Mareel

Hi, I am a complete noob when it comes to using webserver programs. However I really want to learn how to use them because I am starting to learn how to make somewhat decent webpages and am tired of my school webpage space allotment. I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good guide on how to get all this tuff set up. I have the manuel from the apache site and it hasn\'t helped me all that much. I did however register a domain, and I also know the dns server\'s address. However, I was wondering what else I need to have for this to work, and what settings I need to set to make my webpage show up to the world. Currently I am on cable through a router, so I am not too sure how to determine what IP to use, and such. Also, how do I set the directory on my server computer from which the webpage will pull its files? Any suggestions, help comments etc are welcome. Please email me if you fell like thats neccesary. Thanks ahead of time.