hosting my computer

[Phate]

So, i have seen it done many times, and I am curious as to how to do it myself. I have lots of files on my computer, and I want to make them public on the internet. THe computer is dedicated, and i wish to use it as the server. i have heard of apache? is that correct? any help would be appreciated

[ReFredzRate]

Apache is an option. Assuming you don't exactly know how to get the job done, I would go for a full package, including PHP, MySQL and Apache. My guess is that WAMP would be a great choice. After you have installed the package you can start using all three of the applications, it even has a phpmyadmin installed in it.
All you have to do after installing is routing it outside your own network. Meaning, you have to install a virtual server on your modem/router to route your internal ip-address outside your network.

[MM xSkillz]

That sounds complicated I wish I understood that so that I could do this too

All the people here are soo smart but me. I feel like an idiot!