Can I host my own website?

I have a website that is just a placeholder, but its used for email. I have about 20 users and its starting to cost a lot with spam filters, fixed ips etc.
Right now I am in the market for a mac mini and wondering if the mini sever will allow me to be the server of my email website and still retain all the functions that I currently have like IMAP, webmail access etc and also if I could add a push application so that email appears on my iphone as its received.
Any help and advice would be great.

Dennis_S wrote:
I have a website that is just a placeholder, but its used for email. I have about 20 users and its starting to cost a lot with spam filters, fixed ips etc.
Right now I am in the market for a mac mini and wondering if the mini sever will allow me to be the server of my email website and still retain all the functions that I currently have like IMAP, webmail access etc and also if I could add a push application so that email appears on my iphone as its received.
Any help and advice would be great.
Depends on your ISP and your plan with them. Some ISPs block all server ports including web and email. Some have business plans where you can host servers. Some allow servers for non-commercial only. So your computer is capable but will your ISP allow it? And, your bandwidth may be significantly less than if you hosted your site at a hosting company which will have the servers, bandwidth, and connections to handle the demand without interfering with your neighbor's connections to the same ISP as you.

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Hello,
I am very new to the server and I bought it specifacally because I thought I could host my own website and not have to go through something like godaddy.
How can I do this with the Mac OSX Lion Server? Have a domain name and publish it through something like iWeb?

you will need a static ip address that either points to the server with port forwarding or is on its nic card. You then have to set up your dns entries and point your domain name to your dns server. You can then turn on web services.

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Is it possible to host my own website/or a few on my own Mac? My isp does allow it and my Mac is at present always connected 24/7

this really depends on dyndns - e.g. it is dependent on the number of machine names they will assign to your 'domain'. Assuming this is some number >1, then you can setup name based virtual hosting in your httpd.conf file for any number of virtual hosts. this number can be large - but i do not know the limit (this should be dictated by apache and the specs of your computer). for more apache doc on the subject, see (and quote below):
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/name-based.html
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personally, i don't use dyndns (we have static ips and dns here @ work to allow the adjustments), so i can't provide too much additional information. however, a google search and/or experimentation should provide your answer.
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I recently update to Lion and now I can't access my own website, no matter what browser I use.
I can access the site fine from my work PC, but can't from home and this started after I updated to Lion.
Help?

Shawnnafromwa wrote:
I created it using Wordpress. It is hosted by Accuweb.
http://www.shawnna.org
I can't access my cPanel or just the website itself. I can't access the admin panel for the Wordpress workings either.
And it all worked fine until I updated to Lion.
Any help you can provider would be very helpful. My host is claiming they can access it fine so they aren't able to help. They verified my IP isn't blocked on their end.
And I can access it straight away in Safari.Do you have any anti-virus or third party programs, especially secrity related installed?
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Shawnnafromwa wrote:
I created it using Wordpress. It is hosted by Accuweb.
http://www.shawnna.org
I can't access my cPanel or just the website itself. I can't access the admin panel for the Wordpress workings either.
And it all worked fine until I updated to Lion.
Any help you can provider would be very helpful. My host is claiming they can access it fine so they aren't able to help. They verified my IP isn't blocked on their end.
And I can access it straight away in Safari.Do you have any anti-virus or third party programs, especially secrity related installed?
Can you access any other sites you regularly go to?
Is your Wordpress program up to date to be compatable with Lion (check developer's site)
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How do i open sites that require adobe flash? I can't open my own website, not to mention tons of other sites. It's ridiculous.

Flash is not supported on the iPad and never has been supported on any iOS device - and as Adobe have never managed to make a version of their flash player that works on iOS devices, and they have recently announced that they are stopping development on all mobile versions of it, it probably never will be.
Browser apps such as Skyfire, iSwifter, Puffin and Photon 'work' on some sites, but judging by their reviews not all sites. Also some websites, especially news sites, have their own apps in the App Store.

Hosting your own website, need lots of info.

Hi,
I have seen another post on this forum about hosting your own website on your Mac, and it wasn't very clear. What do I need, and what do I do?

Yeah, I do. How do I host multiple websites?
You will need to learn how to edit the apache configuration file located at
/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
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have a look at some articles on apache virtual hosts
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/08/mod_rendezvous.html
http://www.evolt.org/article/EnablingVirtual_Hosts_on_MacOSX/18/13138/

Hosting my own website on my Mac!

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You will have to configure your DNS (Domain Name server) settings. Usually this is done on an administartion panel web page the company you registered your domain provides. You probably don't want to host your own DNS server, and hopefully depending on the company they will provide basic services to point the .com to your IP at no additional cost.
For the long run, you might want to consider running a dedicated server, or payign for professional hosting, especially when the number of visitors increase.

I am trying to host my own website/mail server

I am pretty new with osx server and from all the info i found was to create a "intranet" per say.. I have AT&T uverse and I am hosting my own site..that part was pretty easy even tho i am not sure if i did set up the DNS server right... i set up the DNS server as the same as my website... I.E. mywebsite.com i am able to visit the site as long as i am not in my internal network.. and i also was able to set up the mail server but I can only send emails and not recieve from my iPhone.. and via web i can not even access the email... can someone help me? I also can not see my calender listed on workgroup under my account.. so i can not access over iphone either...
Can anyone help me?

What do the zone files show in the DNS settings in Server Admin? There should be a primary and reverse zone for the machine name and its network address.
I also recommend using a static network address rather than DHCP for servers. Assign a static network address in your router for the server's MAC address. In the network settings in System Preferences on the server, select DHCP with manual address and enter the same IP address you assigned it in the router. Make sure the router IP address is entered correctly in the server's network settings.
As for accessing it from the Internet, you need either a dedicated IP address or a dynamic IP forwarding service. The IP address in the A record in the name servers for the domain should be fixed. You will have problems if you're using a dynamic IP address and constantly updating your name servers because of the propagation lag.

Can't Access My Own Website when using TMobile phone as Modem

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If it's the computer why would I be able to get to my site when I use my airport? If it's the phone, why would I be able to access the site through the web browser on my phone?
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Hi halacious, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Airport & Bluetooth are two separate Interfaces, so that is a bit confusing.
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Any Router involved there?

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If anyone can help me or give me an answer that would be great and highly appreciated! I am new to Mac!!!
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Even accessing Ebay is giving me trouble as well!!! Like I can't see what I am posting and how it looks in Ebay when writing up the description!! I have to use either Firefox or IE on another computer to write them and post them. I am really getting mad!!!! Can someone give me a solution??
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Safari does support Javascript. However, it's possible the coding for your Online shop is using a version of JS not compatible with Safari and possibly the Mac Platform.
To be sure Safari is set up to access JS content, go to your Safari Menu (next to the Apple logo in the upper left of your monitor)>Preferences (a short cut for preferences for most applications is pressing the Command and , keys). When Safari Preference opens, click on the Security panel (if you don't see multiple panels listed, click on the small pill button in the upper right of the Preference panel). Make sure the 4 WebContent boxes are checked.
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eBay is a different story. The site is not the friendliest for Safari due to their odd approach to site coding, especially for Sellers. From what others have posted in this forum, using Firefox is a better alternative when listing/posting product.
Safari is quite strict about following industry standards promulgated by the Web Standards Project. In part, this endeavor strives to create uniformity and better security on the Internet through specific guidelines for site coding.
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The on your website, create a sub directory off of your root web site:
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