Suppose you’re working on your local machine. You’re running Apache/PHP or an all-on-one package like XAMPP. You have a bunch of websites, but you don’t want to store them all under Apache’s webroot. Maybe some of your websites use PHP and you want to test them locally in your browser.
Here’s how to map a directory so you can access it via Apache without it being in the webroot.
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Here’s a little reminder for myself on how I fixed the “sqlite3.dll missing” error message I was getting while setting up a new Ruby on Rails environment.
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This is a reminder for myself for when I want to use a migration to create test data for the development environment only.
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Do you find it annoying that WordPress removes all of the <br /> tags from your post? Me too, so I did some research on how to fix this. I found a lot of wonky solutions, but I did find two worth mentioning.
One day at work, I had the brilliant idea of pointing my webcam at the TV so I could watch the Rockies games when I wasn’t at home. In essence, the poor man’s Slingbox!
I had a problem with three pairs of my jeans… they stunk! They had a serious funk to them, stale as if I had left them in the washing machine too long. I tried many times to rewash them, but nothing worked. It was like they were perma-stinky. So, I did some research on the Internet and here’s what worked for me.
Here are a couple of ways that Opera makes it easier to search the Internet and to search for text on a website…
Hi, I'm Shaun.I'm interested in programming, web design and photography.
I mainly blog for myself: about things that I've found useful (and tend to forget, so I need a place to remind myself) and for interesting things I'm doing (well, interesting to me at least). :)
