how to host a website on my home computer?
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Get the apache web server.  It's free and probably the most robust web server out there.\n\nIt will take a little reading to learn the basic configuration.  \n\nIf you don't have a domain name, people will have to use your public IP address to access the site.\n\nEdit:  apache is available on almost all platforms including Windows.  Your site will only be available for viewing when the computer running apache is turned on and connected to the Internet.  That's why so many people recommend running an old (linux) machine to host the site.  A dedicated server can be a bit better but it's not necessary.
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Check out GoDaddy.com\n\nYou can also check out some options for hosting w/ domain name included. They'll cost a bit more, but you might find a bargain.
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start, control panel, internet options, then u can type in directly the name of the website that you want your homepage to be, then click ok
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Sigh-up to free website hosting like http://www.geocities.com\nThey have file manager that canupload your pages.\nOr you can FTP them if they offer it.
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Use your hosts file.\n\nLocate the file as:\nWindows XP = C:&#92; WINDOWS&#92; SYSTEM32&#92; DRIVERS&#92; ETC\nWindows 2K = C:&#92; WINNT&#92; SYSTEM32&#92; DRIVERS&#92; ETC\n\nOpen it with note pad (it doesnt have a default program to open with so select it from the list)\n\nAdd the domain name that keeps opening then put some spaces and then put 127.0.0.1 so they are both on the same line.\nYou have to have <space>'s between, NOT tabs.\n\nwww.blurb.com    127.0.0.1\nblurb.com        127.0.0.1\n\nSave the file and whenever that site is requested in future it will fail to load as it will be using the address from your hosts file and not the DNS servers on the net.
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Internet Explorer (this might work for other web browsers too)\n\nTools: Internet Options\nand then there's a place "Home Page" where you put in the address
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Same as any other website, get a host and upload HTML. Or if you are Internet challenged, get a Blog
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Use HTML to create a basic page and host it on a Server.\nvisit www.w3schools.com for excellent tutorial.
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Step 1: \nRegister your domain name.  You can register a domain name at yahoo or at godaddy.com.  \n\nStep 2: \nGet web hosting.  YOu can get web hosting thru Yahoo or Godaddy, or a gazillion other web hosting companies on line.  You will likely only need a teeny bit of disk space for your site, but you may want to make sure you have at least 500mb of space so that you have enough room to have email accounts associated with your website/domain.  Get a UNIX/RedHat/Linux/Apache type account.  You don't need to pay for "windows" hosting.  You should pay between $7 and $20 per month for hosting.... less, and you don't know what kind of customer service you are going to get, more, and you are paying too much.\n\nStep 3:\nGo to the place where you registered your domain name and make sure your DNS is pointing to the place where you are hosting your website.  \n\nmore explanation: if you register mycompany.com and your host is hostingcompany.com, you need to make sure your domain name is pointing to hosting company.  your dns may look like this:\n\nns1.hostingcompany.com\nns2.hostingcompany.com\n\nOften times your webhost will do the DNS transfer for you.  You will need to tell them your regristrar account's username and password.  That's their job.  It's ok to give it to them.  You might want to change it afterwards though.\n\nSide note: I recommend registering your own domain.  Don't have your hosting company register it for you, as you want to own your domain name and have it registered in your own name.\n\nStep 4:\nThe next step, of course, is to create your website and then load it onto your server.  You should learn XHTML and CSS to do a good job here.  You only need a text editor such as notepad or textpad to create your site and the filemanager portion of your control panel (see below) to upload your files, but you can also go all out and get Dreamweaver, or other WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor.  I recommend Thomsons book "New Perspectives on HTML, XHTML, and Dynamic HTML, Comprehensive"\n\nTerms:\n\nMySQL:\nMySQL is a type of database.  If this is your first website and you asked the question you did, you likely will never need to use it.  However, it is good to get a hosting package that allows for at least one MySQL database.  You will only ever need one database, as you can have almost unlimited tables in this one database.\n\ncPanel:\ncPanel is a control panel for webhosting.  It's a type of control panel... brand name.  It is a really great control panel.  WHat is a control panel?  A control panel is a GUI by which you can control your website.  It includes file manager, where you can upload pages to your website (uploading means putting files from your computer onto your website that is hosted by your hosting company you picked in step 2), control of .htaccess, which allows you to set up password protected directories, email, which allows you to set a default account for your site as well as create email mail boxes and email forwards.
