Here is my config:
- Xampp 1.4.11 installed on windows Xp as a apache and mysql service
Port is 8080 and server is inside a network having static ip adress : 192.168.1.250. Port 8080 is redirected from the router to the server. (it has been tested and works)
Mambo 4.5.1b (lastest version) installed ../htdocs/c/web
(some other websites etc etc on other directory)
- port 80 and 25 blocked (+ others that I don't need)
My Ip is dynamic but resolved on something like "myhomeip.homeip.net"
My server works without no problems. Now that the website is constructed and fully working, I want to buy a .com
I don't want the long http://myhomeip.homeip.net:8080/c/web appears in browser adresse bar either on links.
So I configurated a Virtualhost (but I don't undersand very well how does that work)
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<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerAdmin myemail@hotmail.com
DocumentRoot C:\apachefriends\xampp\htdocs\c\web
ServerName myfuturedomain.com
</VirtualHost>
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<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerAdmin myemail@hotmail.com
DocumentRoot C:\apachefriends\xampp\htdocs\a\web
ServerName myfuturedomain2.com
</VirtualHost>
So with that I got 3 questions :
1. Is my virtual host well written knowing that I do have other websites on my htdocs?
2. Is there any good place I could buy a domain with a DNS (I would like to have more informations about what is a DNS also please) that resolve my myhomeip.homeip.net:8080 but that will apear like www.myfuturedomain.com/index.php on relative links?
3. What do you think about redirecting on lycos.uk, DynDNS.org or no-ip?
Thx for future help, I hope someone will be able to give me answers on that... i've searched the web a long time, but I still don't understand all subtility about making a webserver.