RaysWebClass.Com - MAC Setup

• Leopard Comes with Web Sharing enabled as default, but just to be sure, check in System Preferences that Web Sharing is enabled by checking the corresponding checkbox. Next, highlight the words”Web Sharing” by clicking on the line containing this phrase. Write down your computer’s IP Address.
  
  
• Your root folder is located in your Home folder. So, open “Finder” and select your home folder (the one displaying your username and a home icon). In this folder you should see a folder labeled “Sites”. This is your root folder. When you first open it, you will see an “Images” folder and an HTML file called “index.html”
  
  
• You can replace the “index.html” file that already exists with your own. The “index.html” file in this Leopard folder is the equivalent of the “default.html” file in the Windows root folder. Use the Mac “Text Edit” program to create your own HTML file. Open Text Edit and perform this important step before typing any html code. Click on “TextEdit” in the menu bar and then click on “Preferences”. Make both the properties tabs look like:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now create your new HTML file. Once you have typed your HTML code, save the file in the previously mentioned “Sites” folder as “index.html”. (You will have to either delete the old index.html file or rename it first).
  
  
• Open your browser and type:
  
  http://Your Computer’s IP Address OR localhost /~username/index.html
  
  where username is the name of your home folder mentioned previously. Using localhost is better than using Your Computer’s IP Address because the root folder will always be found no matter what internet IP you are connected to. Your HTML file should now open.