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Hi all,

For running a website one step is to select a web host, where all web pages and content of website will be placed to get accessed by everyone in world. If possible, can I do same thing by running a dedicated sever (a home based system) instead of buying space from web host. I will keep my web pages on that home based server and keep it running always?
Or other way round, can I have a home based desktop (with all web pages and content store in it) to run website within a (small) network (may be to test designed web pages on network)?
If yes, how to do both or either of above?

I appreciate your reply.
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Of course you can run any HTTP server you like on your home system, but in real life, if you are talking about residential Internet access, the bottleneck is not such services, but Internet Service Providers (ISP) who often prohibit or prevent serving your content to the Internet.

In practice, you can easily do Web development based on some real HTTP server at home and use any server-side and client-side technologies, but for providing the service on Internet, you will need to get some Web hosting provider and deploy your sites to they servers. These days, it could be very inexpensive (often much less then minimal ISP fees) or even free of charge, for limited resources which might be quite enough for a beginner. The quality of service, availability of technologies, uptime, traffic, bandwidth and reliability vary, as well as prices.

You would need to perform your own search. The rule number one here is: try before you buy. Most decent providers these days provide generous or even unlimited trial period.

—SA
 
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