Web Servers At Your Home
We sell and install HTTP servers that run Apache. We avoid Microsoft ASPX servers. We configure for PHP and Perl, the two fastest server-side scripting languages known. We provide and deploy POP3 and SMTP servers as well to make sure sending and receiving email works flawlessly.
We Set Up A Web Server
Minimum Requirements
A BrightHouse connection to the Internet.
You need a computer connected to the Internet through BrightHouse (or another ISP that gives you fairly static IP address - a completely static IP address preferred).
Your computer must stay on ALL the time, connected to the Internet ALL the time, through a BrightHouse connection (or other appropriate ISP). 1
A Windows 2000 or Windows XP Operating System 2
A firewall. If you need a firewall, we can provide a firewall at an additional cost .
We Provide ...
You select your own domain-name. We register the domain name for you, provided the domain-name is available for registration. You own the domain-name for the next 10 years.
We provide you with a 'free' HTTP server configured to present your domain to the whole small world. You see what MicroCosmoTalk really means. Your domain running on your computer.
You get a free server-side scripting engine, a FREE web-programming language, easy to understand with an hour of instruction about building your first web-page. We provide further (off-site, via phone, or via email, or via nntp) assistance as needed and requested.
You get a free homepage. We supply a simple page and show you where to get some help in regards to presenting the page the way you want it presented. Then what develops ends up as your creation, not ours, as you develop the layout and the content that you want to display.
You learn how and where to get free help when you need help.
You also get Outlook Express or Windows Live configured for connecting to the world of newsgroups (if your ISP provides such capabilities). We recommend you hook up through BrightHouse, as other ISPs may not provide what you need to get this all going.
You learn how to promote your website and learn some things about how to keep your website alive. We can not possibly teach everything in the short time we work with you onsite, so we provide some pages of information to help you out.
We provide you with onsite installation (on-site at your business or home). We come out to your home or your place of business, get to meet, greet and teach you what you need to know to get going.
We configure and enable an email (SMTP, POP3) server for you for an additional $100.00. Please note that America Online and EarthLink and MindSpring do NOT accept email from dynamic IP addresses. You might prefer to call BrightHouse and request a static IP address if it bothers you that MindSpring, Earthlink and America Online block email coming in from SMTP servers running on dynamic IP addresses. Most ISPs charge more money for a static IP address. Contact your ISP in regards to pricing.
No Where
No where else in the country...
Low cost HTTP server (web server) installation.
Information resides on your own computer, your computer delivers webpages.
Costs...
Bay Pines / St. Pete.
Bay Pines
Saint Petersburg
St Petersburg
Gulfport / Pinellas Park
Gulfport
Madeira Beach
Pinellas Park
Redington Beach
Redington Shores
Saint Petersburg Beach
Seminole
St Petersburg Beach
Treasure Island
Belleair / Indian Rocks
Belleair
Belleair Beach
Belleair Bluffs
Indian Shores
Largo
Clearwater / Tampa
Clearwater
Clearwater Beach
Indian Rocks Beach
Tampa
A Firewall
We can provide a firewall and provide some instruction on how to use the firewall. If your computer runs Windows XP or Windows 2000, you get a free firewall and packet filter, easy to use. However, the firewall, while an excellent firewall, no longer receives support from the manufacturer and we ended up not too fond of their newer firewalls. We promise to continue researching this in order to find the best firewall. The current firewall we employ requires a packet filter as well, which we provide free of charge.
Other Operating Systems / Other ISPs
Other ISP sometimes present problems. Some ISP (AT&T, BellSouth (AT&T owns them)) constantly change IP numbers. Contact us to ask any questions.
Other operating systems present problems and require extra time to complete the install for success. We offer no guarantee for success in such situations, although for Windows 2003 and later, networking and configuring the services on the servers requires extra time. Due to the extra time involved we charge an extra $100.00.
Contact Us
Phone: 727 321-5442
MicroCosmoTalk
