newbie question

[mistergoomba]

i just set up apache and would like to use it locally on my laptop to set up web sites. putting localhost into my browser address bar brings up the directory /htdocs. is there a way to set it up so if i typed in

http://example1

in my address bar it will take me to /htdocs/example1

told ya i was a newbie ;}

 

[elgrandeperro]

Look for the Directive "DocumentRoot".

Change this to /htdocs, and that should change where the default documents are stored.

gene

 

[mistergoomba]

thanks, now what i would really like to do is set up multiple document roots. similar to setting the virtualhost so that

http://www.example1.com

roots to htdocs/example1 and

http://www.example2.com

roots to htdocs/example2. ive read up on serveralias hoping that would work, but am not having any luck.

what i really need this for is so i can work on php/mysql scripts without having to upload them to a server. i have several websites and would like to access, run, and test them locally. i'd have no problem just setting up htdocs/example1 and running

http://localhost/example1,

except whenever i refer to the root directory (IE: a href="/index.php") it will go to htdocs/index.php rather than htdocs/example1/index.php

 

[feherke]

Hi

Those are called virtual hosts. Read the documentation, or just do it as shown in the examples.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mistergoomba]

ok, i think im getting it.

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot ../htdocs/!shortfuse
ServerName shortfuse
ServerAlias shortfuse
</VirtualHost>

i've put that in my config file, however whenever i put

http://shortfuse/

in the address bar, it searches goes outside the netword (eventually turning to google for a website)

 

[feherke]

Hi

There should be something tho point the browser to the local web server for that address. The simplest way is the hosts file. ( /etc/hosts on Linux, c:\windows\hosts on Windows '9x )

127.0.0.1        localhost shortfuse

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mistergoomba]

so close! shortfuse now goes to htdocs rather than htdocs/!shortfuse

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/xampp/htdocs/!shortfuse"
ServerName shortfuse
</VirtualHost>

 

[feherke]

Hi

That looks good. Sure you removed what you tried with the [tt]ServerAlias[/tt] earlier ? And restarted the server after changing the settings ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mistergoomba]

i used the server restart exe that came with the apache, didnt work, but restarting my computer did! good enough for me. thanks alot. youre my hero!