Setting up and securing a server will be a lot easier than supporting a
bunch of users with HTML editors. All you need is a static IP address
that you can point the DNS name to. On the router/firewall just open
port 80, (look for settings such as port forwarding, NAT, Virtual
server). On the server install a Linux that gets updates, Debian/Ubuntu
would be my preference but pretty much any actively maintained Linux
distro will do just fine. Install the very latest version of Wordpress
or Joomla! or Drupal or Wikimedia or whatever and *keep it updated*.
You can host a perfectly usable website for a smallish audience from the
wrong end of an ADSL line. Of course more bandwidth is always good and
sharing a server in a proper datacentre will be a bit faster. Images and
videos don't have to be hosted on the same server, you can use
Flickr/YouTube etc. for that.
Alan.
Mike Burrows wrote:
>> Mike you should know that you never say web site and frontpage in the same
>> breath, go and stand in the corner for a couple of hours!!
>>
>>
> OK that was a rough two hours :)
>
> The hosting would probably 1 and 1 and I don't know where they stand on
> wiki's.
>
> I could host it on this machine I suppose but I am a serious newbie when
> it comes to server security.
>
> As an aside, how safe is a server that sits behind a linksys router and
> guard dog firewall?
>
> It may be the best option just to give a select few some basic html
> instruction, a style sheet of my choosing, where to download cute FTP
> and the username and password at 1 & 1.
>
> Like you though, I am looking forward to other posts.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
>
>
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