Vista and Web Hosting-New Business-Which Windows Components?

[Guest]

Vista is so new I cannot find this information. There are a ton of windows
components in Vista concerning the web. I am starting a business and
purchasing a domain and signing up with a server. Can anyone tell me which
Vista windows components I need to have turned on that will make this easier?
I need ftp, file extensions, email, chat, sharing, web creation, all those
features. Some components are World Wide Web Services IIS 6/7, etc.,
extension services...ugh too many to list here. Thanks

 

[Christopher Norris]

Well by selecting IIS 6/7 7 in your case with windows vista. make sure when
you install it check out its subdirectory for the FTP service. EMAIL smtp
will already be taken care of by IIS, but incoming you will need a seperate
POP3 server. now for chat, sharing, web creation, and all those other good
features, your on your own. For Web creation i may suggest Adobe
Dreamweaver. Chat, you can use any java based chat.

 

[Jay]

Before doing anything in production I would have a good read up on IIS7. It
is vastly different from IIS6 and will save you time in the long run.

Jay

 

[Duncan]

Uh, can you clarify your question? I presume what you mean is that you are
purchasing a domain name for your company, and have signed up with a webhost
(ie: they host your website for you on their servers). If that's the case
then everything you need is server-side. All your computer needs to be able
to do is create the website (in HTML/PHP whatever, using Frontpage,
Dreamweaver etc.) and be able to FTP your files to the remote server. You
can probably use IE to FTP (just type ftp://whatever), or use a dedicated
program (CuteFTP, Filezilla etc.).

If you want to run your own server, that's a completely different story.
That would require installing IIS7 and configuring the website. However, I
wouldn't advise you to run your own server, especially using Windows Vista
as the OS. Firstly, you shouldn't use a development machine as a production
server (rebooting etc.), as well you'll have to deal with all your own
technical problems (bandwith, DNS, email, firewall, backup, etc.). Much
better to sign up for shared hosting with Site5 or another webhost. I
suggest http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ as a good place to start your
research.

Does that help any?

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Thank you all. I have been studying and reading all the techie sites for the
last three hours and have decided to hire a web host so that they can do all
the hard work. I am going to download an ftp program for transferring files.
Simple enough. I can write my own html, scripts, etc. I've created my logo
in illustrator and all the web pages are ready so I can just send them to the
host.

Thanks again for all your help. By the way, I do like the Vista interface,
just takes a bit of getting used to.
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Is Vista my friend or my foe?

Uh, can you clarify your question? I presume what you mean is that you are
purchasing a domain name for your company, and have signed up with a webhost
(ie: they host your website for you on their servers). If that's the case
then everything you need is server-side. All your computer needs to be able
to do is create the website (in HTML/PHP whatever, using Frontpage,
Dreamweaver etc.) and be able to FTP your files to the remote server. You
can probably use IE to FTP (just type ftp://whatever), or use a dedicated
program (CuteFTP, Filezilla etc.).

If you want to run your own server, that's a completely different story.
That would require installing IIS7 and configuring the website. However, I
wouldn't advise you to run your own server, especially using Windows Vista
as the OS. Firstly, you shouldn't use a development machine as a production
server (rebooting etc.), as well you'll have to deal with all your own
technical problems (bandwith, DNS, email, firewall, backup, etc.). Much
better to sign up for shared hosting with Site5 or another webhost. I
suggest http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ as a good place to start your
research.

Does that help any?

Cheers

 

[Duncan]

It's good that you've found a solution. Best of luck with the business
venture!

Cheers

Thank you all. I have been studying and reading all the techie sites for
the
last three hours and have decided to hire a web host so that they can do
all
the hard work. I am going to download an ftp program for transferring
files.
Simple enough. I can write my own html, scripts, etc. I've created my
logo
in illustrator and all the web pages are ready so I can just send them to
the
host.

Thanks again for all your help. By the way, I do like the Vista
interface,
just takes a bit of getting used to.

 

[hello]

you want to host websites on your computer or handle websites that are
hosted on remote servers?

clarify what you want to do... because if its the first situation.. you have
a lot of learning to do!