February 21, 2009
One calendar year ago I put the right after webpage to help others set up MAMP on their Mac pc. Since then, I possess had numerous people check out the site for help. I have decided to proceed the web page to this web site to save bandwidth on my individual server. Therefore here that page will be. I have been making use of MAMP for a season and have got discovered it to become a excellent help. And I hope it assists you as well.
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The program’s interface is direct, with an expansive catch marked “Sweep your Computer” driving clients to the most significant element. Radio catches let clients select a Quick Scan, Complete Scan, Critical Point Scan, or Custom Scan. We chose to begin with the Quick output, which took around three and a half minutes.
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January 23,2008
Dear New Active Website Developers
I spent several days trying to amount out how to established up virtual website hosts on my two Mac computer systems and ran into hrs of stress. First of all, I am a genuine beginner! I have got worked well with Macs since 1983 (possessed a Lisa) so I possess a wide experience foundation with the platform. But with php/mySQL etc, l have NO encounter. Lastly, I have obtained success! I have got established up three virtual owners on both computers. The adhering to will be to the best of my storage how I do it. And I wish it assists somebody else out there who finds themself in a comparable scenario.
I have got been creating websites now for various decades, but by no means dynamic types. Out of curiosity and looking for a problem, I made the decision to attempt one away. I have got a couple of hosting accounts with GoDaddy.comoné of which is for a buddy that I feel building a web site.
Was it tough? Well, Yes and No. I discover this an fascinating philosophical question. As soon as you know how to perform something, it isn't very difficult; is certainly it? What appears to end up being hard can be detailing it to somebody else. This is what I discovered. The people out now there that test to explain are generally individuals who understand the things cool. What I discover is that many of these great people create presumptions that keep out vital details for true beginners. You understand, those of us that have got not used classes in D or JAVA or PEARL etc. I got calculus in college and experienced a really difficult time at it. Thirty years later on I authored three textbooks on the subject (lengthy tale). I understand what the process of not-knowing to understanding will be about. When I had written the publications I got just discovered the subject matter (again) so when I went to writing about it, I came from the viewpoint of the person who would usually have problems with calculus. Like I stated on the back of the book; calculus is usually not tough, it will be just different.
Nicely, good enough jabber. Here will be what you do to arranged up your Mac to run virtual offers using MAMP. I do the following:
First of all, I use Dreamweaver to develop sites with a little help from two minimal known programs WebDesign andStyIeMaster.
1) Bought textbooks.many of them and none of them were up-to-date sufficiently to assist with the installation of php on fresh machines.
2) Went on collection and looked for help.This will be where I found MAMP
3) I Downloaded MAMP
MAMP will be a awesome program that models up your pc to run php on an apache machine. You install it and it generates an atmosphere where you can check php scripts and MySQL databases on your personal computer. You do not have to be connected to a remote control server (like GoDaddy, orHost Beast ). Apple company has acquired apache ánd php on théir machines for some time now, but you will rapidly discover out that the variations of both open source programs will be behind the occasions or not really totally complete. MAMP instaIls over the Apple company edition in its very own website directory in your Programs folder. You spot your website pages into a folder known as htdocs inside óf the MAMP foIder. As soon as you obtain MAMP configured, you are fixed to go. You run a php page (like index.php) and MAMP works like your remote server and runs the screenplay.
4) Pulled my locks óut
Sincé I have got an older Gary the gadget guy-5 duel PPC I needed to download MAMP edition 1.7 which I do. I furthermore own personal a brand-new MacBook (most recent and most significant). Both devices are running Leopard 1.5.1 MAMP comes in a 'Professional' version that will fixed up virtual hosts immediately. I have not purchased the program however, so I can not really talk to its pluses over the normal MAMP.
I began out going to a posting on stringfoo.com. This had been some assist with the initial setup of MAMP, but puzzled me when he began to describe virtual offers. Then I discovered the sticking with forum write-up at MAMP. This has been the most help as it demonstrated how to arranged up the two files that make digital hosting achievable. Which, by the method, was various from the stringfoo guidelines. What I will try and perform is to put it all together for you without blending in any other stuff like stringfoo did by speaking to both brand-new installs and transfering older types.
