I downloaded a HTML5 and Javascript demo. When I attempted to browse to it, I encountered the infamous “XMLHttpRequest cannot load file:///” error. The latest Chrome (and other modern browsers) won’t allow cross domain (a.k.a. cross origin) communication, which would occur when a page from one website domain attempts to…
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We decided to migrate from a virtual OpenSuSE Linux server running on my desktop to a dedicated server hosting company. Unfortunately, I missed the OpenSuSE selection as an operating system choice and ended up choosing Ubuntu 64bit. Below are the initial steps I took to setup our development environment on…
Leave a CommentRecently, I had to setup a LAMP environment on a temporary CentOS 5.6 Linux server. (CentOS is the open source equivalent to the Red Hat Linux operating system.) Pleasantly, using Yum (Yellow dog Update, Modified), which is the CentOS and Red Hat RPM package manager, makes the task super simple.…
1 CommentMac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard comes with Apache and PHP installed by default. However, the Apache HTTP server is not configured to use PHP and is not set to run by default. This post will provide instructions on configuring and starting the built-in Apache server. In addition, this post…
12 CommentsTo secure subversion, we just need to create a password file and configure apache to use it for subversion repository access. Open up the apache config file “C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf”. At the end, look for the subversion repository URL location and add the additional text below, starting with “AuthType”: <Location /repos> …
2 CommentsSubversion is a simple and popular source control system. It has the option of running as part of the Apache server. We’ll examine how to quickly get subversion up and running with the Apache server which comes with XAMPP. Download the latest subversion windows archive. Look for a file named…
9 CommentsRather than installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP individually, XAMPP is an integrated development enironment that combines all three (and more) into one easy installation. Download XAMPP and install it into the default “c:\xampp” directory. Set apache and mysql to start as services. Start XAMPP and browse to “http://localhost/” and you…
2 CommentsInstalling Apache and PHP Install Apache HTTP Server If you don’t install it as a windows service, you can control it using the command line: Start Apache: Run httpd.exe to start the server Stop Apache: Hit CTRL-C in the httpd.exe console window to stop it Install PHP add php install…
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