# Host your own web? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198 "2003-06-27T03:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![my3brs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@my3brs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/my3brs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/1 "2003-06-27T03:27:10Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/2 "2003-06-27T03:29:40Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/3 "2003-06-27T03:52:19Z")
I have new computer that only has three things on it flash dreamweaver and coldfusion does that make a diffrents? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/4 "2003-06-27T03:54:08Z")
no. A personal PC is not a good thing to use for long-term web hosting. You need to get a real server… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/5 "2003-06-27T03:58:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/6 "2003-06-27T03:59:17Z")
oh okay thanx Jbba ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/7 "2003-06-27T03:59:21Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/8 "2003-06-27T04:04:14Z")
Okay thank you sorry for getting on your nerves ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/9 "2003-06-27T04:05:27Z")
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 🙂 windows me does not support running a virtual host with apache, that is, you can only access the server with [http://localhost/](http://localhost/) , you can’t get people to access it through your ip 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/10 "2003-06-27T12:31:55Z")
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 . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/host-your-own-web/24198/11 "2003-06-27T18:27:43Z")
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