Hello Steve you have got a nice guide here ever since i started designing my pages i always to wanted ot do it on my own server but i don,t know how to do it.
The reason was i learned in a hyaway fashion so i didn't have enough knowldege on servers and you have post has shown me the way to do it

Thanks.

hello steve what you said is good but i would be happy happy if you can post me some tutorial link which i can study offline about webserver

to be honest i dont have clear idea what domain means and if you post link for ebook i would really happy to download it.

and thanks for this post

Thanks a lot. This guide is great. I was just about to ask about where I could get C-panel, but it looks like zpanel is good and it is free. I have already added this post to my favorites, because I am thinking about putting up a server soon. Thanks.

well you dont really need an uptight comp to run your own server i mean its so simple i run to instances of apache on on the default port and the other on port 3000 and they all jus take up 40mb ram each so you see its not that hard well heres part two.
to run your own server you are gonna need.
a server software apache preferable
perl. mysql and python (these are optional)
also if you wish to run a web hosting company you gonna need a webhosting control panel.
a mail server
a ftp server
and the most important thing about running your own server is to have it accessible to other people to see it, and this you are gonna need, a dynamic dns client software and a dynaminc dns provider.


you see when you are on a dial up network your ip address changes every time and you need the dynamin dns client to update you ip to the dynamic dns provider every time it changes.

well sorry for all the linux people but this article is jus gonna really focus on poeple running windows coz when it comes to servers everybody knows that windows people have a disadvantage. dry.gif


so next im gonna show you 5 simple ways you could get your server online and working

1..download the tsw{the saing wamp}thats basically an acronym for windows apache and mysql / perl installer. it will do everything for the configuration of all that crap and save you days of headaches. trust me been there. you could download this from tsw the saint wamp download page
that is there latest version and it features most of the features i mentioned on the first article. and please note that it also features php 5.

2...just make sure that when you are installing it you do not install the services that it the ftp server and the mail server they got there coz they not so user friendly i will tell you which ones to use . for your mails server i stronly recommend that you use.hmail server and you can find that here. hmail server .com and for the ftp server you could possibly go for cerrubus ftp server according to me its the best just use you favourite search engine to find that.

3....configure both the ftp server and the mails server . that should be a walk through. its really easy .

4....dynamic dns...<> first get a uni.cc account. another domain that is and in the domain setup point it out to dns option. then point the external dns servers to ns1.afraid.org
ns2.afraid.org
then go to www.afraid.organd register for a dns account and add your uni.cc domain name . it will probably take some time for the dns servers to change so be patient. then from there you can configure dynamic dns for your domain name. and for the dns client i insist you use dynsite for window. its the best and the easitest to use.

5..everything is done you got your own domain name webserver and everything there is nothing that the server you just setup . cannot run its mega featured lol. take my word for it.for the webhosting control panel for people using windows there is this great one called the zpanel you can grab it at www.thezpanel.com its for people using windows.

well if you have a problem with setting up any of the above esp the dns (trust me that can really be hektic. )just pm or post in this forum ill be sure to help. well there have fun running your own server.....
if you need any other thing jus pm me i'll be glad to help you..

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Pretty cool tutorial,keep up the good work