On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:07 AM, John Cast <jdc...@stanford.edu> wrote: > For future reference (assuming everything else goes well) how do I procure a > more permanent server (i.e. one that doesn't run on my machine so that I can > turn it off and still be able to visit my pages)? I'm hearing Apache and so > forth being thrown around (I've read up a little on it) but it seems those > would still run on my local computer. > What am I missing?
Apache is a HTTP daemon, as in a piece of software that serves content over HTTP. It’s one of many HTTP daemons (web servers) on the market, and perhaps the most popular one (other popular ones are nginx and IIS) But if you want to host persistently, you need to get an actual server, a piece of hardware, that runs a HTTP daemon. There are basically three types of servers: shared (many people host their websites on the same machine), VPS (virtual private server), and dedicated (a machine only for you). Shared servers are the cheapest, and the best idea for small/static websites. You can even find free shared hosting services, like GitHub Pages <https://pages.github.com/>, or ultra-cheap ones (like <http://NearlyFreeSpeech.net/>). On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Danny Yoo <d...@hashcollision.org> wrote: > The ones I use for my personal and professional use are webfaction.com and > appengine.google.com. I'm sure others can give more suggestions. Both are services used for hosting webapps, not static websites. -- Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <http://chriswarrick.com/> PGP: 5EAAEA16 stop html mail | always bottom-post | only UTF-8 makes sense _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor