Running My Own Web Server

I was looking around at free web hosting sites, and was turned away by the lack of customization, and control. So i decided to take on a new project of running my own server. After some reading i have found it to be free, however i have to register a domain name right? Where would i do that? I also found, to my surprise, that the hardware needed is not very demanding as far as performance is concerned. Currently i have this setup ready to go

Pentium Celeron 500mhz
Pentium Mobo
384MB Ram (Max)
5GB HDD
Win2000
DSL Connection

I should be able to run a small site with this setup for a while until i find something more suitable. Like dual PIII's at 1ghz. and 512GB of ram.

Ok so i have the hardware, and then i have to register a domain name. When im creating the page what language is it going to be coded in? like ASP? HTML? Could i use MS FrontPage to make a site, and then modify the html to my liking? Keep in mind the most time i have spent on something similar to this was a 6 week coarse in school.

So please take a look above, and see if i have everything straight.

Thanks

cooked

 

I've registered many, many URLs through GoDaddy.com (I work for a marketing company; we design and host websites as well). They're inexpensive and easy to deal with. I've also used Network Solutions, though they're more expensive.

Sure. Though if you're really serious about creating a website I'd look into Macromedia's Dreamweaver. Frontpage is not something you want to stick with for long, IMHO.

m19

 

Also as far as webserver software goes I would recommend apache webserver and mysql and php. Wouldn't touch asp. Also dream weaver rocks!

 

You might check out this site:http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws. It probably can help you.

 

Thanks for your suggestions. I have looked around and godaddy.com does seem like the cheepest, and many people have positive things to say.

Thanks for suggesting Dremweaver. My dads company is acutally giving away extra software that they ordered, and i hope they still have the Dreamweaver program. Ill find out tomorrow. How easy is it to use? How simular is it to Frontpage?

Thanks to the both of you.



cooked

 

And you need to use a system so that your web can be found.

Link to: Connecting through the Internet to a Network/Server.

I would not pass so fast on FrontPage.

You should look first yourself at both.