Q&A for How to Host Your Own Website for Free

The server where you bought the domain probably offers hosting services but usually at a cost. If you want to do it for free, have your domain redirected to whatever free web service you decide to use for your website. Remember, free sites are limited in the number of pages and can have a lot of ads. On the other hand, hosting your own website as in Method 2 above, or having your site hosted where you bought and keep the domain, allows you to pretty much create as many pages as you want, without any advertising you don't put up for yourself.

Check if you got the IP correct; IPv4 changes once in a while when wireless.

Websites can always be edited, as many times as you like. You just have to go back into whatever you used to create the website, edit it, then republish it.

See How to Connect to a Wireless Internet Connection if you need help connecting to WiFi. Make sure your computer has WiFi enabled. If you can't work it out, it would be best to call your internet service provider.

There are a lot of websites out there, such as hostgator, and godaddy, that help you to register a domain name. But that's just a domain name. You have to host your website after that.

See Method 2 above. It shows how to host your own website. You will need to make sure your ISP allows you to do this. The directions given are for using Windows to do this.

There are many different programs to make a webpage or pages. For the hyperlinks, you will need to use html.

Use a site with pre-made DNS's. Also, in this article it says to use the IPv6 protocol -- try using the one below it, IPv4, then follow the same steps.

Yes. You can always change your WordPress site how you like it. You just have to click on the update button, then you can update with what you want to add/edit.

During registration, you'll be asked for name server. Just fill in your static IP over theirs.

It depends on what type of domain you want to have. Some domains are free, and others require payment for them.

Subnet mask is almost always 255.255.255.0 (or you can find it in your "ip/configall" response).

Check over your settings, make sure your mask length is correct. This can be found in your router settings. Now check that you entered the right IP. If it starts with 192.168, then it's wrong. Reenter your external IP address, which can be found by googling "What's my IP."

Only if you want to use a text name like "mysite.org". Otherwise, your web site's address will be 4 (or 6) sets of numbers 0-255, each separated by a period. Many virus detection programs flag this kind of address as suspicious and/or block them, just so you know.

If you have "yoursite.com" registered with a domain registrar, and you want it to be "yoursite.net", you have to register another domain name on the ".net" domain and point it to your server.

Your IP might have changed if it's dynamic. Ask your ISP to give you a static IP and that should solve the issues.

Yes, it is safe. However, if you are worried, you can use an antivirus program to scan it. It shouldn't disturb your private files.

The subnet mask always comes up automatically once you have entered the IP Address.

You must first find your public IP. Then, you can configure your modem/router to redirect specific ports to your local computer's IP (found in ipconfig), usually port 80. Next, set up your firewall in your PC, and finally, your hosting server on your PC (WAMP, or XAMPP). Now, simply use your public IP to access your server from the internet. As a warning, hackers can attack your home network since the traffic will go first through your modem/router, so you must be careful with this method (along with the method mentioned in the post). However, your public IP will change from time to time.

To add DDoS protection to your website, add a service called CloudFlare. This will regulate traffic to your site and prevent or at least help in combating DDoS attacks.

The prefix length is the number of bits set in the subnet mask in bits. For example, your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, and your subnet mask length would be 24.

XAMPP is mainly for local PHP and SQL testing. Hosting with it isn't necessarily a good idea, as it lacks security and many other website hosting requirements. XAMPP is for local use only.

It doesn't matter if you are connected via wifi or Ethernet cable. Either way, you'll be fine.

Use a professional web building app such as Adobe Dreamweaver or Adobe Muse.

You'll need to buy a .com domain name. If you're lucky, your name isn't already taken. But you can also use .org, .web and a few others if it is. Once it's done, you can create a blog with Wordpress. Two ways to do this: the domain provider will host the blog which may cost you money, or create a free Wordpress blog and then have your domain name redirected to the Wordpress blog.

Phone your new host and if they're any good, they will tell you. If they don't offer phone support, choose another site.

That is why it is always recommended to choose a good host like Bluehost, HostGator etc.. They have the latest hardware and blazing fast servers. Many of them even provide free domains, ssl certificates, 24x7 support, Cpanel and much more. Your site would be faster and more secure. There are even some free hosts like heliohost, googiehost available.