rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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Posted: 2007-Apr-22 09:24
Can anybody bhelp me to configure my Personal Web Manager, I am using Windows 2000 professional and i want to test my website, but the thin is when i open my PWM it it says " WEB publishing is on, your Home page is not available because "Default Document" is off"
How can I able to turn it on and make it available.... Thanks
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mj1256
Joined: Jun 05, 2006
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Posted: 2007-Apr-22 16:54
I'm trying to remember as its been a long time.
did you put your website in the inetpub/wwwroot directory
did you name your index file default.htm
if you did, you should just be able to type
http://yourcomputer name in the browser and it should work as long as IIS is on.
i know in later versions you could just open IIS and right click on the website and you get all kinds of options to turn things on or off. Have you tried that?
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Curt
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Posted: 2007-Apr-30 21:15
What is a Personal Web Manager?
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zawam
Joined: Oct 13, 2005
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Posted: 2007-Apr-30 23:09
I think he means IIS, there was a personal web server to, PWS but that was on Win98 if i remember right.
you can use many things to get the web page to
Localhost
"Computername"
"IP"
192.168.0.1
Never had that error come up. So either change the page names to index or default . (dot) extension ie .php or .html
Or you can go into the IIS manager, and select the extensions and pages names you want to set as defaults,
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rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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Posted: 2007-May-01 00:31
MY COmputer name is rodel, but when i type http://rodel in my browser, the "Page Cannot be deisplayed" is showing, what seems to be the problem of my IIS when i right click my default website and click start.... i am receiving error message saying "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"
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g1smd
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Posted: 2007-May-01 00:35
Does http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ work?
Personally, I would dump PWS or whatever it is, and I would install Apache 1.3.37 instead.
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rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
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Posted: 2007-May-01 03:32
still not working, is it an alternative for IIS
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mj1256
Joined: Jun 05, 2006
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Posted: 2007-May-01 05:03
apache fans would not refer to apache as an alternative
he's right, use apache, there is a very simple install and set up available called xampp (do a google search). it will install and configure the stack (linux, apache, mysql, PHP5) for you and it takes minutes. This is ideal for a test server, but do not use it on a production server. They have a windows version (the vista version isn't ready yet.)
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Dinkar
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Posted: 2007-May-01 05:22
It won't work unless IIS has installed and running.
Goto:
Start => Settings => Control Panel => Administrative Tools => Services
Click 'Status' tab twice.
Look for something like 'IIS' service that show status as 'Started'. If you can't see any service related to IIS then look for it in the remaining list. If you found any, double click it and then click the start button.
Now try 
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Dinkar
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Posted: 2007-May-01 05:24
And don't use Aapache on windows... ok atleast on windows 2000 professional. That sucks!
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mj1256
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Posted: 2007-May-01 17:53
he could avoid all of this if he just registers a junk domain and uses that for testing sites, just make sure he uses the disallow all in the robots txt
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Curt
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Posted: 2007-May-01 18:48
Also be sure that your hosts file is set up with proper IP and domain for your local copy. You can find your HOSTS file on your machine here: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
Open HOSTS file with Notepad and ensure that the following line is present:
Also you would need to add in any other domain that you might be using on your local computer, you'll need to add it to that file too (see example below):
The localhost and your-domain lines would be added to the HOSTS file if not already there. (your-domain is provided for example only)
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rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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Posted: 2007-May-06 18:12
I decided to use PWS instead and its working now, but thye thing is, when i tried to run my filter page which allows user to show clients name of country=canda only this is error comes out "The method specified in the Request Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request. Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type set up for the resource you are requesting." can any body help me..
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Dinkar
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Posted: 2007-May-06 22:22
Sorry, can't help with your problem but..
Are you doing this to host your site on your computer? If yes, do you know the limitations etc of the Web Server software you are using? I guess, your don't know.
If you are doing this to learn then OK. But if you are trying to host your site on your computer then IMO, you shouldn't do this. Use paid/free hosting instead.
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rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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Posted: 2007-May-07 02:44
i am newby on website designing, and i m just using PWS just to check and validate if my web is working properly
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Curt
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Posted: 2007-May-07 04:19
Think you got the same thread duplicated in another thread here... see comments there too.
I used PWS for the time I was on Win98 for seven years. Apache is much better and better mimics a real server.
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Dinkar
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Posted: 2007-May-07 06:21
Why don't you try free asp hostigns. Check this: www.brinkster.com/FreePkgLanding.aspx
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rodel_paloma@yahoo.com
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Posted: 2007-May-07 08:07
is it realy free?, as in absolutely no cost?
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Dinkar
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Posted: 2007-May-07 08:20
Yes!
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Prowler
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Posted: 2007-May-07 15:47
Which way do you want to go Rodel ?
The free server option pointed out by my colleague here will still entail a bit of a learning curve.
>>The method specified in the Request Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request. Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type set up for the resource you are requesting."
Apparently you are referencing a file about which your server (PWS) doesn't know anything. In windows environment any file extension must have some application associated with it. eg a graphic file format like .jpg or .gif will open in a IE browser in many windows installations.
Personal Web server is a very basic http server. Any http server is designed to serve a page in a browser ( this is a simplified explanation of course). PWS is not designed or intended for any serious role. You will have to install the IIS server from your installation CD.
Or better still opt for Apache as most of the people here recommended. (Apache is Awesome)
The time spent in going with real servers like (Apache is World's No.1 HTTP server) Apache is worth your while.
Note: Subliminal messages about Apache is deliberate.
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