Podcast 4: Your First Site

Submitted by ocdevel on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 17:25

Installing your first site on a WAMP server (windows, apache, mysql, php). Making your site publically accessible.

For all your syntactical reference, http://w3schools.com

default.html source

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
h1 {color: green;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function fn(){
alert("Hello World!");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<input type=button onclick="fn()" value="push me" />
</body>
</html>

Installing and Accessing Your Server
Can run html locally, need a server to send it to other computers
WAMP Setup: Apache, MySQL (Linux Realty, Run Your Own Server Podcast)

LAN access using computer name
cmd->ipconfig vs. http://ipid.shat.net/, your local IP vs your public IP
off-site access using port-forwarding

index.php source

<?php
$myVariable= date("Y/m/d");
echo $myVariable;
?>

Going Live
Domain name registration
Web Hosting
DynDNS

Audio File: 
audio/mpeg iconEpisode_4_Server.mp3

7 Comments

Love your podcast. Good

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 02:01.

Love your podcast. Good content, easy to follow.

Tim

Hey, thank you for creating

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 10:36.

Hey, thank you for creating this podcast! You are right, there is definitely a dearth of materials that introduce the basics to a noobie, and sometimes it is so hard to know where to start. I will definitely recommend your podcast :) Keep 'em coming, I am listening.

-Lauren

Yay! Thanks for the

Submitted by tyler_renelle on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 10:55.

Yay! Thanks for the response Lauren, ya'll are makin' me happy :) I'll have to do one in the coming weekends. Got finals in 3 weeks, but come summer I'll be cranking out episodes more often.

16 minutes = WAMP :)

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 10:58.

16 minutes = WAMP

:)

oy! is that bad?

Submitted by tyler_renelle on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 13:19.

oy! is that bad?

no its ggggggreat! Thanks

Submitted by pjohnson on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 20:42.

no its ggggggreat!

Thanks for putting it up. I was just leaving myself a note to where I was in the podcast, and also for a placement holder in case someone wanted to know where it was.

While Google is a good

Submitted by tbender85 (not verified) on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 02:23.

While Google is a good resource, most routers and hubs will contain the IP address somewhere on the device. Usually on a sticker on the bottom. So while your on the ground looking at your router's make/model to Google it, try also looking for the IP address on the device.

but router IP's are dynamic?

Submitted by tyler_renelle on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 10:13.

but router IP's are dynamic?