Agreed. It's a good first step, though. To learn about how a web server actually works, I'd suggest setting up your own VPS on Linode. They've got a great li

Agreed. It's a good first step, though. To learn about how a web server actually works, I'd suggest setting up your own VPS on Linode. They've got a great library of information to help someone get started: http://library.linode.com http://library.linode.com If you're coming from a Windows background and don't have any Linux/Unix command line experience, though, this will be daunting.