I'm connecting my own server

[gongoputch]

Actually, Opera built a server in to their browser. I never really 'got' why, but it is called Unite IIRC.

[gongoputch]

To host email on your server you will need to own a domain (easy) and have an MX (mail exchanger) DNS (domain name system) record pointed to it (a little less easy) and have the IP (internet protocol address) it resolves to must (as a practical matter) be static (most ISP accounts give you a dynamic IP). For other mail servers on the net to actually deliver to you a PTR (reverse record that matches the IP back to a name that is also within your domain) is a practical necessity. Unless you run your own primary DNS, this is something the ISP must accommodate, usually as a 'business class' service (not hard, just more expensive).
A good way to learn this stuff without ending up with multiple reinstalls on (potentially multiple machines) is to use Virtual Machines. This is a "machine in a window" on your current OS. VirtualBox by Oracle is free *and* widely hailed as the best desktop virtualizer (VMware is the 900 pound gorilla of the computer room).
VirtualBox
It has an active and vibrant support community IRC - VirtualBox
There are pre-made server virtual box packages ready to import : VirtualBox Virtual Appliances | VirtualBoxImages.com called 'Appliances'.
You can even create multiple VMs and connect them together in virtual networks to see how networks work with the same safety as ease as the VM itself.
A couple of pretty good 'hit the ground running' server packages :
Download Ubuntu | Ubuntu Ubuntu is known as the Linux "for the rest of us". At least as easy to install and get running as a commercial operating system. Ubuntu server does the same thing for machines geared towards running server software.
PC-BSD PCBSD does for BSD unix what Ubuntu does for Linux. BSD unix is well known for it's robustness and stability and security for nearly 1 1/2 decades.
As well you must give a thought not to IF you get hacked but WHEN you get hacked. Especially if you use the easy administration package gaining marketshare quickly.
Cpanel : Search Exploits Database by Offensive Security
Webmin : Search Exploits Database by Offensive Security

[Chase]

i have never used a VM to do anything, its probably a real good idea and im not sure why i never have other then ignorance and laziness lol

i do everything on production servers.

[gongoputch]

Chase - it's fun even just for the 'geek factor' of watching the BIOS in a window

[Chase]

im not a server super duper expert yet, so i like to setup sites live in a folder on this server then move them to the clients account. that way i know it all works, GD Library is the same, PHP info is the same, etc, etc.

[EpicWin]

i have never used a VM to do anything, its probably a real good idea and im not sure why i never have other then ignorance and laziness lol

i do everything on production servers.

VM are nice. I use VM Player 4 to run a virtual deer hunter 2005 server in xp pro. very nice.

[longnecker]

Sir!? Any knowledge you have about the subject would be more appreciative

I did not mean to even imply that I had any idea how to do this stuf.I would say again you setting up your own google or yahoo would be something to look foreward to. Very interesting. Best of luck to you.

[gongoputch]

MnoGoSearch is a pretty decent little search engine :
mnoGoSearch - Internet search engine software
I have maintained a site that indexed about 2 million pages. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn't. To get even that far however you need some pretty serious hardware behind the database (performance was only *adequate* on a 16 CPU 48 GB box with 4 15k SAS drives in a RAID-10 array). As well you'll need a more or less serious database software, MySQL tho I don't favor it is well suited to this type of work load (especially if you keep your index updating runs far between and on off hours). Postgres is a real winner married with MnoGo too.
It is simple to set up custom search forms with html only, and there are 'web language' interfaces to it as well in addition to a raw 'C' one, for more involved applications.

[M.Opaliski]

Google, Yahoo and Amazon are taken. What's your idea going to be called? I'm interested so I can that I can get in on it before it takes off and make millions...

[Chase]

FORAKLE.COM is available.

[RobForaker]

I will post the home address here...after I tinker a little

[EpicWin]

I will post the home address here...after I tinker a little

http://www.robforaker.com/net/us is available.

[M.Opaliski]

Maybe one of those new fangled .xxx domains.

http://www.malcolm.xxx

Pow!

[cracker]

I managed to take a pic of my Uncle's dog in a Santa costume with my cell phone and post it on the interwebs. I also know a little bit about SSL certs. If anyone wants to offer me a job PM me.

[RobForaker]

Files won't open

[Chase]

what files? where? c'mon billy!!!

[RobForaker]

Downloaded Word press.can't open....I'm trying to set up index.html or homepage

[RobForaker]

Will I need more computers for this venture? Will I need more memory?

[EpicWin]

Will I need more computers for this venture? Will I need more memory?

And more

[Chase]

probably a whole lot more

there is no index.html page in wordpress.

wordpress is strictly php, so your homepage will be index.php

regardless though, you wont edit index.php until you are setup.

you need a mysql database to run wordpress on, do you have that created yet?