On Ubuntu you can actually install apache2. This will place a /var/www
directory on your PC. Hitting your locl PC http://192.168.1.11 for
instance from your browser request will result in "It Works", this is
the result of going to the /var/www/apache2 default page. To test and
create a locally accessable page just create another directory beside
the apache2-default and access your new page by
http://192.168.1.11/newstuff/newstuff.html

This is an easy way to play and learn about web pages without first
posting them out on the net, you can do it locally.