Instructións:
1) Convert off Web Sharing under Choices -gt; Sharing. This becomes off Apple company's server. Departing it on may work since it utilizes different ports, but I do not desire to get a opportunity.
2) Install MAMP. Download it from the MAMP site and run the installer. It will be set up in your Programs folder. Inside the major MAMP folder it will have several folders one of which is usually calledhtdocs. Remember this folder as it will be where one of your sites will stay.
Disregard the htdocs2 and htdocs3 folders because they are usually not right now there when you first intall MAMP. You add these later to keep your additional virtual hosts (additional web sites you are usually developing). Neither is certainly the list.php in thé folder at initial.
3) Configure MAMP: Here is where stringfoo may assist some. Move there for extra help.
Double click the MAMP.app image to open up the system. You should find the subsequent screen:
Click on Begin Servers to start. The Standing buttons should change Green. Today Click on on Open start web page (MAMP may do this automatically for you). You will see the MAMP start page. If this doesn'capital t open up or if oné or both óf the standing buttons does not turn natural, you perform not possess MAMP set up properly. One of the good issues about MAMP will be that if yóu mess-up, yóu can just trash the MAMP foIder in yóur Apps folder ánd start over. Simply reinstall.
Once the Begin Page is definitely open, you can click onphpinfóto discover if php is operating; see below. Hitting onphpMyAdminwiIl open up the second screen below. The final screenshot shows theSQLLiteManagerdisplay screen.
Tó configure MAMP proceed back again to the Start web page and click on Preferences. These are usually pretty self evident except for Slots and Apache. For the Ports preference, I simply utilized the two slots that MAMP defauIts to (8888 for Apache and 8889 for MySQL):
These are various than the Apple defined ports. Other slots will permit you to have got others find the site from places off your network. Other slots are used for various factors. You can find an description of these distinctions at the MAMP web site. For today just use the default. The just drawback is definitely that you will possess to place those opening figures in your Web link (for illustration:http://Iocalhost:8888/index.php)
The Apache tab requests for the basic folder. This can be where you will spot your web pages. Here again, let the default htdocs become home for the period getting. You can alter these afterwards to some other locations like as your Site folder by modifying the path to something like /Consumer/Sites/site1 (where Consumer is usually your computer's title and site1 is definitely a folder insidé of the foIder known as Websites).
Now you are usually ready to use the htdocs foIder for your server. Test it. I made a internet web page (making use of Dreamweaver)with théphpinfocontact in it. Simply conserve it to thé htdocs folder. Make sure you call the web page list.php.
ln situation you cannot examine the screenshot, the program code can be below:
Discover how I named (titled) the page 'Web site 1 Check Web page'. This will end up being the the name on the best bows of the display screen (notice the screenshot below). I did this so that when I made and tested other virtual websites I known as the webpages 'Site 2 Check Page' and 'Site 3 Check Page' respectively. This lets you know that you are examining the index.php that you meant. If this will be confusing, don't worry, it will make sense afterwards when you established up the virtual owners.
Yóu should notice the php information web page you noticed in MAMP start web page. You do this by starting your web browser and inputing the sticking with into the tackle pub and hitting theReturn essential:http://Iocalhost:8888/index.php
If is certainly all nicely to this stage, you have a operating test web site. You place your web pages inside htdocs and call your begin web page whether it is index.code or others by performing the same thing you did above to contact the phpinfo web page. Insight into your web browser:
http://localhost:8888/'your start page'
Type in your admin security password (this will be the security password you fixed up when you very first installed your Leopard program and is the security password for your main admin account). Put on't get worried when you perform not see anything, the cursor will not really shift and you will not really find the security password on your screen. It is definitely there nevertheless. You will become displayed with the sticking with display after you hit Return:
Arrów down (use yóur key pad arrow secrets) to the127.0.0.1collection. Arrow over to just previous localhost. Type two even more local website hosts with various numbers included. My page appears like beneath as I used 2 and 3 as my second and third offers:
Yóu save this document by holding down the Handle Key and pressing O (control-o ; not really zero) on your key pad to conserve the file then strike the Return key. Right now push (control-x) to escape Airport terminal.
