apache server

[ogri]

help...ive installed an apache server on windows xp.its running fine when i goto to http://localhost.
problem is...when my friend adds my ip into ie he gets error message is this normal.???????
how can he log onto my server. also where do i put the files to serve to people. sorry about this im a total newbie to servers.

 

[golfing22]

Well for one I need to know if you have a router at your house. If you do that is most likely the problem. If you have a router you have to foward port 80 to your webservers ip address.

The place where you put your files is the "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs"