Host your own web?

programming
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Can I host my website with something like Personal Web Server, apache, coldfusion, sql Server 2000, Xitami or Pi3web? I did it on my Sisters computer wich she has windows 98 and I did it with personal webserver but now I can’t do it on My computer with personal webserver I have windows me. Now it can’t do it on her computer anymore. Can someone please tell me if you can do that and if so how?

Thnx

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you can, but its not recommended for long-term use. Personal Web Server is really just for testing files locally before you upload them to the web.

There are a whole bunch of issues about using your personal PC for a webserver… security, speed, bandwith, traffic, and I’m sure your ISP will not be happy with all of the bandwidth being soaked up…

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I have new computer that only has three things on it flash dreamweaver and coldfusion does that make a diffrents?

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no. A personal PC is not a good thing to use for long-term web hosting. You need to get a real server…

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Oh yah I know all of the possibilitys already. I have dsl f that makes the internet faster and I’ll be carefull with bandwidth and security and all that stuff.

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oh okay thanx Jbba

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I’m saying no. Thats my answer, I don’t think anyone here will recommend that you do unless you absolutely 100% know what you are doing. :slight_smile:

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Okay thank you sorry for getting on your nerves

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yeah, i do run a webserver on my machine, but i wouldn’t actually host a real site on it. specially since it’s a windows machine, if you had a linux box it still wouldn’t be a good idea, but not as bad :slight_smile:

windows me does not support running a virtual host with apache, that is, you can only access the server with http://localhost/ , you can’t get people to access it through your ip :slight_smile:

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even with all the security in the world i don’t think you could be secure on a windows me system.

what if someone manipulates your system registery? or worse introduces trojons or something like that?

a webserver is SAFE and CHEAP .

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yea plus i doubt your isp gives you a static ip, then what are u going to do, buy one of those DNS for me progs… gack