If you’re starting a Web site from scratch, you need to understand the Web site software fairly well. You have to make several decisions regarding hardware and software. You have to install a Web server, PHP, and MySQL — as well as maintain, administer, and update the system yourself. Taking this route, rather than using a Web site provided by others, requires more work and more knowledge. The advantage is that you have total control over the Web development environment.
You may want to set up a Web site on your personal computer to be a public Web site, accessed from the World Wide Web. Or you may want to set up a Web site on your personal computer where you can develop your Web site before transferring the Web page files to your work computer or a Web hosting company. These two types of use require different Internet connections, as described in Step 1 next.
Here are the general steps that lead to your dynamic Web site (I explain these steps in more detail in the next few sections):
You may want to set up a Web site on your personal computer to be a public Web site, accessed from the World Wide Web. Or you may want to set up a Web site on your personal computer where you can develop your Web site before transferring the Web page files to your work computer or a Web hosting company. These two types of use require different Internet connections, as described in Step 1 next.
Here are the general steps that lead to your dynamic Web site (I explain these steps in more detail in the next few sections):
- Set up the computer.
- Install the Web server.
- Install MySQL.
- Install PHP.
If you’re starting from scratch, with nothing but an empty space where the computer will go, start at Step 1. If you already have a running computer but no Web software, start at Step 2. Or if you have an existing Web site that does not have PHP and MySQL installed, start with Step 3.
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