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Apache server on Mac

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Hello I am trying to host a apache server directory on my mac with my ip address. I do not know how to make my directory come up. I don't know where to put files and folders to even make a directory. Please help me. I want to share files with people going to my ip address and going into catorgories. Thank you.

If you put web sharing on via the system prefs you can put the files in ~/Sites.

I have turned on that feature I will put a file in "Sites". If you dont mind Im going to contact you on aim. Thanks.

Turn on Personal Web Sharing from the Sharing Preferences Pane in System Preferences then start Safari and go to:

http://localhost/~username

where username is the your short name i.e. mine is Mark. Next, replace the files already in ~/Sites with your own pages, images etc. You can find a quick intro to Web Sharing here (http://www.apple.com/lae/macosx/whatyoucando/websharing.html).

Thats the basic idea anyway, but if you want to enable PHP and or CGI you'll need to do a little more work :D.

Mark.

will you give me a screen shot just so I can make sure I'm doing it right please?

I just got my router back online lol, I played with the dmz settings.

Thanks.

ok I did it and still its not showing up. may I have some tips please

Guess we never checked this but what version of Mac OS are you running? Also, so you have a firewalls etc? I'll take those screenshots for you, I just have to get some little paint program so I can cut the size down :).

Mark.

thanks. I am running on the newest system. Yes I have a firewall but I can get around it. I just need port numbers please. I am on dmz but I guess thats not helping since I can't play War Craft III :-D

my reply was a little late before because Im not getting emails that a reply has been posted. but I'll ask that question later :p

The port number will be 80, but your browser should find it automatically since web pages are usually served up on that port :). In the simplest case just key in http://localhost and you should get a big �hello!!!� from the Apache people.

If you follow the instructions and your browser still can't locate or is getting some error message then you might want to check the apache logs. Post what your browsers showing you anyway :).

You might also want to repair the disk permissions using the Disk Util�s app since they can get in the way from time to time.

Nighty night,

Mark.

thanks. My brother said something like I need to buy apache. Is this true?

LOL no, Apache isn't even for sale ;). Everything you need is included with Mac OS X so it shouldn't be hard to get things up and running.

LOL no, Apache isn't even for sale ;). Everything you need is included with Mac OS X so it shouldn't be hard to get things up and running.

haha. So whats next :)

ok so I figured out you have to save documents and stuff as html. in Microsfot word I went to save then I picked web and it said save whole file to html I did and it still doesn't come up. Am I doing the saving right?

Well, possibly not a good idea to use word for creating web pages; possibly not a good idea to use word at all ;). Just fire up a text editor like TextEdit and switch it to Plain Text... then enter some HTML :D.

does that mean I save it and put .html at the end of the title?

Yep, you need to save the file/page with a .html extension :).

Yep, you need to save the file/page with a .html extension :).

theres only RTF or word for the saving matter.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~marksampson/ on this server.

Apache/1.3.29 Server at mark-sampsons-computer.local Port 80

I also get that when I go to: http://192.168.123.113/~marksampson/

But when I go to: http://192.168.123.113
It just says seeing this in stead of your website? Ok back to the matter with the file ;-)

For the Apache thing, try repairing your Disk Permissions. Also, you need to switch to Plain Text mode (Command-Shift-T I think), then try saving the file again with the .html extension :).

O.k I had a big problem but it looks like it's fixed now. Ok so I have my sites folder and in it is index.htm and then a folder called marker227 which has a test document.htm in it. Am I supposed to be seeing a webpage or do I need more?

This is everything I have in the sites folder. Don't assume I know how to add html and stuff. Thank you.