help plz!! apache...

[dewdman101]

ok so me n my friends are going to make a flash site, we have everything about the flash shit and all we just need to work apache and stuff. so heres what i need if anyone can help.



ok i need to learn to configure APACHE, learn what to do with PHP. and what programs i need like MYSQL and stuff. and i also need to know how those programs work if anyone knows please just post back on here or email me at deadwizard23@yahoo.com. also if u have any kind of messenger i wil be willing to talk to u live on that.


OMG THANK YOU!!!,
cody

 

[root]

All you need to get them working is the installer files,

to get apache working just download the latest from www.apache.org

then download and install MySQL from www.mysql.com

the database server and web server are completly seperate from each other, so there is no need to configure anything to do with MySQL in the apache server.

do you plan to use a language such as PHP (there will be some setup needed there) or are you planning to try to use action script for everything, including database connections?

 

[dewdman101]

i did all of these and i thought i configured them correctly. but when u put http://localhost/filename.htm it pulls up an error 404.

then i tried to check and make sure all of the directory's were correct in the httpdt or wutever it is and they were. anything esle to help. if u would i would REALLY love chatting live...i hate forums.


thx for helping.
cody

 

[root]

what if you just browse to http://localhost

do you see the apache test page, or do you see the root of your webserver folder?


either way there are a few things that you can check in the httpd.conf file...


the first is called DocumentRoot, this is located oin section 2 of the file.

and should be in the format

DocumentRoot "d:\websites"

the next thing to look out for is

<Directory "d:\websites">

this is the part where you set what you can and cannot do inside of your webserver
you se allowoveride to set who or what can ignore the settings that you put in this section. you have the section

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

to deny people access to your website you just put addresses in...
eg,
deny 192.168.0.2

I hope that helps! sorry if you hate forums, but I'm at work so I can't talk on messenger.

 

[IAntDemo]

NOTHING, Blank page, youyr domain is fooked

 

[root]

ehh, what domain are you talking about?

if you clicked on the http://localhost link then thats your own computers loopback address...

 

[dewdman101]

what if you just browse to http://localhost

do you see the apache test page, or do you see the root of your webserver folder?


either way there are a few things that you can check in the httpd.conf file...


the first is called DocumentRoot, this is located oin section 2 of the file.

and should be in the format

DocumentRoot "d:\websites"

the next thing to look out for is

<Directory "d:\websites">

this is the part where you set what you can and cannot do inside of your webserver
you se allowoveride to set who or what can ignore the settings that you put in this section. you have the section

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

to deny people access to your website you just put addresses in...
eg,
deny 192.168.0.2

I hope that helps! sorry if you hate forums, but I'm at work so I can't talk on messenger.

well i did all that stuff and i have a question: the d:/websites, is that mandatory or can you set it as anything you want?

and also i misunderstood the part about the "this is the part where you set what you can and cannot do inside of your webserver
you se allowoveride to set who or what can ignore the settings that you put in this section. you have the section." can you post that again i didnt quite catch the phrase.

also i see the root of the webserver folder when i just type in local host. is this god or bad??

 

[Cx]

NOTHING, Blank page, youyr domain is fooked

http://www.tech-faq.com/127.0.0.1.shtml

 

[root]

the d:\websites isn't at all mandetory, it was just an arbitary example (and the best one I could think of to be obvious involving the least keystrokes!)

when I say you set what people can do, I mean you can block certain people, password protect directories stuff like that...

though you may do best to look at the apache documentation to learn how to do that.

 

[dewdman101]

ok, so could some of u genuises help me out and tell me what these things are, and tell me what to put them as. oh and if you dont know it, please tell me where i can find it.

network domain? (e.g. somenet.com)
server name? (e.g. www.somenet.com)
administrators email adress? (e.g. webmaster@somenet.com)

oh that reminds me. how do i make an Email adress and how do i acess it.