How do I add my bands web site to BandsRus?
A: Click on the register your band on any of the band pages or click here.

Q: How do I get a web site for my band?
A: Read the article Setting Up Your Band On The Web.

Q: How can I use MyWebServer to create a free web site?
A: Read the article Using MyWebServer To Host Your music On The Internet.

Q: How hard is it to build a Web Site and Setup MyWebServer?
A: Read the article Setting Up Your Bands Web Site Is As Easy As 123 With MyWebServer.

How can I get copy of MyWebServer?
A: Click Here To Download MyWebServer.

Q: What is MyWebServer?
A: MyWebServer is a free personal peer-to-peer web, file and application server. It allows you and your associates to access areas of your computer from any location using a standard web browser, just like any other internet web site. MyWebServer is the only tool you'll need to create your own secure virtual community. With this software running you have the capability to share information and files on your computer with your friends and business collaborators. You can choose to operate a secure system that only you can access. Or you can choose to allow your files and web pages to be accessed by those people who you issue passwords to. You can also choose to use the program completely unrestricted as a global file sharing web site without any password protection at all.

Besides functioning as a web server and hosting your personal web site on the Internet MyWebServer comes equipped with several built in Web Applications like the Favorites Page. The Favorites Page publishes the collection of internet shortcuts or book marks from your web browser on a web page of your personal web site. 

Q: What is an IP address?
A: An IP(Internet Protocol) Address allows you to be singled out from the other  numerous Internet users. Anytime you connect to the internet, you have an IP address. Often times they are shared however (see the section on proxys). An IP address is made up of 4 numbers between 0 and 255 separated by 3 periods and looks something like this 208.61.116.18

Q: What is a dynamic IP address??
A: When your IP changes, it is said to be dynamic. Broadband internet access often uses dynamic addresses through DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). You can usually determine a pattern for your host. It is not uncommon for your IP to change once a day, or once every few days. For instance, today your IP address might be 24.32.2.62, tomorrow you may have the ip 24.32.2.19. If you are applying for FTP access where the site op has requested that you include your IP, you would send 24.32.2.* A dynamic address should not complicate your etree.org participation. If you want to run a server and have a dynamic address, consider using a dynamic pointer from dyndns.org or eyep.net

Q: What is a static IP address?
A: A static IP address is an IP address that is assigned by your internet service provider and never changes or changes infrequently. You can disconnect from the internet and reconnect and your IP address is still the same. You can get one of these from Direct TV DSL or AOL

What is a static internet adderss?
A: An named internet address like www.bandsRus.org is a static internet adddress. You might get a static internet address for your free hosting space like yourbandname.home.att.net or bellsouth.net/yourbandname. Theyre called static because tehy never or rarely change. You can use a static internet address like yourbandname.home.att.net or bellsouth.net/yourbandname to point to your bands web site running on your own computer using MyWebServers built in Virtual DNS feature.

Q: Why is a static IP address so important?
A: You can place links to it anywhere like on the BandsRUs web site or give it to your friends and it will never change. Not like a dynamic IP address which will be different every time you connect to the internet or might change every day or more often with some ISP's. You don't have to constantly maintain a static link to your computer with MyWebServers virtual DNS or a Dynamic DNS service like ICQ. It just simplifies things and speeds them up a bit as well.

Q: How does MyWebServers Virtual DNS feature work?
A: MyWebServers built in Virtual Domain Naming Service creates a named internet address for your computer that does not change every time you connect to the internet. Id does this by using the free web site that is offered by most Internet Service Providers with your internet service. The system works by creating a special redirector page containing your computers current IP address and uploading it to the web site provided by your ISP. While you are on-line when ever someone accesses this "redirector" page their web browser is redirected to the MyWebServer program that is running on your computer and they receive the home page located on your computer. When you stop running MyWebServer another page is uploaded to the web site provided by your ISP. This page replaces the redirector page with a page that explains that your computer is currently off-line. For information on configuring MyWebServers Virtual Domain Naming Service read this Article.

Q: What is a dynamic domain service?
A: Dynamic Addressing Services are services available on the internet like ISEEQ or dyndns.org that maintain static named internet addresses for users whose ISP's only provide dynamic numbered IP addressing (that's just about everyone). Some companies charge a monthly or yearly fee for this service and others provide the service for free. For more information on Dynamic Addressing Services read this Great article on Using ICQ or dyndns ect. to give your computer a static named URL by David E. Smith of technopagan.com

Can I have my own dot com domain name with MyWebServer??
A: Sure you can its easiest with a static IP address but it can be done with a dynamic IP address as well. You can also use a web forwarding service. Read the article Setting Up Your Band On The Web for more info.

Q: How does BandsRus make money?
A: Selling Banner Advertising. Click Here for more information.

Q: Where can I find free tools and resources for building web sites?
A: Click Here

Q: Can you recommend any web design or hosting companies?
A: Contact RTZ Software for your all your web site consulting and hosting needs.