Where is web sharing?

Ya but the $20 doesn't include the hardware to run Mountain Lion Server... Why the heck would Apple do this... it wasn't broken to begin with and NO one asked them to fix it. Don't get me wrong I would really like to run OS X Server BUT... I don't need a full blown server I just NEED a checkbox that says enable websharing for tinkering with web project.

Apple has done this alot lately... taken away perfectly GOOD simple features like syncing of Keychains really why wouldn't you want your keychain credentials synced across devices like Macs, iPods, iPhones etc....

I haven't written Apple in 11 years and the last time I did I got a response... might be time to write them again.

blee4, go here

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4135298?answerId=19049845022#19049845022

for a "trivial" Applescript to turn the Apache server on/off. Also there is a link to the best desctiption on how to configure PHP, ... on the server in that same post.

@all concerned,

You don't need Mountain Lion Server to run a web server. Mountain Lion Server is good at the handful of unique features it provides, but web sharing is not one of those. Server will do web sharing, but no better than standard Mountain Lion. Server has not included MySQL since Snow Leopard. I tried Lion Server and found its services, including web sharing, harder to configure than in the non-Server version. Lion Server ran fine on my MacBook Pro and I assume Mountain Lion Server would too.

Here's a web sharing preference pane for Mountain Lion:

http://clickontyler.com/blog/2012/02/web-sharing-mountain-lion/

The developer writes:

"Lucky for us, while Apple may have removed the option to enable Web Sharing, they left the guts of the built-in Apache web server in tact. All you have to do is find a way to turn it on. And that’s where I come in…"

I found this for you also to check out;

http://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx/

This is off-topic, but I must say I've been using VirtualHostX for years. It allows root-relative links for multiple developing sites on my personal hard disk. Very handy!

Back to the original topic: Now that I know Mt.Lion really just removed the ~Sites folder it doesn't matter to me. I always used the WebServer/Documents folder to develop in anyway, and once you're in Terminal it's easier to just use apachectl to start/stop/restart the server when needed, and even then that's only when I'm configuring something new or updating.

Found your post asking the same questions about the 'missing web share button'. Have you checked out the easy to install XAMPP Application at http://www.apachefriends.org? XAMPP is extremely easy to install and use. You'll be up and running in minutes... and it's free. No command line interface and everything is contained in a folder.

Joe

Apple is making a ton of bad decisions. Personal websharing was available in the systems preferences sharing. It is dumb to get the latest install of the OS, or software release only to discover it has lost the ability to do things we use to do with a basic Mac.

I am moving to Linux open source as fast as I can. I am tired of Apple jerking me around. I will of course have Apple, but one of ten systems instead of my current nine of ten systems.

TR

Why does Apple have to do everything? Web sharing is a tool for developers. Normal people don't need that. Developers don't need the checkbox to turn it on. If you want the convience, then put it back.

Terrence R. Redding wrote:

I am moving to Linux open source as fast as I can. I am tired of Apple jerking me around. I will of course have Apple, but one of ten systems instead of my current nine of ten systems.

TR

Have you actually USED Linux? If you are complaining about Apple removing a system preference, then have fun with the klugy mess that is Linux. Or and sure, open source, have fun finding software anywhere as good as even the stuff that comes with the Mac.

I run two different versions of Linux on my Mac, and it's hardly better than Windows.

They don't have to do everything. I just hate to see them less able, after an upgrade.

May be it is just me. But I don't like installing new software, or an operating system only to discover the upgrade is less able than the previous version. They have done that with the iWork family of programs and now I realize they have done it with the OS.

It causes me to avoid upgrades unless absolutely required.

Terry

I wouldn't call it less able, just more focused. Apache is not a tool for novices. Anyone running Apache should have no trouble with launchctl.

iWork is a different story entirely. Imagine if, instead of removing the web sharing button, Apple added it back and proclaimed a new, easier to use Web Sharing service, as good as nginx. Then, you start it up and discover that PHP isn't just disabled, but entirely missing. Plus, your web pages won't display on your iPad 1.