[OT] OSX and web serving [was] smtp mac.com server

[Michael Bigley]

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I wanted to change the Subject to 
be more appropriate


>Running OSX with PHP turned on, I simple load the site I am working 
>on into my Sites folder and activate personal websharing; once 
>activated, it tells you the IP/~user address to locate the website. 
>With the Cable connection, as I believe you mentioned, you have a 
>unique IP for your computer, so it shouldn't change unless you shut 
>down your computer.
>
>I also like this for seeing my work in progress; you can do this by 
>entering "localhost/~user" in your browser.  I keep a bookmark for 
>that, so I can get to it quickly. By using "Option refresh (or 
>reload)" I can immediately see changes as they will actually appear 
>in the browser.  This also allows me to make changes and preview 
>them before I upload some potentially broken code to the live web 
>server.
>
>I suppose you could have multiple sites in separate folders within 
>the sites folder, then give clients a URL of 
>"ipaddres/~user/client...
>
>There is detailed, but easy to configure, explanations of how to 
>turn your OSX box into a web server for more complex stuff at 
><http://www.macdevcenter.com>. Another good dev site is 
><Http://www.phpmac.com>... they also have a link to a very good 
>forum with a special section for developing on a Mac. And while I am 
>posting links, Apple has an excellent internet development section 
>beginning here: <http://developer.apple.com/internet/index.html>. 
>The end of each section usually has links to more 
>intermediate/expert level sites.


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