We have a network based around a pc running Windows 2000 Server.

I gather it is possible to make it act as a webserver - i'd like to be able to make a website available to internet users wihtout relying on external hosting.

How do you set this up?
Can anyone suggest a straightforward guide online perhaps?

many thanks
Volty

See if this helps, click HERE

I'm not sure about using Windows Server 2000 to setup Hosting but I know Apache HTTP Server can run under Windows and is a very good choice. See www.apache.org

Thanks for the post but i find these articles convoluted and unhelpful unless they intend to sell you some web hosting on someone else's server - which is not what I asked.
Have I missed something?

V

I would have to agree with Owen www.apache.org is a good choice if you want a free and simple to use/setup HTTP webserver. Using windows 2000 Server its-self can be a bit frustrating if you don't know exactly what you are doing

Hope this gives a little more insight

Brian

If you have Windows 2000 then by default you can install Internet Information Server (IIS) as a Windows component (Control Panel -> Add Remove Software -> Windows Components -> IIS) Installing this will have a web server up and running straight away.

If you prefer the more secure route and wish to install apache then there are a number of pre-configured scripts out there that will install it at the touch of a button ready to roll. My personal favourite is Foxserv: http://69.72.233.66/~foxserv/portal.php

Yes, thanks , I understood that with IIS installed web serving becomes possible. What else needs to be done?
Any tips welcome

I will also checkout Apache

cheers
Volty

Nothing else needs ot be done. Once installed you can manage it via the "Internet Information Services" shortcut which should be in your start menu under administrative tools. By default your web site will be served up from pages located in the folder c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ You can tes it by running a browser on the machine and entering the URL http://localhost To access the web site from a different machine on the network just run the browser and put http://machinename

ahh...thanks again
Now this is getting interesting
I located the IIS manager and the help pages connected to it.

How about making pages available outside of the local network - as in the internet at large?

If I buy a domain name can I point it to the server directly?

cheers
Volty