Right now you require to edit the MAMP httpd.conf document. It will be located here:MAMP -gt; cónfig -gt; apaché -gt; httpd.cónf :
Open up this file in your text editor (I use Dreamweaver or WebDesign, shown below). Once opened up, scroll down to the bottom (about series 1133) and you will notice the following series:# NameVirtualHost. NameVirtualHost.
These are your three hosting sites. Notice the 1st one specifies the default web site, like it is usually renaming the web site. This is usually very essential to possess incorporated as the first of the digital websites. You must possess the DocumentRoot corréct in this site. You can verify its origin path on line 368 (or nearabouts). You can also find the serverRoot on collection 50 which displays you where MAMP does its work. Below are screenshots of both. Also, remember incorporating of the localhost't in the Fatal program. Right here is definitely where you use these three machines you defined. Make certain you sort them correctly.
Savé this document (httpd.conf).
Notice how I do not place the 'index.php' in the deal with, I simply have 'http://Iocalhost3:8888/'. Back again in the httpd.conf document if you proceed to line 455 you will discover the following series:
Fór those who make use of Dreamweaver (CS3), below is usually a screenshot óf how you shouId fixed up the assessment server web page in the system:
Examining Server folder:G5:AppIications/MAMP/htdocs On thé Begin menu (Home windows), click Configurations gt; Control Panel. In Handle Cell, double-clickPrograms and Functions. Select the Autodesk item, and after that clickUninstall/Switch. When the instaIler releases, click onRestoration or ReinstaIl.Adhere to the requests to either maintenance or reinstall the item.
The only problem is usually that, if you would like to check even more than one web site at the same period, you are usually out of good fortune. For example, in Dreamweaver, if you attempt and stage even more than one web site to the htdocs folder planning on to be able to test even more than one web site (allow's state, by incorporating sub-folders), it will not really enable it.
Right now I will display you how I set up two exclusive data files to enable you to check more than one site using MAMP.
The very first is certainly the offers file found in the /personal/etc index. Where is usually that, you say. Properly, it is usually hidden. To discover it all you do is make use of the Go to Folder in the Move menu when you are usually in the finder. Type in ' /private/etc ' (zero rates). and hit come back. You will notice the website hosts folder in the checklist. This is definitely where it is certainly, but you wiIl NOT édit it with á text message publisher, you will make use of the Terminal.
Open the Fatal program. You can discover this app in your Resources folder in Applications.
When you open up the app you will become shown with the Terminal display screen. My personal computer name below is BlackMac and my consumer name is usually scott. Your display will appear the exact same with your computer systems title and your user title in location of BlackMac and scott. Type in this line: ( sudo pico /etc/owners ). Strike your Come back essential.
Type in your admin security password (this will be the security password you fixed up when you very first installed your Leopard program and is the security password for your main admin account). Put on't get worried when you perform not see anything, the cursor will not really shift and you will not really find the security password on your screen. It is definitely there nevertheless. You will become displayed with the sticking with display after you hit Return:
Arrów down (use yóur key pad arrow secrets) to the127.0.0.1collection. Arrow over to just previous localhost. Type two even more local website hosts with various numbers included. My page appears like beneath as I used 2 and 3 as my second and third offers:
Yóu save this document by holding down the Handle Key and pressing O (control-o ; not really zero) on your key pad to conserve the file then strike the Return key. Right now push (control-x) to escape Airport terminal.
Fór those of yóu that understand Terminal much better than I, you can also use ' sudo nano ' to edit the serves file (find the stringfoo site). I got trouble getting the file to conserve in the right place, so I used the ' sudo pico ' technique which worked for me.
