Self-hosting status

[gumbald]

Right, should be a simple one for someone to help me with.

I'm hosting some photos on an FTP set up on my computer. It won't be on all the time, as I value my sleep....

I was looking toward setting up a page on my ISP's space in order to indicate whether my computer was on based on a ping or whatever. The other option is for me to change the page every time I turn my computer on, but I can't be bothered to do that. So, can anyone suggest an automated way for me to do it? Based on using the ISP webspace (Eclipse), so no PHP or whatever I don't think

Any help for my laziness appreciated (I'm being nice enough hosting the photos rather than making it completely simple for everyone all the time)

 

[gumbald]

host an image on your pc and embed it <img> tags in a html page on your webspace. if the image doesn't show, your computer is off.

I like it, I'll give it a bash

also why won't you host the pictures in an online gallery? or your webspace?

Only get about 20mb, not enough for about 20 peoples photos for a week

 

[gumbald]

I've got a DynDNS address, that's the way I'm linking people to my computer anyway

 

[gumbald]

http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/

create an account with dyndns. Install an app on your pc that updates the dynamic dns database on the internet with your current IP address (if it changes).

Yeah, I've got that set up on my router, but that doesn't actually tell anyone whether my computer's up and running...

 

[gumbald]

I can do that, but dumb user can't

 

[gumbald]

Yeah, and I'm guessing because it's ISP webspace I can't do anything clever

 

[gumbald]

what's wrong with this?

Nothing! I've got it on, but some people will end up getting confused by it...

 

[gumbald]

What's confusing about an image that says "My PC is on" with an alternate for the text of "My PC is off"?

But that would involve me changing the image manually when I turn my computer on and off, I'm trying to get some kind of automatic system status