Rob Findlay wrote:

The default apache config file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf directs the server thus:

# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

I suppose you could edit the config file to point to your home folder or just move your files to the default directory.
HTH
Rob

Thanks Rob and Shay

I thought I had tried both those ideas properly, yesterday was a big one so I think I must have been too fried for accuracy last night.

I edited /etc/httpd/httpd.conf again this morning and now it loads the site. Phew.

BTW, I'm relatively new to Server scripting and dont want to make the mistake of learning an inapropriate language. Like most of the ones I was taught at TAFE! I know a little SQL already and wish to build a site with a database allowing login and keeping what will initially be a membership list allowing add/remove/edit on that list and possibly bulk emailing from said list.

Q. Is php/SQL the go?


Cheers all

Paul(who has awoken from his dream and is in Fremantle, *not* in IT Hell;)