Web Hosting

[seanieboy77]

Hey guys I was thinking about me starting a business where I host websites. Only one problem how do I start to host websites?
Any help would be great!:t
-BTY

[BipolarBill]

Thinking and doing are two very different things. You will need an expensive T3 connection (at least), fixed IPs and servers.

This investment is not for the faint of heart.

[cat5e]

Seems that the first thing you should buy a book and do some reading.

:cool:

[The Lodge]

When BpB said expensive, he’s not kidding. Even a partial T1 will cost you a pretty penny.

[seanieboy77]

I'm aware that the connection is very expensive. But I mean I'm not gonna start this summer. I'm gonna save up and host very small websites. Like friend websites and eventually work my way up to the top. Believe me a 16 year old is far from where I'm hoping to get. Maybe in abour 5 years or something. And by then things hopefully will have of gone down.
;)
-BTY

[seanieboy77]

Does anyone even know how to host one. Like a program I need...
Thats kinda the help I was looking for.:D
-BTY

[CompGeek01]

You'll need a server. Server software such as Apache or IIS. Your best bet would be to search the Programming forum for previous posts, I get a little tired of seeing people ask these kinds of questions when they've been asked 1000 times.

Try searching in this forum only for things like:

domain name
hosting
servers
apache

And the like. :t

[seanieboy77]

Ok thanks!
-BTY

[slam]

have you used linux? with apache, you can setup your own website and then go from there. The software is free.