How To Host Yourself Freely (ON A HOME COMPUTER)

This tutorials aims are to:

• Be as simple as possible
• Get Your Site Online freely

Okay... Lets begin

How to install Xampp
What is Xampp?
Xampp is basically a program which turns YOUR pc into a webserver, but letting you use it for normal tasks at the same time.
Okay... Now what do i do?
1.Hop over to the Xampp mirrors page HERE
2.Scroll down until you find the text
XAMPP Windows 1.6.5
[Basic package]
3.Click "Installer"
4. A file download will start, save it to your desktop, doesnt matter what you call it... Just make sure you know what it is
5. When the download has finished, run the installation file (the just downloaded one)
6. Go through the installation, making sure that you install Apache, MySql, phpMyAdmin and filezilla
7.After the installation is complete, you will find XAMPP under Start / Programs / XAMPP. You can use the XAMPP Control Panel to start/stop all server and also install/uninstall services.
Screeny Of The Xampp Control Panel
(From Xampp Site)
http://www.apachefriends.org/images/1161.jpg
Okay Peoples... Now you have a server :O:O... But how do you add files?
Fear not... The next steps will tell you...

1. Go onto my computer....
2. Then Your Hard Drive (usually C://)
3. Then Xampp
4. Then htdocs....
5. Add folders in there.....

Right... Now.. You want people to access it?, Okay...

1. Navigate yourself to http://www.no-ip.com/newUser.php
2. Fill in the details
3. Then Login...
4. Then go to Hosts/Redirects>Add
5. Fill in the details , leaving ip as the same and , making sure that the 1st DROP DOWN BOX is bounceme.net
6. Leave the mx record blank
7. Click Create Host

Now test it by putting in your web browser
yourpreviouslyenteredsitename.bounceme.net/foldernamepreviouslycreated

Congrats, You now have a free host

(C)2008-When i die- Dannyb AKA
Habfm.net - HabboxForum
Hotfire.. - HHGS.Net

This tutorial cannot be posted anywhere without credits to me (:

One: Dont use red everywhere, it looks horrible

Two: I used to host a site on my laptop, don't bother unless you have like a static IP otherwise you have crap upload and also when your IP rotates everything messes up.

Three: It could have been googled

Four: You can't copyright unless you have registered it

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Originally Posted by 00chips

One: Dont use red everywhere, it looks horrible

Two: I used to host a site on my laptop, don't bother unless you have like a static IP otherwise you have crap upload and also when your IP rotates everything messes up.

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You forgot the most important one!

Three:
Thanks for sharing ;)

Does it actually work or will it mess up if i do it?

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(C)2008-When i die- Dannyb AKA
Habfm.net - HabboxForum
Hotfire.. - HHGS.Net

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Dont ask how much i lol'd ^_^

Thanks for the tut anyways, i gonna use it ;)

This has been mention a million billion godzillion times on this forum already, but good effort.

@Carlsta: Yes it will work, but, unless you want others to view your files, don't bother with the last steps.

Also, you'd be better getting a free host to upload to, there are thousands of them.

Yeah like you actually wrote that all yourself, im going to steal it now, what the **** you going to do about it?

Ew.
Windows 95/98/XP with 95/98 theme
And RED ;o

But good guide :P
For people who cba to google.

Forgot about IP forwarding though :P
(For most people who use wireless routers)

Ahhi cba
:p was bored and wanted to try it
I use wireless so might not work!
i gots my own domain anyways :)

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Originally Posted by MrCraig

Ew.
Windows 95/98/XP with 95/98 theme

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Thousands of designers and programmers do that because it uses less space and runs faster lol.