Out of pure boredom I am going to offer up a latest project and for those that do websites this will be a very interesting topic. I have a phpbb2 forum like this one which I have been applying alot of different mods to. Problem is if you screw up *** it crashes your forum. So you need a local server that you can test different mods and supports mysql and php and you need MyphpMyadmin to acess your data bases which you can transfer from your web server to your hard drive. There are others but I tried
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I have a full forum on a local hard drive..
You can fully experiment with php or any site in a dynamic fashion before you publlish it to your web site.. For you are testing it on a localhost "brand that in your mind" even on your server it is localhost To start out with a server the default username is root with a passwd of "" or nothing A config php or file will allow you to setup the username passwd and the name for the mysql server or the data base. ( MyphpMyAdmin accepts the mysql parameters)
Whichever php or html editor you are using dont use the the preview actually put the local addy in the browser "http://apache/htdocs/myfolder/myprog put it in bookmarks and call up your htm or php directly in a browser. It reacts the exact same way that it will on the web and you can preview it...
At first impressions it seems intimidating and complicated it does take some patience and knowledge but it not that complicated but you do have a full server on your hard drive and you can learn what its all about!!
If you have something to add to or offer positive or more knowlegeable oinions to this post or then post with positive thoughts please post and dont argue like a
** kid I am tired of this mee me me atittitude ...
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