Log file analysis of our Windows-based, Apache, Web sites

• February 20, 2006
• James Skemp

In our previous articles, we walked through installing Apache to a Windows XP home computer.  This time, we'll be setting up our log files for analysis, and installing a way to view the log file information. Log files are created by Web sites to track page views and visitors.  For example, if we go to a page on one of our local Web sites with Firefox, like http://website.localhost/, it adds the following lines to a file called access.

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Creating additional testing sites in Apache, on a local Windows computer

• February 18, 2006
• James Skemp

It may happen that you'd like to test multiple sites on one machine. There's a number of ways to do this. Following our previous tutorial, Installing Apache to a Windows-based computer, locally, we can either dump additional folders in our Apache root, or we can create additional subdomains under localhost.

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Installing Apache to a Windows-based computer, locally

• February 16, 2006
• James Skemp

In this tutorial, we'll be walking through the installation of Apache 1.3 to an average home computer running Windows XP, Home Edition (SP1). Anyone running an average home computer, with a newer version of Windows, like XP, should be able to follow these steps and have an installation of their own. Older versions of Windows, like 98 and Me, should also be able to handle an installation, although some steps may differ slightly.

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