What is the IIS equivilent for Mac?

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What is the IIS equivilent for Mac?

Hi all,

I know people are going to start getting sick of me... I ask a lot of questions and everyone must be thinking "buy a Mac and be done with it" but there are things I keep thinking of that may cause me a problem when I switch over - so need to be rectified before I start playing around with the new Mac =).

I am currently composing a Web Site using Dreamweaver (no real issue there because Dreamweaver is also available on the Mac). I am a newbie to Dreamweaver, and am learning as I go along. I am just setting up IIS on my laptop as I have some scripts I would like to test without having to use an online web server.

Can someone tell me what the Mac equivilent of IIS would be so that I will be able to carry on creating my site even after I move to my MBP?

Thanks!!

Sony Vaio, Windows XP Pro, 2.8Ghz Intel P4, 512MB Memory

Posted on Sep 11, 2007 9:48 AM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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Sep 11, 2007 3:20 PM in response to CDeath

These might be of interest to one planning on moving to a Mac from a windoze environment. I don't do web stuff, so can't help with that.

Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac, and
MacTips Learning Centre.

Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:

Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

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Answer 2

Sep 11, 2007 11:31 AM in response to CDeath

The webserver running on mac is indeed Apache.
It may or may not run scripts that run on a microsoft server. Depends on the scripts. (apache is somewhat more universal than MS as webserver)

As far as things that might trip you up, during your Mac conversion?
There will always be something. These differences are pretty much easily overcome.

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CDeath Author

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Sep 11, 2007 11:46 AM in response to Rick Van Vliet

I agree there will always be something - just there are certain things I am doing which are really important at the moment and just want to be covered for when I get it. My site is only really HTML based, but so long as I can run CGI scripts this should be fine. But I may change to PHP, will this also be supported? I think PHP is in Apache...

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MrHoffman

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Sep 11, 2007 12:42 PM in response to CDeath

When you're ready to move a little faster than what DreamWeaver and static HTML can provide for you with Apache (via Personal Web Sharing or via full-on Apache in Mac OS X Server or via the MAMP kit), take a look at any of the available Web Content Management Systems (CMSes); Drupal, Wordpress and any number of other choices are available and compatible with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.

(And though I really do like DreamWeaver, realize that an HTML editor -- even as one as good and as massively capable as DreamWeaver -- does tend to get difficult to manage increasingly larger web sites, and particularly the more interactive web sites. I discovered I was spending more time in DreamWeaver dealing with DreamWeaver and with the web site links and such, when I really wanted to be spending more time creating and updating content. This is where a CMS shines.)

If you're initially working in a web site "playpen" (as most folks do) and particularly in a trusted network environment (or entirely on your Mac), MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and php) is a pretty good way to set up the full environment. (MAMP is set up and built for use in development and debug and trusted environments, and not to repel the riff-raff found on the open Internet.)

Here are some pointers that may be of interest:
http://64.223.189.234/node/82
http://64.223.189.234/node/100
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php

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CDeath Author

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Sep 12, 2007 4:20 AM in response to baltwo

Great so everything I will need to carry on with will be available on the Mac =). I have used apache before on Windows, but this was a long time ago!! I think I will take a day off from work when I get my Mac to sit down with it, progress with the learning curve and get everything set up the way I need. Thanks a lot for the support =)

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