Chapter 8. Bonus Project: Creating Your Own Website

Even though you have just about reached the end of this book, you have only begun your adventure in home networking. This last chapter walks you through how to create your own website. With the information in this chapter, you can create a family website where everyone can go for common information, relatives can visit for the latest family photos, and you can even have your own weblog (blog).

In order to create a website, you need two key components: a web server and some way to create web pages. That is exactly what you will learn about in this chapter.

Running Your Own Web Server

With the Windows XP operating system, you do not have a web server installed by default. You have to install the web ...

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