What happened to my Mom's web site? I made this site about 9 months ago and all is well, today this popped up? any ideas? Thanks! [more inside]
posted by Benzle on Sep 8, 2009 - 9 answers

I have 3-5 days (starting tomorrow!) in which I'm off from work, and have really nothing planned. As a developer geek in a crappy economy, I'm looking at looming unemployment and/or the start of a freelance career in the very near future. I want to this time making "something" that I can use in my portfolio to show potential employers/clients. What on earth can I build? [more inside]
posted by cgg on Aug 4, 2009 - 8 answers

I am following a tutorial on how to install WAMPserver and Wordpress on my Windows machine to kickstart my learning of CM systems and PHP. A crucial component won't install and I don't know nuthin' about how to fix the problem. [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Jul 21, 2009 - 6 answers

I need help with a simple mod_rewrite! [more inside]
posted by omnipotentq on Jun 19, 2009 - 5 answers

ApacheFilter: What's the easiest way to have a "default page" on an alternate port? [more inside]
posted by jozxyqk on May 24, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there anyway with apache redirect's (mod_rewrite with a 301 rule) for the underlying web page to detect the redirect and run some JS or PHP (or anything really) to say, 'HEY USER!!! Ya you! Change your bookmarks please!'? [more inside]
posted by cayla on Apr 25, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I keep sneaky website users from accessing files directly? [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Apr 6, 2009 - 6 answers

I have a new EeePC 1000HE with Windows XP, which I want to use for both web development and casual web browsing. Are there security issues with installing Apache and PHP on a machine that is also used to access public wireless internet? If so, what steps can I take to make my netbook more secure?
posted by oulipian on Apr 5, 2009 - 5 answers

I have a domain hosted on a VPS running CentOS5. Whenever I enter http://my-vps-ip in my browser, I get redirected to http://subdomain.mysite.com. My limited Google-fu is no match for this particular problem, so I'm hoping the folks at AskMeFi can tell me how I should setup Apache so that http://my-vps-ip goes to http://mysite.com and not the subdomain? [more inside]
posted by your mildly obsessive average geek on Mar 14, 2009 - 6 answers

I am new to this and need to get this done soon. So I would really appreciate some advice. I am trying to setup a reverse proxy for our intranet and have been playing around with mod_proxy and mod_proxy_html for Apache. It all seems to work on regular html pages fine. But when I get to RSS/ATOM feeds mod_proxy_html does not seem to work. Any advise how can I do it ? I saw there is something called mod_proxy_xml. But not sure it will do the job and I dont have a build setup to quickly build it for Ubuntu. Would really appreciate some tips and pointers. I am sure others have done this already.
posted by flyby22 on Dec 23, 2008 - 2 answers

I have a blog, which I did have available at blog.example.com. I have recently moved it to be a subdirectory of my main site www.example.com/blog. I am having some trouble with redirecting old links from the subdomain across the the new main site subdirectory, and I really need some help to get it working right. can someone help me craft a .htaccess file to handle the redirects?
posted by Scramblejam on Dec 19, 2008 - 5 answers

How can we automatically block DOS type attacks in a load balanced environment? We used to have mod_evasive on Apache, but now Apache is behind a a load balancer and so does not see the external IPs. We are manually blacklisting IPs in Shorewall - but would like something on the load balancer to do this automatically on detection. Running Linux, Shorewall, Apache and Pound as load balancer.
posted by Dag Maggot on Dec 9, 2008 - 7 answers

How are people deploying web applications with client/server interaction these days? [more inside]
posted by nikkorizz on Dec 2, 2008 - 12 answers

At my office we're running a number of different third-party web applications for things like blogs, ticket tracking, cms, and so forth. I would like to apply some consistent themes to these applications without having learn n different theming mechanisms. I'm hoping y'all can provide me with some suggestions. [more inside]
posted by larsks on Nov 5, 2008 - 1 answer

I do not know if what I am imagining about how to solve my web server problem is realistic or not. Is there a better solution than the ones I have thought of? This concerns addings IIS to my machine that is currently running Apache only... [more inside]
posted by omair on Oct 20, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I restrict access to a symbolically-linked path using htaccess? [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Oct 14, 2008 - 1 answer

I need to display Portuguese characters on a webpage, but when I upload the files to the Apache server, they stop displaying correctly. And, yes, I'm using UTF-8 encoding. [more inside]
posted by John Shaft on Oct 9, 2008 - 11 answers

Help Apache gurus! How do I setup a virtual host when SSL terminates before my Apache server? [more inside]
posted by vacapinta on Oct 7, 2008 - 5 answers

Two domain names loading the same website - only the websites aren't being served from the same folder, despite the fact that they are served from the same server. There exist two folders: users on a Unix machine. How can I get both domain names to serve up the website from the same folder? And is there any reason I should NOT do this? [more inside]
posted by dance on Oct 1, 2008 - 6 answers

I am having trouble with URLs 404ing on an Apache/MySQL server for a website using Wordpress, with some custom add-ons to use Wordpress as a CMS. [more inside]
posted by Scramblejam on Sep 22, 2008 - 7 answers

Apache + 20+ virtual hosts + awstats with one access log? [more inside]
posted by xmutex on Sep 17, 2008 - 15 answers

Linux/Unix Admin Filter: What is your preferred method for monitoring bandwidth use per virtual host in Apache? [more inside]
posted by Brian Puccio on Sep 16, 2008 - 3 answers

Is there a simple way to use Apache's ProxyPass directive so that everything apart from a directory beneath the webroot gets passed on to another server? If not, can it be done another way? [more inside]
posted by holgate on Sep 14, 2008 - 3 answers

