MAC question

mrs_lds

Is it possible to set up a website on a mac and have a forum running. y 14 year old thinks not

debitcardmayhem

I know nothing about Macs, but I presume that Apache runs on Mac ergo yes to can, wait for the Apple fans.

debitcardmayhem

Oh and found this http://oreilly.com/pub/ct/49 .... send the 14 yr old to bed without supper
Edit and this http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&sqi=2&ved=0CEcQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fserver%2Fmacosx%2Ffeatures%2Fweb-hosting.html&rct=j&q=apache%20for%20snow%20leopard&ei=8LcwTcDPMc-JhQf4jpXaCw&usg=AFQjCNGtGr3I5fQVNFaaiA86LWf2ggio0A&cad=rja

davb

You should be able to do it by installing Apache - but to to run a forum, the mac would have to be on all the time, and would have all the security issues etc. Depends what you are trying to achieve, but you may be better just taking out a hosting package.

CoolHotCold

Yes the Mac can run Apache its the package you want for this is MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and you might need a dynamic DNS such as DynDNS, and as other posters have said impractical to use as the mac has to be on constantly, the bandwidth might jump and turn everyones access to the internet into a slow crawl.

You would use MAMP to test things before uploading to a remote server.

redcard

I fear the OP will be confused by the tech gobbledygook and merely wants to set up a website and forum using a free / cheap host. Which you obviously can do on any computer.

Come on, she doesn't know if a Mac can host a site, she's hardly going to be messing around with Apache, MySQL, PHP, DNS and MAMP

mrs_lds

redcard wrote: »

I fear the OP will be confused by the tech gobbledygook and merely wants to set up a website and forum using a free / cheap host. Which you obviously can do on any computer.

Come on, she doesn't know if a Mac can host a site, she's hardly going to be messing around with Apache, MySQL, PHP, DNS and MAMP

Thanks mate!!!!!!!!!!!

debitcardmayhem

mrs_lds wrote: »

Is it possible to set up a website on a mac and have a forum running. y 14 year old thinks not

I noted the question

redcard wrote: »

I fear the OP will be confused by the tech gobbledygook and merely wants to set up a website and forum using a free / cheap host. Which you obviously can do on any computer.

Come on, she doesn't know if a Mac can host a site, she's hardly going to be messing around with Apache, MySQL, PHP, DNS and MAMP

I think that is not the answer to the question, however ignorance is bliss, !!!!!! do I know about Macs anyway, and you reminded me why I don't want too

redcard

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I noted the question



I think that is not the answer to the question, however ignorance is bliss, !!!!!! do I know about Macs anyway, and you reminded me why I don't want too

Uh?

If you look above you will see it is the answer to the question. I interpreted, you just read the words.

Apache, MySQL, PHP, DNS and MAMP all mean NOTHING to 99% of the people on MSE.

Sorry you feel butthurt that a Mac owner got the answer. Weird.