Upgrading to Zend Optimizer 3.0.1 on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• June 8, 2006
• James Skemp

In a previous guide, we installed Zend Optimizer 2.6.2 to a local Windows-based Apache 1.x server, running PHP 4.4.2. This time, we'll be upgrading Zend Optimizer from 2.6.2 to 3.0.1. Downloading and backups First, we'll need to download a copy from http://www.zend.com/products/zend_optimizer/. We've already setup an account when we downloaded 2.6.2, so we can simply log in. Of course, if you've forgotten your password you can request assistance, and if you haven't downloaded Zend Optimizer before, you can setup an account.

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Installing mod_perl on a local Windows-based, Apache server

• April 8, 2006
• James Skemp

The home page of mod_perl gives a great explanation of what mod_perl is, and what it provides. We'll be installing mod_perl simply because it will help us install other functionality as time goes by.

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Installing ColdFusion MX 7.0.1 on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• March 31, 2006
• James Skemp

Note: For information on updating to ColdFusion MX 7.0.2, see Upgrading our installation of ColdFusion MX 7.0.1 on a local Windows-based, Apache, server. Update: October 10, 2006 @ 7:11 pm - Thanks to Michael Bryce for his helpful comments regarding this documentation. In this article, we'll be walking through an installation of ColdFusion MX 7.0.1, Developer's Edition. Since we've already covered the installation of ColdFusion MX 6.1, Developer's Edition, you may already have CFMX 6.

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Error handling on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• March 16, 2006
• James Skemp

This time, we'll be setting up very basic error handling, and setup our first .htaccess file.

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Installing PostgreSQL on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• March 15, 2006
• James Skemp

While we've already setup MySQL, another popular SQL server is PostgreSQL. Like MySQL, PostgreSQL is absolutely free, and will allow us to create databases on our local server. Downloading PostgreSQL We'll be downloading the most current version of PostgreSQL, which is 8.1.3 at the time of this writing. You can download the installation file from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/win32. We'll want to download the regular zip file, called postgresql-8.1.3-1.zip, and weighing in at 21 MB.

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Setting up WordPress on a local Web server

• February 28, 2006
• James Skemp

In our previous tutorials, we setup an Apache-based Web server, on a Windows XP home computer. The Web server is also running PHP and MySQL, as well as ColdFusion MX. This time, we'll be installing WordPress onto our local Web server. This installation will require us to work with both PHP and MySQL, and we'll be able to setup any number of WordPresses after we have completed this one.

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Installing ColdFusion on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• February 27, 2006
• James Skemp

In this tutorial, we'll be working through an installation of ColdFusion MX 6.1, Developer's Edition, on a local, Windows-based, Apache server. On this server, we've setup Apache, PHP, and MySQL, but will also want to have the ability to work with ColdFusion code (however, not necessarily on the same sites that we'll be using PHP). We'll be doing this to experience a more corporate Web-programming language – corporate primarily because of the costs associated with ColdFusion.

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A local, Apache Web server, on a Windows XP computer

• February 27, 2006
• James Skemp

My intention is to write a number of guides that will help someone build a functional Web server for testing purposes. Since Windows is fairly popular, I've decided to outline how to install Web server programs on it. Since Apache is both powerful and free, I've opted to use it as the core, instead of IIS, or the like. I also plan on keeping the various technologies up-to-date, yet continuing to provide the instructions for past versions used, just in case.

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Installing PHP on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• February 22, 2006
• James Skemp

While our previous article walked through adding Perl to our local server, Perl just isn't going to cut it for creating dynamic content. For that, we're going to have to install a more powerful language. As I said quite a few articles ago, if we would have gone the IIS route, we could have the use of ASP. However, since we're going the Apache route, that means PHP is our best choice.

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Installing Perl on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• February 21, 2006
• James Skemp

Now that we've installed Apache, configured our log files, and setup a log file analysis tool, it's time to install Perl. Perl will allow us to expand our horizons, and specifically will help us install a better log analyzer.

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