Topic: Greener than green newbie..localhost not working - RESOLVED!

[dotolee]

So i started to follow some step by step configuration tutorial online and i managed to mess things up.
now when i navigate to "http://localhost" it doesn't display my treasured "it works" message. (so sad)
The error message I'm getting is that I'm not authorized to view the page. As a test, i tried using 127.0.0.1 instead but I get the same message.

When I run httpd.exe, this is the output i get:

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin>httpd
Warning: DocumentRoot [C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/docs/dummy-host.phub.net.cable.rogers.com] does not exist
Warning: DocumentRoot [C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/docs/dummy-host2.phub.net.cable.rogers.com] does not exist
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
[Wed Apr 30 08:52:43 2008] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence
[Wed Apr 30 08:52:43 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0
:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

When I initially installed apache, it detected my ISP provider (rogers) and my IP settings etc and I just accepted all defaults. I don't really need to connect directly from my box to the LIVE production URL ...
I just need localhost to work.
What I'm trying to accomplish is the following:
create a development environment on my box where i can create HTML / PHP files with server side includes. Once the site is working, i will manually copy the files over to a server that has already been set up for me by the IT folks in the office.
Thanks for the help

[dotolee]

by just copying the original .conf file back. But I have a few questions. Please bear with me if they sound silly:
1. my ISP changes my IP address now and then. I'd like to be able to use apache to render my web pages regardless of whether or not I'm online/offline. Is this possible?
2. If not, should i always check "ipconfig", get my latest IP and or DNS name and put it somewhere in the .conf files?
3. Finally, i've added a folder on my c drive called "webprojects". I'd like to start creating my php/html files in this location, under various project names. I've added the following entry again into my conf file:
<Directory "c:/webprojects/*/">
AllowOverride None
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
Options FollowSymLinks +Includes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
</Directory>

As a test, I've created c:\webprojects\test\index.html and inside, I just have a "hello world".
how do i reference this in the browser?
I've tried localhost/test but that didn't work.

Thanks.

[dotolee]

I edited my httpd-vhosts.conf file with the following entry:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName test.ca
ServerAdmin webmaster@test.ca
DocumentRoot "C:/webprojects/test"
ServerAlias www.test.ca creido.dnsalias.com
ErrorLog logs/creido.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/creido.com-access)log combined
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
Options FollowSymLinks +Includes
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</VirtualHost>

and now the default index.html that's being picked up is the one under my c:\webprojects\test folder. For each project do i just add a new entry in the same fashion? does everything need to stem off of c:/website/test for it to work, or can these folders theoretically live anywhere on my drive?
Many thanks

[Steffen]

The documentroot can anywhere on your box, eg:

DocumentRoot "d:/zzzz/yyy"

You can also organize you projects like for example:

"C:/webprojects/test/projec1"
"C:/webprojects/test/projec2"
etc.

You call then with: http://...../project1
etc.

Steffen

Btw a tip:
Better not to use in the subject -Greener than green newbie- , does not help to get an answer. Also you have quite some questions above posts, advised is to post a short question for each issue you have. See also the Forum rules for other tips.