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# Hosting a website

We've covered sharing, syncing, and live syncing of data. But what about sharing via the web? We can create a Dat link that can be viewed in any browser. Dat has an http server that can be turned on by adding `--http$PORT_XX`, where XX is specific to the server port.
We've covered sharing, syncing, and live syncing of data. But what about sharing via the web? We can create a Dat link that can be viewed in a browser by asking dat to use the built-in http server. Use the `--http` flag to start serving on `http://localhost:8080`. The port can be specified using `--http=XYZ`, where `XYZ` is the server port.

To share your data via the web, create a file called `index.html` using the command `touch`.
Type the following into the **virtual terminal**:
To demonstrate a good use case we will create a file called `index.html`. We suggest the following content but any HTML will do:

`touch index.html`

You will see a new file, `index.html`, has been added to the directory on the virtual server.

Let's make it fun! Use the test editor in the browser to add to the new `index.html`. Edit it and add some stuff in your html. Here's a silly template to get you started.
```
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
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</html>
```

To share this, type the following in the **source terminal**:
To share this, type the following in your terminal:

`dat share --http=8080`
`dat share --http`

Check out your new website at http://localhost:8080!

When you modify file, the site will update when you refresh the browser window. Pretty cool, huh?
When you modify the file, the site will update when you refresh the browser window. Pretty cool, huh?