Make PC a web hosting server

[Ali Rizwan]

Hi all,

I m going to make my pc a web hosting server.
Now i have two problems.

Which software i have to buy to make my PC a web server?
How can i give my site a URL?
Which language i use to do web programming?

And i only know VB6 and C/C++ programming languages.

I need some help.

Thanx

>> ALI <<

[numberwhun]

Hi all,

I m going to make my pc a web hosting server.
Now i have two problems.

Which software i have to buy to make my PC a web server?
How can i give my site a URL?
Which language i use to do web programming?

And i only know VB6 and C/C++ programming languages.

I need some help.

Thanx

>> ALI <<

Looks like more than two issues in your list. :-)

You would not have to buy software. You would just have to get a web server, such as Apache and install it on your machine.

As for the URL, you would first need to purchase one from some place like GoDaddy. Once you have that, then you need a to have the Internet know where to go when your URL is typed in, and that is done via DNS. (my knowledge in this area isn't guru-ish so others will have to fill in blanks or correct stuff, but I know the premise) You can use something like dyndns so that the internet knows where you are, but I haven't played with it. You can check into that and read about it here.

To create web site, you need to at least know HTML and to learn that, I recommend w3schools to begin with. Beyond the basic web page, you could learn CSS for formatting, use Perl for CGI, plus many others. There are tons of options.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Jeff

[acoder]

Technical questions don't belong in the Cafe, so I've it to this (the Miscellaneous Questions) forum.

I've also changed the thread title to give it a better description.

[sunnydayday]

Maybe you should learn some basic skill about web technology.

[mikey71174]

Hi all,

I m going to make my pc a web hosting server.
Now i have two problems.

Which software i have to buy to make my PC a web server?
How can i give my site a URL?
Which language i use to do web programming?

And i only know VB6 and C/C++ programming languages.

I need some help.

Thanx

>> ALI <<

No fear. The information provided previously was correct about Apache and purchasing a URL. DynDNS is an excellent place to register your URL for a one time fee of less than $30. As far as needing to learn HTML, no need. You can create a website using Word if you wanted to, but I would recommend downloading Joomla and its instruction manuals, then learn how to use it. You can do everything cut and paste without needing to know html. You can download premade templates and just customize them to your liking. Check it out, it's worth the cost (free).

[numberwhun]

No fear. The information provided previously was correct about Apache and purchasing a URL. DynDNS is an excellent place to register your URL for a one time fee of less than $30. As far as needing to learn HTML, no need. You can create a website using Word if you wanted to, but I would recommend downloading Joomla and its instruction manuals, then learn how to use it. You can do everything cut and paste without needing to know html. You can download premade templates and just customize them to your liking. Check it out, it's worth the cost (free).

Sure, check out the pre-made templates, but if you don't know any HTML, how are you going to know what you should modify? What if something goes wrong or the OP wants the "tempalte" to look slightly different? Without HTML or CSS knowledge they wouldn't be able to.

I would highly suggest learning HTML and CSS. They are very easy languages to learn and don't take long to pick up. Its always nice to have something extra in your repertoire.

Regards,

Jeff

[Rammer124]

I noticed that somebody mentioned w3. That isnt the best resource for learning HTML, I just recently bought a book, heck, it was only $17 and it is an incredible resource! I recommend going to a local bookstore, look in the computer books, and check out web pages for dummies, or any other html tutorial. I got one simply titled, "HTML in Full Color", and its a pretty reliable source.

[numberwhun]

I noticed that somebody mentioned w3. That isnt the best resource for learning HTML, I just recently bought a book, heck, it was only $17 and it is an incredible resource! I recommend going to a local bookstore, look in the computer books, and check out web pages for dummies, or any other html tutorial. I got one simply titled, "HTML in Full Color", and its a pretty reliable source.

I never said it was the best resource for learning, but it is a great reference. You can go there and look up any HTML element and get its use and all of its supported options. w3 are the maintainers of the standards, why shouldn't they be referenced?

Jeff