home host server question

[JC00]

how can i use my home computer as a sort of "hosting server" while i'm online? can you guys help me please? i don't even have an idea how to search for tutorials of it because i don't know what the proper term is. initially, i'm going to use it to host graphics that i post.

[Fuze]

I don't think you can do that while you're using the computer. I think it has to be a dedicated server in which it's only being used for that purpose.

[Miz]

There's some useful information here and a couple of links to more.

One thing that page doesn't mention is how people are going to find your site once you've registered a domain. If you're on a dialup, not only is access to your site going to be painfully slow but you won't have a static DNS for the URL to point to.

Yahoo offers a free "photo album" on which you can post all your pics. Might want to check that out before you go through the pain of trying to host your own site.

[Xayd]

Yes, especially as far as images posted on forums go, remember that when you're offline people who view a page you've posted in will get broken images everywhere .

You could use one of the services like dynip.com, but you'd have to keep it updated all the time as your IP changes.