ColdFusion running from in-built webroot first

October 14, 2009

I found something in ColdFusion today that had me stumped for a bit. I guess this is a pretty rare situation, but a very confusing one! Read more »

Handy tip when editing the hosts file

January 20, 2009

If like me you get bored of firing up Notepad (or equivalent) and then having to browse to open up the hosts file, then you can simply create a shortcut to it, which automatically opens up the hosts file in Notepad. To do it: Read more »

IISPassword for IIS 6.0

October 21, 2008

IISPassword now supports IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 64 bit and 32 bit editions so you can use your Apache .htaccess files. Read more »

Windows XP SP3 breaks Apache

September 19, 2008

I've just installed Windows Service Pack 3 for XP (pro) and now Apache will not start. Read more »

Enabling Url Rewriting on Apache

September 10, 2008

Just a quick note that if you want to rewrite urls using an .htaccess file then you need to enable the rewrite module. Read more »

List Apache Virtual Hosts

September 02, 2008

Just a quick post with a handy bit of code I write this morning to list all the virtual hosts you've got defined in your Apache conf file. This lets you build a menu of all the running sites on your Apache server. Read more »

Setting up a Virtual Host with Apache

August 28, 2008

This is a follow up to my ColdFusion 8 and Apache on Windows XP post, showing how to set up multiple sites on your local server. Read more »

ColdFusion 8 and Apache on Windows XP

July 22, 2008

A quick and painless guide to setting up ColdFusion 8 and Apache on a Windows XP workstation. Read more »