WampServer

In another post in the forum... yes, I do search for existing answers, before starting a "new" topic!... I read... > Wampserver is and will remain a local development server. I've used WAMP for years... but only in a very limited way. I mostly use the Apache part, but also use MySQL locally, with Open Office as my front end. All I'm doing with Apache is serving up some stat
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1)) > Don't put your files in c:\wamp\www\... Understood! I was just reporting progress on reading ANYTHING from the server! I'd grasped that I shouldn't change what's in that folder. 2)) (edited, 10:15 UK time, 16 Jly 2016)... >> Is there no way to allow any machine on the LAN access to the server without the HOSTS file edit? >You have every right to install a DNS server
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Umm.... Well, that was... "interesting". I think I've done everything at the two pages cited. Now I can look at my original c:wamp\www\index.htm AND the one I've put in the folder I set up for my first Virtual Host. (For the sake of argument, let's say I called it mfvh, and created, used, c:/wamp/www/mfvhf/ for it. But I can't access either from another pc on the LAN the ser
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Thank you! I've started my Virtual Host Education. Don't need any more replies for the moment... fear not.... (or "fear"?)... I'll be back if that doesn't go well. For others reading this thread... WAMPSERVER 2.5 and above: I'm told you MUST use Virtual Hosts, at least one, anyway, for anything beyond access from the machine the server is on. Don't make my mistake, and think that
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I've used Wampserver many times over the years. I've spent a day, including a full reinstall, and many hours with Google FAILING to install it on a new machine on my LAN. On a "simple" LAN, with some Win7, some Win10 machines, I put the Wampserver current 15 Jly 16 (details below) on a "virgin" Win10 machine. The machine has a static local IP address. Access to index.php wo
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