On 01/09/07, Malcolm Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes you are correct and I am very grateful for your reply but I find I > am out of my depth. I had read (several times both before my post and > after your reply) the article on configuring Virtual Hosts and I remain > unaware of how to amend the file at conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf to suit > local access only. As to the <Directory blocks I take your point but I > cannot determine which of the directives to use. > > My sole aim was in using Apache for testing to add the display of > includes. As I have been struggling with a problem that I never > expected for over a week it's time I gave it a rest. > > My general comment on all the Apache help articles both on-line and in > the manual is that they clearly state what to do but not how to do it. > There is a presumption of knowledge that I do not have. I bought my > first computer at the age of 62 on the basis I would catch up - > eventually. Thirteen years later it seems I am even further behind than > I was then!
Please forgive the jibe, but it's perhaps suitable that you're trying to configure server side includes.. A technology nearly as old as yourself :-) Explaining how vhosts work is a time consuming process, and I think the docs would do a better job, so instead, let's try a direct answer. Stick this at the bottom of your httpd.conf and see what happens. NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName localhost DocumentRoot F:/webs/mcjdreamweaver <DIrectory F:/webs/mcjdreamweaver> Options Includes Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml </Directory> </VirtualHost> For bonus points, you could edit your hosts file (windows hides it somewhere like c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) so you've got a proper name to use rather than localhost, then repeat that name in ServerName. Good luck! -- noodl --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
