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PHP on iWeb '08

JelvisChan said:
I sent an email to my dad, we'll see what happens :) :)
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Please understand you can NOT host from home without the appropriate router port forwarding configured. Also, keep in mind some ISPs prevent it altogether no matter what you do to your router.

Asking people to test before you do this is a waste of our time.
 
Jelvis, I just want to make sure you are aware that in order to run your PC as an HTTP server, you MUST leave it ON all the time, and connected to the internet. 24/7/365. This will cost you money in the form of electricity.

A page ago I linked you to a hosting company called WebHero that allows you to register a domain for US $11.99 per year, which includes a basic hosting package with 50 megs of disk space and PHP scripting. That's ONE American dollar per month. There are even cheaper hosting options, such as Nearly Free Speech that offer "Pay As You Go" hosting packages. With the minimal bandwidth/space that your email form would require, this would cost you PENNIES per month.

Once again, I strongly recommend that you consider hiring out your hosting. For a simple thing like this, it's not worth the inconvenience of tying down your PC and the potential risk to your network, especially if this is something you're not comfortable with. (And particularly if it turns out that running your own HTTP server violates the Terms of Service agreement with your ISP.) The electricity costs alone for running your PC all day and all night would probably cost about as much.

This way you get to experiment with all the PHP you want, with NO risk to your own network. Please consider it.
 
The name is because when we went on 2 cruises, the passport mistook me for Jerry, instead of Jeffrey.

The 2nd part of Jelvis is because my hair looks like Elvis :)

Chan is because my eyes look sort of Asian, although I am not.
 
Alright, there are a couple of things I need to configure before saving my port 80 settings.

I have gotten my dad's permission to do so, but here is what I need. It is all in German, so bear with me.

The Log (Protokoll in German) :
Either-
-TCP ( I think it is this one )
-UDP
-ESP
-GRE

It says (translated) :

Rerouted 1 of port - public:

There is a text field and has the number 80 (PORT) set by default.

The details for this says:
Enter a public TCP port here or public port areas.

Then it has this:

Rerouted 1 of port - private Client:

There is a text field and has the number 80 (PORT) set by default.

The details for this says:
Enter here a private Client port or a private Client port area.

Any ideas for what to put for these?
You think I should leave it the way it is?
 
Not loading for me. As someone pointed out, you need to leave your computer on 24/7 in order for this to work. If you are, and it's still not working, your IP has probably changed (I'm assuming this since someone else said it works, albeit slowly).
 
Why do I have to leave my computer on always??????

Won't the router do that for me? That doesn't make sense.
 
JelvisChan said:
Why do I have to leave my computer on always??????

Won't the router do that for me? That doesn't make sense.
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No. The router is just redirecting people to the files on your computer. If your computer is off, then people can't get to the files that you are hosting.

This is why everyone has been telling you to go for paid hosting, since it would work out cheaper in the long run. Saying that, Macs are pretty energy efficent, and for that matter, I have both paid hosting and my own Mac Mini server which runs 24/7.
 
:eek:

OK, I'm done here. Hope that all the information and links I posted are helpful. Good luck with whatever it is you are trying to do.
 
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