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TSLocal
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 Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:44 am Post subject: Abyss as secure Local Test Server |
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A long time ago... (Don't you love things that start like that)
i use to use SimpleServer:WWW from AnalogX to test HTML websites under development from my laptop as I developed on the road... I have recently started having this need again, but unfortunately XHTML cannot be served from that app because the app stopped dev before W3C really started updating the standards...
A few people have recommended Abyss as a possible replacement, but of course I have questions...
1.) Can Abyss serve XHTML (strict/trans/frames)?
2.) Can I keep it secure and not accessable off-LAN easily? and if so, can someone point me to a tut, or give me a brief step-by-step?
3.) Will I need to do alot of backend learning to set it up overall, or is it relatively painless to operate in a Local Only mode?
Thank you very much. |
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Glitch2082
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| Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:15 am Post subject: |
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I havn't personally tested it but xhtml should show up.
To keep it secure and hidden from everyone else don't go online, just use the localhost offline (127.0.0.1 :D). And Its very easy to set up, a 9 year old could do it with his or her eyes shut. :D Happy xhtml'ing
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| Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Abyss as secure Local Test Server |
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| TSLocal wrote: | | 1.) Can Abyss serve XHTML (strict/trans/frames)? |
Yes. As a general rule, XHTML (or any content you serve from your site) can be hosted by Abyss provieded. Actually Abyss doesn't need even to know what your file is, it only serves it to the browser. But it is up to the browser to know how to render XHTML.
| Quote: | | 2.) Can I keep it secure and not accessable off-LAN easily? and if so, can someone point me to a tut, or give me a brief step-by-step? |
If you have a router, you haven nothing to do. Routers often prevent access to LAN computers without a specific configuration. You can also use the latest Beta version which has more features and that can be configured to listen to connections only from a specific range of IPs.
| Quote: | | 3.) Will I need to do alot of backend learning to set it up overall, or is it relatively painless to operate in a Local Only mode? |
We don't think so. You can get Abyss running in a few minutes: http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/start.html |
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