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I am afraid that your two part question has an easy answer and a hard one.\n\nIn order to set up a web page you need three things:\n\n- HTML coding to determine what information is on your webpage and what it looks like.\n- A "Web Host" to take those files and place them on a "web server" that is accessable to the internet.\n- A URL to tell the world how to get to your newly set up server.\n\nThe HTML coding piece can be done many different ways.  You can choose to purchase or download a free editing application that will let you design your own page from scratch or from some pre-designed templates that come with the software.  Some of the more popular examples of these programs are Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia (now Adobe) Dreamweaver.  Using these tools does take some learning curve, but as a rule they are not difficult to master.\n\nAn alternative to using software is to utilize a service like Yahoo or NetFirms who offer "Fill in the blank" web design.  These providers allow you to pick a look and feel and simply fill in the boxes as to what information you want to provide.  Often the come bundled with a hosting package and URL which we are about to discuss.\n\nThe second step is to select a webhost.  A Google or Yahoo search on web host will yield hundred of results.  It is best to look for a provider that has been around for some time, has a recognizable brand name and easy access to quality customer support.  A web host will typically charge you a monthly fee ranging anywhere from $8-$800 dollars a month for your site based on complexity and number of visitors (bandwidth) you use up.\n\nFinally you need to obtain a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).  A URL is your address on the internet and tells people how to find you.  Typcially you can purchase a custom URL for use (ie - Mywonderfullwebsite.com) or you can use a longer name with your hosting provider (ie - www.webhostingcompany.com/mywonderfullwebsite).  If you want people to visit your site you should try to pick a URL that is short and easy to remember.\n\nMany web providers bundle all the above items into a single package and remove the complexity from the process for you.\n\nFinally you ask how to get people to look at it ?  That comes down to marketing.  Get the word out by contact webmasters of simmilar sites and asking them to link to your site, visit the major search engines and find the "submit" link where you can enter in your new URL for their review, or start reading up on any of the many many books / websites dedicated to search engines and internet marketing.\n\nGood Luck !
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http://www.interkeys.com/tophosts is pretty good. All the recs there are top notch hosts, very easy for beginners, and most importantly affordable.
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Open the web site you want as your home page.\nGo To\nTools\nInternet Options\nclick on the... use current...box \nClick...Apply and OK\nE
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You need to install a web server such as IIS (Internet Information Services) on your PC in order that you can host these pages.  You also need to have, at minimum, a static IP address or better a domain name, so that you can direct people to your site.  \n\nIf you have never built a website before you are going to need some kind of tutorial to walk you through.\n\nHowever, once you expose your PC to the internet in this way, you need to be aware that there plenty of people out there from the 'dark side' who will take great delight in trying to hack it.  Think very carefully before making your PC a web server.
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A free web host, there are lots out there. Yahoo, freewebs?... blah blah\n\nAnd a basic knowledge of html helps.\n\nJust make a few pages that you like, find a free host (Im sure someone else will come along and provide a list of these for you) and upload the pages... bobs ya uncle (or aunt if he/she is that way inclined).\n\n;O)
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apache2 with php5 - both free and reasonably straight-forward to set up, if you don't have static IP then register with dyndns.org and install a dynDNS client.\n\nnow you can run your own web server!\n\nof course if you have a mickey mouse ISP throttling your bandwidth then forget it!
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Hi\n\nI think you can use www.netandhost.com I use them for my clients. Try registering online to activate your site instantly.