First of all this is one group I think I will maintain membership with. You guys are awesome in helping each other. I wish I can just leave you guys with the above lines and just go to let you guys know how I feel about this place, but unfortunately I got questions that my by balls sweat off each time I remeber it.

Question 1. I want to host a website on my windows 98, Can anybody give me details on how to do this?

Question 2. I need learn mysql , but the documentation on mysql website does nothing , but blind me with confusion. Anybody know the exact binary file to download ?

Thanks everybody.
Chekeleke

What do you need to learn MYSQL for? Just curious. With that information I'm sure someone can point you in the right direction.

First I'll answer question #1 - you can start at a place like www.devshed.com - they have some simple MySQL tutorials for using PHP and MySQL.

Next for #2: Your best bet would be to pay a very small monthly fee in comparison (less than $30/month for hosting) and outsource your web hosting services to someone with professional services at a fraction of the cost of running things yourself.

However, if you really need to do it yourself, here goes:

First, you're cable modem or ADSL is not going to cover hosting. You'll need to get at least a T1 into your house. Phone your telephone company and ask for this.

Next, you'll need to have redundant disks in your machine, call up a computer store and ask how much two SCSI disks in a RAID1 configuration will cost, with the raid card.

And for software, you'll need to hire someone with experience to install Apache and MySQL onto your computer, as well as any other services you will need. This is probably 10-20 hours of work on WIndows 98 and typically gets billed at about $50/hour.

If you want to save some money and do the software install yourself the source code can be found from the MySQL web site, then you can compile it and install it. They also have Windows Binarys available, you asked for the URL so here goes:
http://www.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQ...3.23.53-win.zip

Hello Refcom,

Thanks for that awesome reply. It seems I am going to get my hands dirty, but I guess I am ready to go for it. If you (anybody) wouldn't mind pointing me more in this direction I would appreciate it. I need to know a book or a site or some instruction that will give me step by step process as to other configuration necessary to have this a success. I already have the mysql downloaded, tested and it is working.

I just don't know the configuration I need to make to the system, the apache, and the REDUNDANT DISKS that I am going to install to my computer.

Please help and thanks for help you 've given.

Chekeleke

Hey no problem,

The need of at least a T1 connection and redundant disks and staff to monitor your server 24/7 are typical of the setup offered by web hosting companies.

I mean, you can run it yourself on your computer, as it is, with cable/adsl, but realize that:
1) Your site run slow.
2) Your site will go down often.
3) You will have very hard time dealing with changed IP addresses and DNS configuration.

As for another direction to go in, well - first get apache installed on your system and serving web pages, also get PHP installed (Im sure you want to use PHP to interface between your web site and mysql... maybe you want perl though? or something else?)

Also you need to get a domain name resolving to your computers IP address.

Please realize that it would be a lot easier for you to sign up with an actual host and have them run things for you at a fraction of the cost, much less investment of time (time you can spend working on your own web site) and your site will be online 24/7 and have good download speeds.

Ok, I think I will take your advice and have other people host the site for me. Let me go battle with mysql and php.

The only thing I am having problem with though is (as an mysql newbie), I am not sure if I need to at anytime "compile" the mysql client.

If I do need to, can anybody tell me how to? I do have the mysql
software downloaded (3.23.53-win.zip the binary version), have started working on the database since I have a little experience with database.

I don't mean to bore or wear anybody out with my zillion questions. Its just being new to these stuffs.

Chekeleke

Your web hosting provider will provide you with the Database - you don't actually need to install mysql on your computer to use it. You can interface to mysql through a web based interface like phpmyadmin (offered by some hosts) or Windows software like mysql-front.

Why don't you email me at travis@referable.com and I will help you to get things set up and ready to go so you can get started on learning mysql and php, and focus your time and energy on getting your web site up and running.

Hi There,

I'm not sure what your relationship was to TerraDelta - but my relationship was that I held a management position. When TerraDelta went out of business we did our best to ensure that full refunds were made and no customers were burnt, we ensured a smooth close-out cycle. I assure you that was not a scam, do you think someone would invest hundreds of thousands into running a scam?

Now I have a job working for Referable.Com in technical support - but I will still accept responsibility for TerraDelta in the end (even though the other partners will not) and I will re-imburse any financial loss incurred by them to you out of my own paycheck. My reputation for helping people is not going to be harmed due to someone without a name saying I'm running a scam. My ethics in life are far above that.

All open issues with the BBB were resolved, and all complaints made directly to us were resolved even faster. Also, as far as I know all customers were re-imbursed during the closeout, but if you were missed just let me know and I'll do what it takes to take care of you.

All the best, and happy halloween. Again, just let me know directly and I will take care of the problem.