ABCO Technology

ABCO Technology - a computer training institute provides job training for all types of applications and software used in the real-world job environment. ABCO’s graduates are prepared to take on the challenges they will face in today’s job market. We endeavor to make our students employable in the field of IT as office managers, technicians, network administrators, developers, and webmasters. Our desire is to create value, earn trust, deliver results, exceed expectations, and empower people.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

How to create Virtual Host with Apache and Xamp Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

Setting up virtual hosts with XAMPP is easy. Before we dive into it, I would like to inform the beginners that a virtual host is a second instance of a web server on the same physical box to host additional web sites. It is referred as shared hosting. Usually it is part of the CIW program at ABCO Technology. Although, your local XAMPP server will still work even if virtual hosts are not configured. You might want to ask, is there a need for my local XAMPP setup to configure virtual hosts? Apparently, virtual hosts are needed when your on multiple domains your need to test your projects with same configuration with the server test your projects without touching your public server your just organizing your projects into groups or setup a local copy of your blog or website