Apache 2 + N number of Virtual Hosts = where is the traffic coming from? (in real time!) [more inside]
posted by xmutex on Sep 8, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I log in as www? I am running a bunch of scripts on my webserver/svn server, but they are having some problems, so as a troubleshooting measure, I would like to log in as the user so I can test scripts and other random things. [more inside]
posted by brent_h on Aug 19, 2008 - 7 answers

Apache and Tomcat strangeness... a page in my app throws a 404... but only when using SSL on a single server. [more inside]
posted by utsutsu on Aug 1, 2008 - 6 answers

Web server question. Can I combine htaccess and session variables from other systems? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Jul 23, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I tell firefox3 to stop checking ssl certs. I access many sites using self signed ssl certificates and up until now that was fine but now I have encounter two self signed certs that have the same serial number and firefox wont even let me add an exception. I cant even access the second site. How do i just tell firefox I don't care if a site is using a bad ssl cert.
posted by DJWeezy on Jul 17, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm configuring some htaccess files for multiple directories and I'm having some problems incorporating groups of authorized users. [more inside]
posted by chillmost on Jul 11, 2008 - 2 answers

I would like to use .htaccess to pull out a specific part of a filename and display it in the "Description" column of a file directory on an apache web server. [more inside]
posted by maxwelton on Jul 10, 2008 - 1 answer

How do I redirect all my website's images and mp3s to another domain via .htaccess? [more inside]
posted by frenetic on Jun 26, 2008 - 6 answers

Apache Filter: blocking logins after failed attempts. [more inside]
posted by rokusan on Jun 12, 2008 - 12 answers

Apache2 security theory; mod_php versus CGI php and the use of suExec: What is the non-theoretical problem with running Apache2 with mod_php and thus without using suexec on a dedicated system? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jun 10, 2008 - 7 answers

Mod_rewrite and subdirectories and subdomains, oh my! [more inside]
posted by holgate on Jun 2, 2008 - 8 answers

OS X Sites folder permissions and a question about flags on the files in bash. What gives? [more inside]
posted by caution live frogs on May 20, 2008 - 7 answers

After working in a mostly LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment the last few years, I need to make a quick switch to WISA (Windows, IIS, MS SQL, ASP). [more inside]
posted by gringoese on May 18, 2008 - 6 answers

Suggest an offline booking system, no wait... Suggest a one-click WAMP solution, no wait... Flash and flat files mebbe? [more inside]
posted by Iteki on May 17, 2008 - 1 answer

How do I redirect incoming website visitors to an external site by IP address? [more inside]
posted by Oktober on May 12, 2008 - 7 answers

I've been helping my friend setup his personal website and we have been muddling through with plenty of help from google and a little bit of luck. But recently, I've been stumped by a persistent problem with a directory containing some files. Here's the scenario - my friend shares his RSS reading list as an OPML file. In addition, he wants to try and show how his reading list has evolved by archiving older versions of his reading list in a folder. He also wants to allow other people to browse this archive folder. It seemed like we should be able to achieve this using .htaccess files, but unfortunately it's not working like we expected. [more inside]
posted by your mildly obsessive average geek on Mar 25, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I run a web server on OS X without admin access? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on Feb 20, 2008 - 14 answers

Mod_rewrite & query strings: Just when I thought I had it figured out... [more inside]
posted by romakimmy on Feb 20, 2008 - 8 answers

I need to code a form to gather contact information from visitors to my website, and I'm looking for alternatives to mySQL. [more inside]
posted by fvox13 on Feb 18, 2008 - 10 answers

Network admin / geek question: I'm in the process of building a small cluster of servers for my quickly growing wallpaper website, but I've never charted those waters before. I found a nice article on TorrentFreak about Mininova's server setup, and found it quite intriguing. My question is, are there any other big-ish sites like Mininova that are open about their hardware infrastructure? Googling around yielded few results. I'd be interested to see the setup for a site like Digg, MeFi, or Flickr. Thanks in advance. [more inside]
posted by hmaugans on Feb 16, 2008 - 5 answers

Quick Apachefilter Question: I have complete control over my setup. What is the best way to setup Apache to serve files from /home/domain.com/subdomains/of/level/arbitrary/an/ when an.arbitrary.level.of.subdomains.domain.com is requested? I cannot figure this simple one out for the life of me! [more inside]
posted by PuGZ on Jan 24, 2008 - 8 answers

how do I get apache to call local python script that calls modules that are in a different place? [more inside]
posted by brent_h on Jan 18, 2008 - 3 answers

Is deny all, allow (my.ip.add.ress) good enough in Apache over Windoze? [more inside]
posted by foxydot on Jan 7, 2008 - 6 answers

MediaWiki install: Apache, MySQL, & PHP already on my machine? [more inside]
posted by jjsonp on Jan 4, 2008 - 5 answers

Why would a server start refusing http requests from itself? Curl, wget, lynx- all of them used to work, now I just get "connection refused". FTP still works, though, and it's only a problem with Apache- requests to the Lighttpd server on the same box work just fine.
posted by paul_smatatoes on Dec 19, 2007 - 6 answers

Help my with my Apache Crisis. How do I figure out what requests are responsible for my load? [more inside]
posted by judge.mentok.the.mindtaker on Nov 28, 2007 - 7 answers

I want to serve lots of different static HTML files out of a single compressed archive, to save disk space on the server. Is there a quick and easy solution for this? [more inside]
posted by Galvatron on Nov 17, 2007 - 8 answers