web server

Setting up your own web server on Mac to test various open source CMS is a doodle, thanks to MAMP.

MAMP provides you with:

• Apache 2
• PHP 4 / 5
• mySQL 5
• eAccelerator
• phpmyadmin

That is all you really need as a testing ground for web developement. Read more about Setting up a web server for testing in Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"

WAMP is a package with Apache, mySQL, PHPmyAdmin and PHP 4 /5. It is what you need to run any dynamic websites in a testing environment.

Here is a videocast to show you how to install WAMP on Windows: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Teaching/LAMP/WAMP/WAMPInstall.html Read more about Installing WAMP server on Windows

The internet today is full of webmasters that are always updating, editing and even deleting web pages.

Lets say you are updating your website completely, changing the names of page's filenames (ex: file.html to file.php) and so on, this is great, you should stay updated! But what if you want to get rid of those old pages without having to worry about those who go to the old web page and see nothing? It doesnt end there either, other visitors do include major search engines such as MSN, Google and Yahoo! If people are finding your old pages when querying in these search engines, and they attempt to go to that page that has been deleted or moved, they will get a "404 File Not Found" Error! Now i know you dont want that, no webmaster wants that! Read more about How to redirect a web page, the smart way