vanta_black: please read the documentation as in getting started: https://ipfs.io/docs/getting-started/
there is a plugin that uses your gateway on ipfs links available for chrome (maybe firefox) browsers.
> ipfs daemon
Initializing daemon...
API server listening on /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001
Gateway server listening on /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8080