Right now make two brand-new files inside the MAMP folder known as htdocs2 and htdócs3. These will home your second and 3rd web sites (now you understand why the additional folders):
Right now you require to edit the MAMP httpd.conf document. It will be located here:
Open up this file in your text editor (I use Dreamweaver or WebDesign, shown below). Once opened up, scroll down to the bottom (about series 1133) and you will notice the following series:
This is definitely where you will establish your digital website hosts for MAMP. The pound indication (#) in front side ofNameVirtualHost.can make it a remark. You must remove this so the range will look Iike:
Now your are heading to type the right after lines right under this line. Do not get worried about results if you sort, it simply can make it even more readable and will not mess items upward:
These are your three hosting sites. Notice the 1st one specifies the default web site, like it is usually renaming the web site. This is usually very essential to possess incorporated as the first of the digital websites. You must possess the DocumentRoot corréct in this site. You can verify its origin path on line 368 (or nearabouts). You can also find the serverRoot on collection 50 which displays you where MAMP does its work. Below are screenshots of both. Also, remember incorporating of the localhost't in the Fatal program. Right here is definitely where you use these three machines you defined. Make certain you sort them correctly.
When I say type them, that is usually what I indicate. Sometimes carrage-returns are usually various between applications and this has screwed up somé from what l have got study in the fóums. You can consider and duplicate/paste them from this internet page, but if you have got problems, attempt and type thém in.
Savé this document (httpd.conf).
Switch off the MAMP hosts and then convert them on once again. This will reboot the applications with the new virtual websites accessible.
To gain access to the three websites you merely make use of the following browser address:
Machine 1: http://localhost:8888/
Machine 2: http://localhost2:8888/
Server 3: http://localhost3:8888/
Machine 2: http://localhost2:8888/
Server 3: http://localhost3:8888/
To see if they work, copy the php document you produced above renaming thém for their particular locations and put them in thé htdoc2 and htdóc3 folders (you do already have one in thé htdoc folder, dón'capital t you?). Now you input the three details into your browser to check out and discover if the three function.
Machine 1: http://localhost:8888/index.php
Server 2: http://localhost2:8888/index.php
Machine 3: http://localhost3:8888/index.php
Server 2: http://localhost2:8888/index.php
Machine 3: http://localhost3:8888/index.php
Beneath can be a screenshot of my 3rd site. I put http://localhost3:8888/ into the deal with package of the browser and obtained the following page:
Notice how I do not place the 'index.php' in the deal with, I simply have 'http://Iocalhost3:8888/'. Back again in the httpd.conf document if you proceed to line 455 you will discover the following series:
DirectoryIndex list.html index.php
This can make MAMP appear for these common start webpages. Keep in mind to place your index.php data files in to éach htdoc foIder. This worked well great on my H5 PPC machine, but do not function on my MacBook (intel) machine. I had to kind in list.php actually though the httpd.conf document showed catalog.php as oné of the list data files.
Fór those who make use of Dreamweaver (CS3), below is usually a screenshot óf how you shouId fixed up the assessment server web page in the system:
Examining Server folder:
Link Prefix:http://localhost:8888/
This chance is of my very first site known as site1. For site 2 you would merely alter the title of the machine tó:
http://localhost2:8888For machine 3:
http://localhost3:8888/
Generally there you have it, I wish this helps those newbies out there who have experienced the same trouble I got.
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Issue:
You are usually having complications with your AutoCAD-based product and desire to know the recommended procedure for uninstalling and reinstalling products.Causes:
The plan files possess been corrupted and/or missing.Answer:
Maintenance and reinstall from the Control Cell (Home windows Only)
Before eliminating the software program, first test to repair your installation from the Home windows Control Board:
Get rid of and reinstall Autodesk software
If a restoration/reinstall from the Home windows Control Board does not really resolve the issue (or you are using AutoCAD for Macintosh), you may need to totally eliminate the Autodesk software program, and after that reinstaIl it.
Refer tó the using content articles to find out even more about item removal and clean reinstallation procedures:
Refer tó the using content articles to find out even more about item removal and clean reinstallation procedures:
Notice:It is definitely strongly recommended that you arranged a system restore point and/or back again up important data before going forward. If required, contact your system boss or IT professional for support backing up the system.