If I develop a website with a service such as freewebs or tripod, do I need a server, such as apache?

I'm still a little confused. If I get a free domain name from a web hosting service, I don't need a server. If start paying money per month for a web site, do I need to download a server, for example, Apache? If not, what is Apache and that stuff for? Thanks.
If I develop a website with a service such as freewebs or tripod, do I need a server, such as apache?
if you have an account with a WEB HOSTING company like Tripod then you are paying to post your content on THEIR servers. This means you don't need your own server.





if you are simply paying for a DOMAIN NAME then you need to host your own pages on your own server.
If I develop a website with a service such as freewebs or tripod, do I need a server, such as apache?
You don't need a serve to run a website through a hosting company, they run the server. If, however, you want to do any serious development at home, or want to run your own web server you would then need the Apache or similar server software.
Reply:I have created many sites with freewebs and you do not need a server to use it. They don't give you free domains, but a subdomain (e.g. www.freewebs.com/yourusername). If you start paying money for services on freewebs, you still don't need a server, because the freewebs.com is what is called a host, along with tripod; they host your site on their server.


I have apache, although I'm still not sure what it is for. I think I can connect it to the internet so people can view a site I make on my computer, but I am not sure.
Reply:If you want to start your own webhosting business you need to go find a webhoster that offers reseller webhosting that lets you resell your hosting.





These plans usually come with the entire package. WHM (Web hosting manager from Cpanel will be your best friend).





PHP is a scripting language that is able to execute pages for member accessable sites and content managment sites.





mySQL is a database program that works with PHP and is usually required for most php scripts to work.





Apache is an HTML server used to display html code.





A server is a 'hardware' and not a 'software' as you mention.





If you just want your own website nothing more, then any basic hosting plan is for you, just know what you are looking for ;)
Reply:This is good one http://ifreewebhosting.runhosting.com/