Hardware How do I create my own website?

PoisonZero · Dec 9, 2010

Hello I want to create my own website.

I donÂ´t know were to start I looked around in google and I found some sites you can creat a account then you can make your own website but I want to know from you guys. Maybe you know more

Were should I creat my website

the website I want is you can put up pictures, music, movies and be able to chat and more if you can find

thanke you

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Hielkenator · Dec 9, 2010

Look for XHTML lessons and PHP lessons.
After you've grasped that add some AJAX. And you can make any website you like.

Or look on google for a WYSIWYG builder.
To host something with dynamic content you better have a payed host. ( for PHP, PERL, etc. )

PoisonZero · Dec 9, 2010

Thanke you I will look at the lessons. if I have a problem later I write it here again

Thanke you Hielkenator

DryYoshi · Dec 10, 2010

If you want a free, simple website, you can try yola.com
It's really great, no ads or page limits.

Marc_LFD · Aug 9, 2022

I've used Wordpress before and building it up isn't too hard, just takes a lot of time and patience.

Marc_LFD · Aug 9, 2022

grabien said:
What about WIx, anyone used it?

I thought about that one too.

Wix, Wordpress, etc. See what works for you and go from there.

Wordpress for me wasn't hard to get used to, just need to spend some hours building anx customizing it.

Youkai · Aug 9, 2022

If you don't want to learn programming and self hosting and whatever you could use the ones mentioned above as well as maybe Squarespace or whatever.

There are lots of Programms offering free and easy website building which often looks much more professional then doing it yourself but yeah if you are up to learning how to Programm yourself thats not a bad thing either.

Also there are websites where you can download free templates which you can edit yourself afterwards so that you can combine your self programming with something that looks professional (often the free or cheap ones require you to have the makers information somewhere on the page though)

Sypherone · Aug 9, 2022

Get a raspberry pi zero. Set up a Webserver like apache or lighttpd also a DNS resolver like unbound to set it up in your network. (With experience you can also make it reacheable from outside, if needed with a tunnel). Take some tutorials for html like https://html.com/ or https://www.w3schools.com/html/ . There are enough Tutorial out there to start. Then u can expand with css or php.

Ondrashek06 · Aug 9, 2022

You need 3 things to put a website on the internet:

- Hosting. This is the hardware that your website is on and that people can connect to using the internet.
- Domain. This is the website name which you input into the browser.
- Code. This is the website itself. HTML, CSS, PHP, JS...

For hosting, you have 2 options.
- Remote hosting. You basically rent someone else's hardware to put stuff on which is connected to the internet. It is either paid or free (usually with limitations).
- Selfhosting. You use your OWN PC to host a website. However, if you have CGNAT like most people, forget about it. Removal of CGNAT needs to be done at ISP-level and most charge extra for it.

For domain, you have to shell out money. There's no ifs or buts. The only exception is Freenom which offers free domains with lesser-known TLDs. However, corporations know about that and don't let you use their services with those TLDs.

For code, you either write it yourself or use a premade website package. GBATemp uses one, it's called XenForo and it's what they use for these forums. Of course there's some tweaks on top of it which GBATemp made themselves.

aquova · Aug 11, 2022

I self host my own personal website on a spare computer. It's a pretty simple site, but the basic ideas should be the same even if you want to host something you haven't written (media streaming, game servers, etc). This topic was originally made 12 years ago, but if anyone in the future is looking to get into it there are a few layers you need to set up to get it working.

You need to buy your own domain name. There are some sites that provide free ones, but you get very little control over them and frankly aren't worth it. Sites like Namecheap are easy ways to get them.
You'll need to provide your domain provider with the IP address of the server so that they know where to redirect traffic. You can either have a static IP address (which isn't worth it) or use something called dynamic DNS. Basically you run a program that syncs your IP address between the server and the domain provider so that anytime it changes it automatically redirects correctly. It's pretty instantaneous, I've never noticed a drop in service when it changes. There are several programs that provide this, and sometimes the domain provider has one they prefer.
Optional: Note that if you're self-hosting, your domain is now pointing towards *your* IP address. You might be fine with this, but if not, many people use a service like Cloudflare to serve as a proxy - they route all their traffic through their own servers first before passing it on to you. They have a free tier that provides this service, although it only supports HTTP traffic, not things like game servers.
I can't speak for if you're buying server time, but if you're self-hosting you'll now need to port forward traffic from your router to the server computer itself. For websites, ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) are the ones to forward.
Sort of optional: I use a reverse proxy to manage the different services. This provides two benefits. One, the client is usually looking for a specific port when it makes a request (like port 80 for web pages) but if you want to host more than one website, they both want to be on port 80, which causes a conflict. The reverse proxy allows you to host the services on whatever port you want, point traffic to them, and it'll handle the rest. The one I use, Nginx Reverse Proxy, also handles HTTPS certificates so you don't have to deal with that. If you don't care about HTTPS and are only hosting one thing, you can ignore this. I know a lot of people like Caddy, but I haven't used it.
You now need to actually run the web server. If you're hosting someone elses software, they'll have instructions on how to run it, but if you want to write your own website, look into Apache or Nginx for well used web servers. They'll allow you to host HTML/CSS/JS content you write. If you want to do more server-side stuff, look into PHP/JS/many others, they'll each have their own steps to get going.

I think that's the gist of it. I also host pretty much everything in its own Docker container to allow for easier upgrades, containerization, and port management, but that's a more advanced thing. If anyone has any improvements to this (or glaring mistakes I'm making in my set up) I'd like to hear them.

tech3475 · Aug 11, 2022

Do people realise that they're responding to someone who hasn't been on this site in over a decade?

"Last seen Feb 8, 2012"

Hayato213 · Sep 7, 2022

tonnyhigh said:
you can use free website builders or learn programming

You should read tech3475 post, OP haven't been here for 10 years.

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