I have some website PHP/SQL code running well on localhost w/ Apache2 (on my computer). I also have a server running Scientific Linux 6.2. While I think I'd be able to figure out how to put things on the server and access the website from the same network, I have no idea how to begin putting this server online (for example, so that I can type in some website whose name I register and get a login page).
This is totally foreign to me, I'm kind of learning things as I go. How would I go about doing this? (The people at Server Fault had a hard time understanding what my question is, so the following is a bit of clarification):
My question is, "Given the things I have enumerated above, what should my next step/s be?" I'm not looking for an explanation of a particular term, just, given a certain specific situation (I have a website and server with specific software capabilities) w/ a certain goal (I'd like to get that server online), what should I do next to achieve said goal? Is there any other special software I need, do I worry about my ISP or register w/ some other hosting company or something? I've done a lot of research, but don't know how to parse the information I've received, and am hoping for a more experienced opinion.