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dave111
05-06-2004, 09:03 AM
I currently have 400 megs of jpeg photos on my pc and my collection is growing.(digital camera photographs)
How do I create a webpage where the public can access these albums whilst still keeping the pics on my PC but not opening my computer upto security breaches

I am on broadband and don't mind leaving pc on 24/7.

Cheers,
dave

sparks
05-06-2004, 10:28 AM
you would need a static IP address, and most ISP's frown on you hosting your own site.

dave111
05-06-2004, 10:29 AM
I own a domain name if that helps but it only has 10meg of space.

TierraDelFuego
05-06-2004, 11:34 AM
a domain name is a good start and the amount of space doesn't matter in your instance as you're hosting the data locally.

basically you need to be running a webserver, yes isp's may frown on this.
if you have a static ip you set up forwarding from your domain name to the IP. if however you have a dynamic ip you can use something like www.no-ip.com to automatically redirect users accessing the domain to your current ip. of course you either way need your pc on the whole time, but as you said, that is not an issue.

then you create the webpage/s and you can either store them locally or with your domain provider. either way you need the href links to be pointing to your pc's external ip.

should start you off :)