[PHP][MySQL][Apache][Windows] Home Server

[Baseball435]

Ye, you don't need to buy a webhost. You can buy ONLY the domain and domain service (which is making sure all root servers knows of that url) and choose to link that to any url or IP.

yeah but like can you be your own domain service and give yourself your own domain instead of having to buy one?

technically yes, practically no

But it is often cheaper just to buy the domain instead of a webhost.

But you should not run a live project on wamp, got too many security issues.

Okay, thanks for the great info it helped a lot!

[Jackolantern]

I agree with Falken. Unless you have gone to school for network security or have studied it on your own for years, use a hosting company. They are dirt cheap, and a good host has a slew of network and security professionals who keep their network safe. There is so much to know to try to set up a secure home host you could easily get lost in all of the things to do.

[Baseball435]

I agree with Falken. Unless you have gone to school for network security or have studied it on your own for years, use a hosting company. They are dirt cheap, and a good host has a slew of network and security professionals who keep their network safe. There is so much to know to try to set up a secure home host you could easily get lost in all of the things to do.

yeah I'm going to stick with buying it from someone. Probably go daddy

[PaxBritannia]

Just to let you know - Halls uses Go-daddy and at one point wanted to leave.

I use Justhost, but i'm going to switch to a dedicated server in a few (5 ish) months.

Going to be offering Hosting when I do! Indie-resource members get a discount!

Pax.

[hallsofvallhalla]

sweet!

yes go daddy has lost me as a customer. They are a pain.

[Noctrine]

Remember how I warned you :p

[Baseball435]

Just to let you know - Halls uses Go-daddy and at one point wanted to leave.

I use Justhost, but i'm going to switch to a dedicated server in a few (5 ish) months.

Going to be offering Hosting when I do! Indie-resource members get a discount!

Pax.

sweet! You have to tell me when you do pax! And ok then I won't buy it from go daddy. Ill wait till pax get his dedicated server maybe. Because I need to create a game and still learn some php and JavaScript before I start a game

[hallsofvallhalla]

yep, maybe build it then buy the host.

[hallsofvallhalla]

Remember how I warned you :p

[Baseball435]

yep, maybe build it then buy the host.

ok. Do you know any good tutorials for JavaScript or something easy I could start on?