how to setup intranet using iWeb

Hi,


I have a MacBook Pro (OSX10.10.2), wireless network, and various iDevices.


I want to use iWeb to design some pages for an intranet only - with the pages hosted from my Macbook and shared to the iPads when connected to my local wireless network at home.


I know how to design the pages - I just can't work out how to set up the intranet to share the site to the other devices. I do not want to share it to the internet - only for internal use.


My laptop has a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.3. I have tried turning on Internet Sharing in the Sharing window of System Preferences - but I still cannot see the page if I type in the url of 192.168.1.3/*username*/sites/ even though this is where I have told iWeb to send the site to this file location.


Can someone please help me?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), wireless network

Posted on Feb 28, 2015 7:06 PM

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Mar 1, 2015 2:35 AM in response to Seaview4655

With or without iWeb, you can use the built-in webserver to host any website.


There are 2 locations where you can publish.


/Library/WebServer/Documents/


The URL will be :


http://localhost/


And the Sites folder in the Home directory.


The URL wil be :


http://localhost/~username/


Instead of localhost, you can use the computername : http://computername.local


Add file- and foldernames to show a specific webpage.


Later versions of OS X have websharing disabled in the Sytempreference. To enable it, read this :


http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx- 10-10-yosemite/


http://www.glenscott.co.uk/blog/re-enable-apache-php-web-sharing-on-os-x-yosemit e/


Setting up a local web server on a Mac

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