Questions tagged [web-sharing]

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How do I get my user directory working for web sharing again?

I had web sharing enabled in Lion and a web site at http://localhost/~user, where user is my User directory. When I upgraded to Mountain Lion, web sharing (Apache) remained enabled and I can go to localhost and get the "It works!" default web page,…
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Website that uses iPhoto or Photos library as the database

I've begun creating a centralised iPhoto library of all the family photos and was hoping to share it with my family members in a well presented way rather than just sending them the raw images. My current process is: - Scan the image - Add a rough…
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Trying to run apache server on Mavericks

I am trying to set up an Apache vhost on Mavericks, something that I was able to do easily on 10.6.8. I am using the default Apache that is preinstalled on a fresh install of OS X 10.9.2 $ sudo apachectl start org.apache.httpd: Already loaded $…
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How can I show other people my Sites folder?

I did my first website today using iWeb and I placed it inside the sites folder. From what I understand, this should enable me to show other people my site with this address: http://my.ip.here/~mynamehere/ But it doesn't work. After some digging,…
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Change Web Sharing "Sites" folder to SkyDrive?

I'm building a web site. There are three Macs that I commonly use for development, depending upon my location: an iMac in San Diego, and iMac in Vegas, and a MacBook Air in all other places. As I move from place to place, I have to copy the contents…
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Starting Apache2 on Mountain Lion

I have tried every option to get apache2 to work in Mountain Lion, and I am baffled by how impossible the task seems to be. I just got a new iMac and on a fresh, clean install, I went about setting up apache to serve local sites. Using the usual…
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How do I use web sharing in mac to allow access to files from machines outside of my local network?

I want my web-service to be accessible from out side of my local network. I am using MAMP and I have also started web-sharing on my local machine, but it is working only locally. I want any file to be accessible from another machine which is not in…
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Trouble accessing the OS X Lion web server from other device

I'm developing a web app for mobile phones. To easily get a feel of how it is to use, I simply copied the app into ~/Sites (after enabling web sharing in the System Preferences). Navigating to http://localhost/~username/myapp.html works perfectly.…
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Web Sharing not getting enabled in MAC OSX10.7.4

I have tried enabling Web Sharing in MAC OSX 10.7.4, but after clicking to check it uncheck it self. I know there's a similar question for it, that is, Web Sharing (Apache) won't turn on in Lion. Here is crash log that I get in…
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iPad to view LAN local domains?

I have multiple local domains (i.e. localtest.local) that my iPad cannot see. My machine name, alpha.local, has Apache directives to a "site" I have on the box. All are in /Library/WebServer/Documents/, and I have other directives to many local…
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How do I get Web Sharing back on Mountain Lion?

Possible Duplicate: Enabling Apache in Mac OS X Mountaion Lion Like the title says but with a twist. I DO NOT want to use localhost, but my internal IP instead so I don't want to use all the tutorials I have seen to restart/configure Apache from…
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Problem with web-sharing and resolving localhost

I was using web-sharing and accessing some webpages that I had developed using localhost. I messed up a PostGreSQL installation and deleted anything related to PostGreSQL and in the process appear to have damaged my apache installation. If I run…
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Web Sharing won't start after I enable vhosts

This is the first time I've ever used apache, so there's a pretty good chance I'm doing something horribly wrong. I followed some instructions online to edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf make my web root folder at ~/Sites. I have a couple…
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