If you are reading this tutorial it means that is working fine because this
website is hosted on my computer at home and I have done exactly what is written
on these pages.
I'll try to explain to you my personal experience in doing all the steps to host a website on your own PC
at home, from registering your Domain name, configuring the dns server, the router
and the web server.
If you're planning to have your own website, you've got different options
for hosting it , depending on how big your web site will be and how many visitors is going to have.
Obviously , for a professional web site with thousands of daily visitors
it is recommendable
to have the support of a dedicated server and professional hosting. But if you
want to be on the net only for pleasure and with a small budget, you can
try to host your website on your own at home.Oh yes,you could go on one of the free services that you can find on the net,
but doing that you will have a lot of limitations .
The first would be the limit of space .
Instead hosting on your own you are really free,and you have the full control of
your website.You can also host other websites and make money with that.
The first step to start with is ,assuming you have a website ,
having a look at what minimum hardware and software you need.
Click here to check Requirements
The next step is to find a name for your website and then register that domain
name.Here how to register in a step by step tutorial
How to register your Domain name
When you have your domain name,to make it available on the Internet you need a
DNS Server that will do all the job to serve your IP Address to the requests from
the Net.Click here to learn How to configure a DNS Server
Now you have done all the external jobs it's time to start getting your computer
ready to host a website.If you don't have it already , Install and
configure IIS (Internet Information Services) the Web Server supplied by
Microsoft.Here a step by step tutorial on How to Install and
Configure IIS
At this stage we can configure the router and open the gate to the external
world at the newly hosted website.Follow this tutorial Configuring Your Router
Finally you can check whether the ports on the router are actually opened.
Click here Check computer port
The first step to get your
website online is to find the right name and to register it .There are lots of dedicated sites for that and you can
have a look around and choose what you think is the best.
Personally I registered my web site with www.domainmonger.com for just
$13.00 for 1 year but now they raised the price up to 17.00 dollars.
It doesn't really matter on which site you register your
Domain name because , basically,you have to do the same . This is
,step by step ,what I have done:
Go to www.domainmonger.com
You will be asked to register a new account first, but it's free and quick.After that ,on
the page below you can check the availability of your domain name
by typing it on the left under Find a domain Name
and click Search.
This is the result page
Here you can select the name of you website and proceed with the checkout.
After the payment you will be redirected to the page below ,where you
will have to type the primary and secondary DNS servers that you'll obtain from www.zoneedit.com where you'll have to register.But you'll learn about it in the
next step.
Now just leave these fields as they are. Make sure
that Use Your Own Name Servers is checked
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