Hi, I will look in that more thoroughly.
Thanks On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Norman Peelman <npeel...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Mohammed obaidan wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> OK I am really happy with the replies here and really appreciate your >> opinions and ideas. >> >> Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it >> seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit >> the file by a text editor without any helping tool. However, in my >> point of view, I think when a Windows user want a simple web server >> will go for IIS because it has a GUI. This will affect Apache usage >> share, though not that much but at least will have an impact. >> >> Regarding the GUI for the modules, I think that every module creator >> can for example implement a simple plugin for my tool, as you said, >> since it will needs lots of time and effort. Perhaps I will look at >> the modules structure and how they work. If there is a possibilty to >> make a standard plug in for modules that can be easily added to the >> tool. >> >> Regarding installing a basic Apache on Windows, it is not an easy >> task. It is easy iff you install it from a package like XAMPP. >> >> Regarding the users that will use this tool, I think the majority of >> the users will be Windows users and users who are Windows users but >> using Linux as a server. >> >> I think such a tool will contribute a lot to Apache since it will ease >> it configuration. I know that most of you are thinking that this tool >> for Windows users that are so lazy to do it by hand. However I think >> it will help them and people who are switching to Linux like myself. >> >> One final note, I will read about the modules and their structure. >> Maybe I need more understanding of them to progress. Also, I really >> appreciate your comments and ideas about this issue and I hope if some >> experts join our discussion. >> >> Regards >> >> >> > webmin has an installer for Windows. Windows is in the supported os list. > You can contribute to webmin. Why not just help make the webmin apache > module more robust. I use webmin when I feel like it, text editor when I > don't. webmin has already done most of the work for you, no need to reinvent > the wheel. > > > -- > Norman Registered Linux user #461062 -Have you been to www.apache.orgyet?- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
