Self Hosted Webserver with XAMPP

[rave]

XAMMP! its a webserver out of the box from apachefriends.
I strongly recommend this to any newbie wanting to host their own webserver/ ftp server /mail server.

http://www.xampp.org/

it seemlessly integrates MYSQL , PHP, PHPmyadmin so you dont have to fuss around with all these funny settings and version conflicts. It even has a handy Security page to see if your webserver is secure (note: by their standards).

In just a few days i've been able to host Joomla and Wordpress on my webserver ( it could be done in less than an hour. i refuse to read any manuals + im just slow in the head )

filezilla is pretty straight forward but MercuryMail is a bit hard to grasp.Just thought i would share this. it is ofcourse FREE!

*its been a while since i last posted anything remotely useful on the forum. always seem to be most active here during the summer.*

[moistmule]

indeed XAMMP is fantastic

[greg20]

I wholeheartedly agree. I use XAMPP to run a small business intranet server (running PHP-Nuke) and it works great. Before I discovered it, I had all the required components installed manually and it could be a real headache sometimes. XAMPP really makes it easy.

[faulkner132]

Originally Posted by rave i refuse to read any manuals + im just slow in the head

I've never tried XAMMP (sounds simple and pretty nifty though).

I prefer to set up everything myself so if something goes wrong I know how to fix it.
Call me hard headed but it really helps to know where and how the the configuration files control the apps... especially when customers are wanting to know what the problem is.

[Zick Boy]

I use XAMMP on my developing machine mainly for MySQL purposes. I also run a .NET server without a glitch on the same machine at the same time. Very easy to install.

[NastyNative]

is this FREE?

it cant be right

[Kareeser]

Why not? That's the entire initiative behind open source. Most of the web servers on the internet run off apache, which is open source, and free.

[Alaron]

Freeware programs can be very well made. Hit the link in my signature for hundreds of free applications that can be very useful.