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3. Website on home server (XAMPP), accessed via localhost and Internal IP, Tutorial


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Create - place - access your website in XAMPP via localhost and internal IP

Steps:

  1. create the website
  2. place it in htdocs folder »video
  3. access it via localhost
  4. access it via internal IP (if you're using a Router)

Note:

  1. at this time, the website can't be accessed via External IP, nor via domain name
  2. to be able to access your website via External IP: watch all 3 tutorials under GO ONLINE I menu »video
  3. to be able to access your website via Domain Name: watch all 3 tutorials under GO ONLINE II menu »video

Video demonstration: Access Website on server XAMPP via localhost and Internal IP

3. Access Website on server (htdocs), Tutorial

min video details
00:12 start creating your website
00:19 Learn: HTML5 and CSS. Also you'll probably need: JS, jQuery, PHP, MySQL,..
00:23 Install a Text editor like Notepad++ to write markup ⁄code
00:28 use a Web Browser like Firefox to test the markup ⁄code
00:36 create a folder (our choice e.g. d0main1) within the htdocs folder and place your website there
00:56 for more details, watch a free video demo on htdocs folder, XAMPP here
01:16 access your website in XAMPP = on server
01:24 a) at this point, the website is accessible to us only, via localhost or our internal IP (router: 192.168.0.102)
01:34 internal IP (router): 192.168.0.102
01:49 c) note: currently the domain does not point to our home server: Server not found
02:02 finding our external IP address (ip tracer ⁄locator)
02:14 note: currently the website is not accessible via our Public External IP
02:21 next: open port 80 tutorial