Thanks everyone for these suggestions. Guess what I am doing this afternoon!
Dumb question (please don't laugh) if I get this working the way I want and all the stuff I need is small (small database, minimal traffic) can I just keep it on this dedicated PC of mine ? Guess I just need to buy a domain? Is that correct? Remember, please don't laugh... Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Mar 2014, at 10:32 am, "Earthednet-wp" <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > > Google WAMP. On the Mac, it's MAMP. Easy to install, contains Apache, MySQL, > and php. You can run it on your desktop computer. Also, free. Install is > trivial. You can install the LC server on it and do your testing. It's so > easy I don't know why more folks don't suggest it. > Bill > > William Prothero > http://es.earthednet.org > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Nakia Brewer <nakia.bre...@westrac.com.au> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I want to learn how to use LC server scripts (try and improve my knowledge >> and progress my learning) but currently don't have access to a web-server. >> >> Can some offer some advice for cheap (best free) web server space that I >> could use to do some testing.. >> >> Needs to be able to run LC scripts and MySQL database. I have no interest in >> building a website with this server. I also want to use this server to host >> a MySQL database that a desktop allocation will communicate to (I presume I >> can do this over internet? Connect to an online MySQL database from a >> desktop LiveCode application) >> >> Any advice someone might have would be appreciated... >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> COPYRIGHT / DISCLAIMER: This message and/or including attached files may >> contain confidential proprietary or privileged information. If you are not >> the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from using, reproducing, >> disclosing or distributing the information contained in this email without >> authorisation from WesTrac. If you have received this message in error >> please contact WesTrac on +61 8 9377 9444. We do not accept liability in >> connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, >> unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. We reserve the right to >> monitor all e-mail communications. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > COPYRIGHT / DISCLAIMER: This message and/or including attached files may contain confidential proprietary or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from using, reproducing, disclosing or distributing the information contained in this email without authorisation from WesTrac. If you have received this message in error please contact WesTrac on +61 8 9377 9444. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. We reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
