Publishing My Site - Help!?
DirtyFishyDish
of hosting my own site on my own computer and downloaded Microsoft PWS. I
can get everything on this program to work fine. My BIG question is, how
exactly do I put this homepage on the internet??? I have the files in the
wwwroot folder and I can see them in my offline web browser, but how do I
actually publish them on the internet?? Is there anything I should know
about doing this? Is it possible? Does it matter how good my internet
connection is?! I have NO idea! Can someone please explain all of this to
me? Thanks.
Andrew
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DirtyFishyDish <s36...@student.uq.edu.au> wrote
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> Hi! I just have a small site but it has LOTS of huge files.
All porn eh ? |-)
> I was thinking of hosting my own site on my own computer
Thats not as easy to do as you might think.
> and downloaded Microsoft PWS. I can get everything on
> this program to work fine. My BIG question is, how exactly
> do I put this homepage on the internet??? I have the files
> in the wwwroot folder and I can see them in my offline web
> browser, but how do I actually publish them on the internet??
You basically need to have a fixed IP and basically
just publish the url that converts to that fixed IP.
Not a lot of point in spelling out how you do that when your
fundamental problem is that you wont have a fixed IP. You
get a new one every time you connect to the net normally,
so that fixed conversion between a url and an IP isnt feasible.
Some ISPs do provide a fixed IP, and when they do, they
also provide a mechanism for that mapping of url to IP.
So the short story is that you need that fixed IP first, and when you
have that, the mapping or technically the DNS entry comes with it.
Its not impossible to do it without the fixed IP, but you may
well find that your ISP's T&Cs dont allow you to run a server.
> Is there anything I should know about doing this?
Yes, clearly how to do it |-)
> Is it possible?
Yes.
> Does it matter how good my internet connection is?!
In the sense of being 24/7 or close to that, yes.
Obviously no one is gunna be able to access the
files when your system isnt connected to the net.
> I have NO idea!
Thats obvious |-)
mouhamad
i have created a site which is published on the Web.
First of all, the destination web server must accept the Frontpage
extension, if not, your site will not work fine on the server...
To publish your site, you must upload all the files which are under the
wwwroot folder, and ALL the files...otherwise you will have problem if you
use frontpage themes.
hope this help
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DirtyFishyDish
> just publish the url that converts to that fixed IP.
>
> Not a lot of point in spelling out how you do that when your
> fundamental problem is that you wont have a fixed IP. You
> get a new one every time you connect to the net normally,
> so that fixed conversion between a url and an IP isnt feasible.
OK. What if I have a cable connection, does that give me a fixed ip? How
do I do this if I do manage to get one? Thanks heaps.
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Use TZO with a cable modem, xDSL or ISDN connection
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a web site,
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an FTP server
a videoconference like Netmeeting or CU-SeeMe,
an Internet phone call like Net2Phone or Internet Phone,
a remote control application, such as PCAnywhere or Laplink,
a multi-user Internet game like Quake III or Half-Life,
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Please be aware that the service agreement with some cable modem and xDSL
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site. We do not encourage or suggest that you violate your agreement with
your service provider. If your ISP doesn't prohibit you from running a host
application, some of the TZO services will help you accomplish it.
One last note is on security. When you have your own domain or sub-domain it
becomes easier for others to connect to your computer. That's why you get a
domain. But some of these people may have a malicious intent. To protect
your system you might want to consider getting a personal firewall or NAT
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about network security and to get you started we offer some basic
information about security as well as some links to other sites to help you
learn more.
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