i want to do the following: 1. Set up of Apache 2. Use CGI to communicate between a form and database 3. Use Server Side Includes 4. Access a data base 5. Use a virtual site 6. Generate a Web page dynamically based on some kind of server-side processing. Implement some form of sever security
any help appreciated? thanks in advance. i am a newbie and working on the above assignment. please help. thanks
Start by downloading Apache and reading their documentation.
If you need to work with a database then you need to download and install one. MySQL would be a good choice.
Here is a good resource for starting to work with CGI.
It sounds like this is a school assignment so you may want to check to see if they have this already set up for you. It will save you a lot of time and headaches.
You also can use XAMPP which has Apache, MySQL, and a lot of other stuff.
You should check out XAMPP or something similar. XAMPP is a development environment that includes apache, mysql, and php, and it makes the configuration part simple allowing you more time to get working on your database and scripts.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Good luck.