i know how to make a local host, but damnit i dont no how to host my actualy domain name!
how?
say, my website is, ismokecrack.com, but do njot have hosting. i can use apache server on my own computer to host it, correct? but how!?
somebody please help! will choose best answer!
Sure you can host your own website. Just open port 80 on your firewall and connect it to Apache and your webserver will be visible to the whole world. However you will need to pay somebody like Dyndns to direct that domain to your IP address. Unless you do this you will only be able to connect to your web server by using the IP address rather than a domain name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WAMPs
You need to run a DNS server. You could run something like “bind”‘ on your own server. Whoever you register your domain with should allow you to set the nameservers for that domain. Usually, a minimum of 2 is required, which means you may need to have at least 2 servers. The nameservers could point to your servers, which run bind to provide the DNS.
But, it is a thankless task and failure is bad (because it will screw up the clients for days at a time). Finding a webhost to host your DNS is recommended.