This information is everywhere and is by no means anything special. But as a recent convert to apache from IIS I need somewhere to put this as reference: To setup multiple hosts in apache, add the following into http.conf <VirtualHost 10.1.2.3> DocumentRoot /www/vhost1 ServerName www.my-dom.com </VirtualHost> Full details over on apache.org Genius huh? I’ve also [...]
Continue readingI’ve been playing with Suse 10.1 for almost a week now. I’ve certainly had some ups and downs with it. A big part of the problem was my own lack of knowledge in the Linux department. One of the great features of Suse is Yast2 basically a tool for managing everything. The neat part of [...]
Continue readingI’ll be adding to this list as I go, it would seem even with the very beautiful Desktop engines (i’m using Gnome at the moment) there is still very much a necessity to know some command line stuff. The Basics Linux Console = Command Line in windows, there are various flavours available File structure referencing [...]
Continue readingWhilst it may have taken two days to finally get sorted, the installation process was relatively painless. The main delay was that my first effort at suse 10.1 install hung whilst “initialising catalogues”, not knowing if it had hung or not at the time i left it overnight. I’m not completely sure but i think [...]
Continue readingIn a previous post I discussed signing up for webhosting, since then I tried to sign up for some budget hosting with 1and1. I am aware of a lot of bad press for 1and1 but I didn’t have overly high requirements and I didn’t want to spend a lot. However, true to form there was [...]
Continue readingSo I have a domain name, some webspace and the dev environment setup, only thing to do now is find a blogging engine to post my thoughts to. I decided to use WordPress as it’s pretty popular around the online communities i’m interested in. Again, I was amazed at how simple this was to install. [...]
Continue readingWhen creating this website, I wanted to be able to have a local copy of the setup for any hacks, experiments etc that I might be inclined to do. In order to host a website on your PC you need to be running a web server. Until today I had typically relied on Microsoft’s IIS [...]
Continue readingThis is the first post of a few about the steps taken to create this site. Why? Well if ever I need to do it again, I’ll have a reference, also if anyone else is considering starting themselves a blog this might be a good starting point. Even as a fairly experienced web developer I [...]
Continue readingHello world indeed! Having been a blog reader for many moons and a blog commenter for almost as long I’ve pulled my finger out and finally setup my own. My intentions with this blog is to provide a point of reference for myself and possibly even a few others with similar interests. I will be [...]
Continue readingDan Thomas, Web Developer, Flash Developer, Business Owner, Sunny Bournemouth Resident Where am I? I am a business owner/web developer/tea maker based in Bournemouth on the south coast of the UK. I have been working professionally with Internet technologies for over eight years and have been running my own web development business since 2003. I [...]
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