How to establish website with given website domain

[kaydknight]

I was given an existing server to create a new website. I chose php and mysql as the language / db of choice, replacing the preinstalled asp based website before.

 

I then proceeded to install appserv web-server and created my php website under d:\appserv\www\consis

When I typed http://localhost/consis, I can see the website working fine.

 

Now I am required to point out http://www.xxx.com to my php website, so that when visitors type that address, it will see the php website mentioned. This is where I'm stuck at, how do I do this?

 

I noticed that with the previous asp installation, its asp files were located in c:\intepub\wwwroot\consis and under IIS, it registered an IP address of 202.xxx.xxx.xxx, so I guess this is the address that points out as www.xxx.com

 

Is there a way to register my php files to be pointed out to that given ip address. Please help me.

[trq]

This is a DNS issue, nothing to do with php.

[kaydknight]

I see, I've searched on DNS tutorials, but I still can't find out how to configure it.

Am I supposed to modify httpd.conf file? I've tried to modified many values but still not able to work out on this issue.

[trq]

Again, this is a DNS issue, nothing to do with apache. You need a DNS server (usually supplied by your host or some such service) to resolv the name www.xxx.com to your ip address.

 

Once that is up and working you have a few options. You can either setup a named virtulhost in apache that points to d:\appserv\www\consis as its document root (google apache vhost) or you can move your site into the default document root as defined withing apache's httpd.conf file.