Anyone use Apache? How do I put up a site other than test page?

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I just downloaded apache and can go to the website with http://12.34.567.89 where 12.34.567.89 is my IP address. I am a pro at seeing the test page:cool: (with basic information and links to Apache) but I want to add a website. How would I do this? It is actually a folder I want to be able to access on all computers hooked up to internet (example… my pictures so I can go to a friends hose and show them without putting the pictures on flickr or cd)

So, how would I do this?:confused: Thanks in advance for any help!

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Take a look at your config file. That is where you set the root folder for your site (or sites).

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macam912:

What about substituting the default page for your own webpage starting off your site and name it index.html?

But if your stumbling at this stage i think maybe some time invested in reading up on it all would be good. :wink:

Good Luck

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Actually I can get it set up as Alias where I go to http://ip-address/photos and the /photos/ is My Pictures. It says “403 Forbidden” “You do not have permission to go here yadda yadda…”

How do I give myself (and everyone else) permission to /photos/?

EDIT: Actually now I can get to http://ip-address/photos, but when I click on a file or folder, it says
“404 not found” "the requested url /photos/filename.jpg was not found on the server. How do I add all the sub-files and folders to the server. I don’t want to add each filename under /my pictures/ to the alias list. How do I do this?

EDIT AGAIN: Now I figured it out. I was trying to get to http://ipaddress/photos/ and in the directory, if I have a slash after /photos/ (as I do here) I need one after My Pictures/ (as I do now, I didn’t have that before)

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On Debian Linux, Apache’s ‘DocumentRoot’ is /var/www. If you put a custom index.html in /var/www, it should work.

For that photos thing, again, if you’re using Linux, check your permissions.

If you’re not using Linux…Why not? XoD

EDIT: I’ve just actually taken the time to read. Maybe I was too late.