How can I create a web hosting on my own computer

every Body help me:


My computer system is windows xp.
how can I install database in my Computer
And how to bulid a hosting in my own computer and ftp
which software will I use.
How can I setup Ip In My computer.


Please

wait you everybody answer

Larry

Hi ljzxtww, welcome to the forums,
You should be able to install a database on your local machine. Installations can be tricky, but they're not impossible to do. Most developers do this to test their scripts before uploading them to their server.
To have your computer be a host server is another question. This requires server software (eg. Apache, or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/default.mspx ??) and your computer to be online all the time.
I don't know what the system requirements would be, but I imagine your XP box is NOT big enough. But I could be wrong. As to getting your own server IP number, I'm clueless, sorry. Hopefully someone with server experience will post.

the perfect solution for you is apache triad

google that and download a stable version.
Takes next to no knowledge to setit up and it includes everything from php support to mysql databases.

once its installed you can goto (URL address blocked: See forum rules) and setup your databases exactly as they are on the web.

Edit: oh and about your system specs, its extremelly unlikely that yours dont meet the system requirements of this.
Also I'm not sure whether you want this for home network use or if you want to host a website from your pc. If you are trying the latter, you may run into troubles with your firewalls etc.

if you intend to run a server for website hosting, I'd recommend to use a dedicated PC for this. The system doesn't have to be anything flashy, you could just use a 500GHz cpu.

just some old pc will do, this way you also wont need a high Wattage to run it

The only important things are a good internet connection, a fair amount of memory and a good HDD.

do u mean... u are the webmaster and want ure machine to be like a web hosting server? or its just uploading data on the web server through your machine. BTW the best FTP client is WS FTP. For more information visit: idealviews.com/hosting.asp

As mentioned, you need to run a server such as Apache to host your own website. If you're using a router, you need to forward the appropriate port (80) to the computer serving the website. Some ISP's block port 80, so you would need to contact your ISP to find out whether they do or not. If they do, then you need to set Apache to listen in on a different port, and forward that port instead.

If you have a router, it would be wise to set up a static IP on that computer. Right Click Network Places --> Properties.
Right Click Local Area Connection --> Properties
Double Click TCP/IP Settings
Type in an IP (based on what your routers IP is) Without the type of router, can't tell you what to set.
DNS will need to be provided by your ISP.

For FTP, you need to set up an FTP server. And forward port 21 on the router as well.

If you're looking to host your domain, then that's something entirely different, but I can walk you through that as well.