This is the chapter of the MemberManual that describes how to serve your website(s).
Static Web Sites
If you plan on having static websites without any CGI such as php or perl, then read on. In your home directory, there is a directory named public_html. By default, you can access this at http://deleuze.hcoop.net/~USER (which will soon become http://www.hcoop.net/~USER). You will never be able to execute server-side scripts when accessing webpages in that manner. If you're going to use a domain, please read the next section.
Dynamic Web Sites
If you plan on having a website that utilizes CGI such as php or perl, then you must either have a domain or an hcoop.net subdomain (i.e., USER.hcoop.net).
When you have chosen a domain to be hosted by HCoop, you then simply request control of that domain at the [http://members2.hcoop.net portal]. Once it is authorized by an administrator, you will be able to utilize DomTool. DomTool will let Apache and other services know about your domain. Please take a look at [:MemberManual/UsingDomtool: using DomTool], [:DomTool/UserGuide: DomTool user guide], and [:DomTool/Examples: DomTool examples] to learn how to do this.
As a hint, DomTool configurations are stored in ~/.domtool/. Some users have made their production configurations readable and so you may be able to learn from them. See the bottom of [:DomTool/Examples: DomTool examples] to find out who is showing off their DomTool configurations.
For database help, take a look at this manual's [:MemberManual/Databases: Databases] chapter.
To see how you can transfer files to HCoop, see the [:MemberManual/TransferringFiles: Transferring Files] chapter.
WebDAV
Accessing read-only site-wide DAV. Also, enabling site-specific DAV so that you can use it for writing. Link to "Using revision control -> DAV and Subversion example".