HELP ME PLZ

[Bnet]

ok i have abyss web server x1 on this comp and i dont know where to begin can some 1 tell me what to do i made my web page index fils and i want to make my site name but do i have to buy a domain or not ???? i am a noobie plz help or direct me to some1 that can help or a easy to understand tut

[aprelium]

Bnet,

You can use any HTML editor (there are a lot out there, seek for some of
them on download.com for example) to create your pages and put them in the
htdocs/ directory (you'll find it in the directory where you've installed
Abyss Web Server). More information about this is available in the
"Getting started" chapter in Abyss Web Server user's guide.

Once this is done and once you can browse your site on your computer using
the URL http://127.0.0.1/ you can move to the second step related to making
the server accessible from other computers:

To access your machine from another computer on your network (LAN), you
should use the LAN IP of the computer. Run the Windows command ipconfig in a
DOS command box to know this IP (it is usually of the form 192.168.*.* where
* are numbers ranging from 0 to 255). This LAN IP works only inside your
LAN.

To access the server from the outside, people should use your router's WAN
IP (or external IP). It is the IP assigned to it by your ISP. This WAN IP
can be known by browsing http://www.aprelium.com/ip from your computer. If
you have a router, you must configure it to forward incoming requests to the
web port to your computer so that Abyss Web Server can respond to them. The
web site http://www.portforward.com/ contains step-by-step port forwarding
configuration instructions for most routers. If you didn't understand how to
do with your router, please let us know what is its type (brand name and
model) and will do our best to help you setting it up.

If your WAN IP changes often, You'll need to use the services of a free DNS
provider that can track those IP changes and give you a DNS name. We suggest
looking at http://www.dyndns.org or at
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Address_Management/Dynamic_DNS_Services/?tc=1 .
This way, you'll always access your server using an address like
http://www.yourserver.freednsprovider.com without paying attention to IP
changes.

You can also buy a top level domain name (for example,
my-company.com) and use the associate your external IP with it using the
registrar services or the free http://www.zoneedit.com/ . You can find more
information about this topic in
http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/domain-name.html . You can also find many
messages and discussions on our forum http://www.aprelium.com/forum about
DNS and domain names.

If you have problems to make your server reachable from the outside, we
recommend reading http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/faq.html#A1-2 .

Notice that if you are using Windows XP, you must correctly configure its
internal Firewall: open the control panel, select the Networking section and
open the properties of your network interface. Select the Advanced Tab and
press the Parameters button (it should be in the bottom of the page). This
button will open a dialog where you can allow incoming connection to some
ports. If Abyss Web Server uses port 80, check the Web Server (HTTP) line.
If it uses another port, press Add... and enter the number of the port Abyss
uses as the internal port (select TCP and fill the other parameters
following the descriptions).
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