Solved Can someone clear things up for me in terms of creating my own website?

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  1. owatch Elite Member

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    Alright, from what I've gathered, I'm going to have to purchase my own domain name from one of the websites that own these domains, or the right be be using one.

    Lets say I pick godaddy and I buy a domain name (I hear they can make you pay for the one you researched if you looked at it, is that true?)

    Then what? Apparently I need to purchase some sort of host, or I need to buy data and space from a company to host my website in their database, or servers.

    But what If I want to host it myself? This creates security risks I understand. But if I do forward the correct ports, and I do manage to somehow host my own website, do I need to contact my ISP in order to do so? I know that I have a DSL line and despite a poor upload speed I still COULD host my own, right?

    Once I've got my website hosted, then what do I do? Must I know HTML? And how do I integrate that into the website? Is that what Apache is? Does it integrate your HTML with the website? I'm a little lost.

    Can somebody clear this up please?

    owatch, Aug 8, 2012
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  2. Crush Administrator & Security Team Leader

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    Correct.

    It would be difficult because you'll have to place the server(s) in your DMZ and allow HTTP traffic

    Once you have the server set up, then you'll need a design. Many of the hosting companies offer templates that you can use, but if you have the knowledge or are willing to pay for a design you could go that route.

    You could also use Wordpress - http://wordpress.org/ for the content, design etc and use your own domain name once you purchase it
    Crush, Aug 8, 2012
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    Is there any security software than I can purchase to keep my website protected if I am hosting it?

    Are the main threats DDOS, which of course a large facility is far better equipped to handle, or is it hackers?

    And Godaddy's states that if I do not go with this so called "business" security plan. It will post my personal information in some database available to the public? It's not something I want. Do you think this is a little unfair? I don't want to pay for their business plan. Are there any other domain name companies I can purchase one from that does not do this?
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  5. Crush Administrator & Security Team Leader

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    Security software will protect the server itself depending on the OS you install. I'd say both intrusions into the server itself and DDOS are a threat

    Personally, I'd buy the domain through either NetworkSolutions or Liquidweb. LW also offers hosting options as well
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  6. owatch Elite Member

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    What do you think of namecheap.com

    Is that any good? I'll definitely go with whatever you recommend, I just didn't hear any of the big names there.

    Edit: Liquidweb seems to be a server hosting service or some sort of hosting service only. Do they sell domain names? I didn't see that on their website
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    The results I am getting show a monthly plan for web hosting. If I plan to host it myself, I would only need the domain name. It seems that NetworkSolutions is the only one that allows you to purchase a domain name solely.
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  9. Crush Administrator & Security Team Leader

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    Yes indeed. If you are hosting it on your own you'd go through a domain name purchasing service like Network Solutions
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    Alright. I suppose you can close this then. If I've got anything else that crops up perhaps I'll create a new thread.

    BTW: Does my ISP need to know I'm hosting a website?
    owatch, Aug 8, 2012
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  11. Crush Administrator & Security Team Leader

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    The only thing you might run into is your IP changing so, I'd contact them

    I'll get this marked as Solved for you
    Crush, Aug 8, 2012
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Can someone clear things up for me in terms of creating my own website?

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