| Brendan Donahue 2004-04-18, 3:31 am |
| nikoz wrote:
> Hi to everyone..
> I finished building a web site based on PHP/MYSQL.Basically the site
> has discussion forums and a small database of music and video files
> that are available after becoming a member.All the files of my site
> are located in my DoccumentRoot directory.The site has been tested
> only in localhost address and its working.
> Now, in order to publish my site what do i have to do? am I going to
> need a domain name right?Is there anything free outthere?
> And something that i dont understand very well..when I register for a
> domain name am I giving my IP address to them and they give me the
> name?So all the files of my site are remaing in my computer because
> it acts as server right?
> Thanx in advance
>
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I would not reccommend using your computer as a server. If you just have a
normal residential ISP, they probably do not allow you to run it as a
server. You'd also be surprised how much bandwidth it requires to stream
video. You will need, at least, a webhost that supports PHP and MySQL.
There are tons of hosts out there, but choose carefully. Many of the cheap
ones are outright scams. Do your research at http://webhostingtalk.com ,
it is a good forum with lots of info. You don't have to have a domain
name, but you will probably want one, unless you want to use a subdomain
from your web host. When you buy a domain, it usually costs between $5 and
$15. Basically, you give them the nameservers of your webhost and the
domain will be pointed to your site (you have to setup the domain with your
host though).
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