so after weeks of agonizing research and trial and error, i finally found out that the reason my webserver wouldn't run was because of my dsl modem. everything is back on track now, and if anyone would care to check out the site and give me some feedback (not really any content yet, but the graphics are cool) i would appreciate it. eventually, the site will be localslackers.com, but for now it's just an ip
http://65.7.245.230
i would like to thank everyone on tfp who answered my networking questions, inane as some of them were, and hope you like the site.