Wikis, Blogs, etc. Available to Outside Users?

So my wiki works on the server itself in Safari, but everytime I try and access the same address on another machine, it can't find the server and fails to load anything.
Obviously, this is a setting problem. How do I make wikis, blogs, etc. visible to people on the web and not just on my network? I am thinking I have to set up some nameservers on Leopard Server and populate those nameservers into my domain registrars control panel? I do have my server name bought as a domain name, of course.
Any help would be great, and pleaes note I am a beginner at server admin.

So my wiki works on the server itself in Safari, but everytime I try and access the same address on another machine, it can't find the server and fails to load anything.
Access? How? Via ip address? Via host name? From your LAN? From outside your LAN? If you're accessing from one host to another via a private static IP address (servers really want static IP) on a private LAN and the access is failing, then there's a network disconnect, firewall, subnet error or routing problem of some sort.
Obviously, this is a setting problem. How do I make wikis, blogs, etc. visible to people on the web and not just on my network?
Is your network addressing in the range 192.168.0.0, 172.16.0.0/12 or 10.0.0.0/8? In one of the private address ranges? If so, you'll need to use NAT to get from the public IP address space into your private address space.
I am thinking I have to set up some nameservers on Leopard Server and populate those nameservers into my domain registrars control panel?
The nameserver is the first thing that should be set up in Leopard Server. A number of other services are dependent on having functional DNS, either on the Leopard Server or on another box on the network serving DNS.
Recognize there is public DNS where you have your "domain registrar control panel", and there is a second DNS that may be configured on the private local LAN; what's called split horizon DNS or split view DNS such. Basically DNS mappings for the private IP addresses (I'm assuming you're using a private network), and DNS that is public and visible to the Internet.
I do have my server name bought as a domain name, of course.
Which is the first step, and how a public static IP address is available and how a public host name gets to your server. The next step is configuring the firewall - I recommend an external firewall, with NAT capabilities if you don't have enough static addresses - and the associated port-mapping and NAT. A pro-sumer grade firewall will have these capabilities, as can something akin to M0n0wall or Smoothwall.
Any help would be great, and pleaes note I am a beginner at server admin.
This is a big topic area and while Leopard Server is pretty good, it's not a "No IT" solution. It's about as close as I've encountered, but there is still a ways to go; some regular care and feeding of the servers is needed.
It really helps to know something of IP networking, including a little bit of DNS and NAT and security, and related. Start with some of the Leopard documentation or a book on Leopard Server or classes on networking and related; however you learn best.
The following is a deliberate attempt to scare you: An insecure server will get hacked. My servers get attacked frequently; the botnets find and pound on these servers, and are launching increasingly sophisticated site attacks. Recognize that *your server will get attacked.* This means staying current on your software versions, and keeping current archives of your critical data (via Time Machine or cron or launchd or some other automated means), and restoring and verifying those archives once in a while as a test. Reading or otherwise scanning the attack and web server logs, too.
Here's some [reading|http://64.223.189.234/node/275] that seeks to introduce firewalls and networking; I will probably end up creating an article or document specific to this topic on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. The Apple manuals are pretty good at introducing the area, though you'll often then find yourself reading more detailed documentation from other sources as you get deeper into each of the areas of Mac OS X Server and of Unix in general; Cricket Liu's DNS and BIND book, for instance. You will want to start reading the server manuals. (Or you could choose to out-source server administration and/or server setup, of course.)

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Server Admin -> web
select the website in question, make sure it is checked as enabled
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make sure the users/groups that require access are displayed, otherwise click and add them
Check Wiki and Blog
etc...
save
Workgroup Manager -> Groups Icon
Select the correct group
Select the website that you want (www.your_domain.com) from the popup menu where it says : Enable the following service...
Check Wiki and Blog
etc...
save
Server Admin -> web
Stop
Start
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http://www.your_domain.com
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