Thanks again Ken,
I do have an old duo-core PC that I could put Ubuntu on I suppose. I=t would be a learning experience if nothing else but I'll have to evaluate =if that is more effort than I want to put in for the couple of legacy websi=tes that I have out there that were programmed in WebDNA. And obviously I d=on't want to run up a page to a functioning web server without testing it l=ocally first. Hopefully Donovan or somebody has found a hack to get o=ld 6.2 running on newer versions of IIS or something that is Windows friend=ly and easy enough to set up.
Gary
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 07:=11:39 -0500
Kenneth Grome <
ken@webdnasolutions.com> wrote:
> What, in you=r opinion, would be the quick-n-easy way of getting
> =my computer to server a WebDNA page locally?
If you absolutely MUST have WebDNA running on the computer you're
using now, I can see two possible options, neither of which= you'll
want to do for obvious reasons:
1- Downgrade to a version of Windows that runs IIS 6.0.=
2- Replace Windows with Ubuntu 14.04 =LTS then install Apache 2.4
and WebDNA 8.x.
Personally I would not do either of these things if= I were happy
with my current version of Windows, which a=pparently you are, so
instead I would do this:
3- Buy a really cheap used computer, or find o=ne free on
craigslist or freecycle, or get one out of you=r closet, or ask a
relative for the one they no longer us=e. Then install Ubuntu
14.04 and Apache 2.4 and Web=DNA 8.x on it. Doing this means you
don't have to c=hange a thing on the computer you're using now
(which is =a 'really good thing') yet you can still have a local
ser=ver without an Internet connection.
Or= if you'll always be online while programming, another simple
option is to:
4- Get a cheap VPS =(some are only $10-20 per year, look on
lowendbox.com), i=nstall Ubuntu 14.04 and Apache 2.4 and WebDNA 8.x
on it, =and do your development work remotely.
There may actually be more Windows options I'm not familiar with,
but you'd have to talk with a Windows guru to learn more about
these possibilities, if any.
Regards,
Kenneth Grome
WebDNA So=lutions
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