Run a Ubuntu web server in vmware?

I have been wanting to build a web server for awhile. I am using laptop which is a compaq 1.6 Ghz with 2 GB ram windows vista. I am running Vmware player and I installed Ubuntu server with lamp. I am able to use the internet withing the VM to update the server and i see my web page from host side but i cannot see it from other computers on the network when i point my address bar to the servers ip. What can i do to make other computers on the same network see it and is it possible to make it available to the internet