Mac OS X: How to host a website on your computer
You can use the Apache Web server software included with Mac OS X to host a website on your computer.
Open System Preferences, click Sharing, click the File & Web tab, and turn on Web Sharing.
Web pages you put in your Sites folder (in your home folder) can be browsed at http://your.computer.address/~yourusername/
Use your short user name, and include the ending slash (/).
Pages you put on your hard disk in Library/WebServer/Documents can be browsed at http://your.computer.address
To find your computer's address, look at the bottom of the Sharing pane of System Preferences.
To learn more, use a browser to open index.html in your Sites folder or look in /Library/WebServer/Documents/Manual.
This document contains information from Help Center, the help system included with your computer.
Open System Preferences, click Sharing, click the File & Web tab, and turn on Web Sharing.
Web pages you put in your Sites folder (in your home folder) can be browsed at http://your.computer.address/~yourusername/
Use your short user name, and include the ending slash (/).
Pages you put on your hard disk in Library/WebServer/Documents can be browsed at http://your.computer.address
To find your computer's address, look at the bottom of the Sharing pane of System Preferences.
To learn more, use a browser to open index.html in your Sites folder or look in /Library/WebServer/Documents/Manual.
This document contains information from Help Center, the help system included with your computer.
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