[plug] #2 Website - Linux newbie

[Craig Ringer]

> Web hosting is slightly different, you can run this from your machine by
> doing a workstation install and once setup then installing Apache as
> your web server.
I strongly reccomend doing this (running a local apache etc) but you 
probably want to use that for testing and playing with, and use an 
account at an ISP (ergh even use that "free web space") for your live 
world-accessable stuff. Assuming your ISP runs Apache of course - unless 
you feel like either (a) using mega-basic html or (b) persuading a IIS 
admin to install PHP or emulate Server-Side includes *grin*.

> you then can use vi or emacs or some text editor to
> write your web pages, put them in the httpd(apache) home dir(for RedHat
> /var/www) and you can view it via your web browser. 

> You will need some 
> sort of internet account whether dialup or perm, this will depend on your level
> of Web Presence, for people you want to see your web site.
IMHO its harder to set up your machine to serve pages direct to the 'net 
than it is to use an ISP, because you've got to worry about variable IP 
addrs, etc. If you've got a service with a static IP, all is good and a 
local apache webserver will probably be easiser. If not, either use your 
ISP's "web space" or set up a dynamically updated dns name from someone 
like dyndns.org.

> Other services can be installed to enhance your web site depending how
> involved you wish to become.
Reccomend PHP. SSI is handy but very limited and can be quite clunky at 
times.


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