learn basic html coding, it's actually very easy.