hosting your own website

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On 12/14/05, 'Forum Post <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> Do you have 1) A static IP address? and 2) An always on connection?
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> Install apache2, and whatever you throw in /var/www will be on your
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> Learning how to run a whole web server setup takes time. Learning the
> basics of Apache first is usually a good idea, then move on to mysql,
> php, and whatever else you want to tackle.
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> If you've got a static IP, you need to go to wherever you bought the
> domain name and point it at that IP address. If not, you'll need to
> figgure out dynDNS or something.
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Everyone else seems to have covered the basics.. All I'll add is if
you want a good set of instructions on the web site side of things I
highly recommend the Ubuntu guide to LAMP servers (Linux Apache MySQL
PHP), makes the whole experience much easier.
Also if your planning on setting up a blog type site Word Press is
bloody brilliant and they also have excellent Doco.
umm for a photo gallery I recommend Gallery2
Linkages:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApacheMySQLPHP?action=show&redirect=LAMPForHoary
(ignore that it says "for Hoary, it works fine under breezy)
http://wordpress.org/ (this is in the repository)
http://gallery.menalto.com/ (unfortunately only gallery 1.5 is in the
repository but it really is a piece a cake to install manually)


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