Comments on: Run a Blog On Your Local PC

By: coach

coach — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:53:04 +0000

I have recently done exactly what you suggest. Had an old box doing nothing and decided to put it to use. A couple of hours later had a server running fedora core and everything else needed to test as many blogging and CMS options as I like. Great for testing templates and getting to know a new system before recommending to a client.

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:42:55 +0000

Yes its really for development, and as its very quick to copy files around on your PC (as opposed to FTP) you can backup, create different versions with ease.

The only thing to watch is the versions of software you are using… PHP and MySQL versions are very different.

By: Jon Lee

Jon Lee — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:31:44 +0000

May I suggest XAMPP lite. A complete apache/mysql/php server that can run without installation (even from a USB stick!)

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:02:38 +0000

Ive read about this but not used it, its supposed to be more secure than running a local instance of apache (is it not??)

I really should give it a go… I’m just in the habbit of trying to emulate the server…

By: Moonaire

Moonaire — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:23:52 +0000

I had php/mysql/apache installed in my win2k system. Since it’s windows, sendmail doesn’t work, so I’m still googling for alternatives.

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:05:38 +0000

Ubuntu is the easiest Linux distro to use, I would recommend you start your search there. There are other variants such as Kubuntu using the KDE interface….

By: AskaX

AskaX — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:57:07 +0000

yes XAMPP lite is the best for win user I think

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:18:35 +0000

I am going to try that, Linux is the best option if you want to use Apache and MySQL to replicate a web server, but on windows it is more of a nuisance… I think this would be a better solution