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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 1:06:55 GMT
Combo My most vivid childhood memory of Christmas was the morning of, 1996. Being six, I rushed down the stairs as soon as my eyes popped open, twnty minutes after i had fallen asleep, 6 hours after i had gone to bed. I rushed down the stairs and burst open the door to the living room. The cookies were gone, just crumbs left, good. The milk, gone too. But whats this? Half a carrot?! It immediatly popped into my head that rudolph didnt like my carrot, and i was heartbroken. I ran into my parents room, eyes red and puffy, and told my mother all about my problem. She calmly sat me down and explained that Rudolph must have been full, as he had plenty of carrots to eat. That was all i needed, i hopped back up and ran back into the living room, stared in awe at all the presents, and let out one, long, dreamy sigh, Christmas had come. JonnyI can't really give my "favourite" memory. I just remember the one occasion when I was...ooh...about 2 years of age. It was Christmas day, I was at my Grandparents as I am every year, and my family were all sitting in the living room giving out our presents in front of the blazing fire. We always open our presents one by one so we can all see what each other get and how they react. Being a little toddler, I was eager to open my presents, I was bouncing around pushing everyone to hurry up with their presents. When I finally got round to my turn, I grabbed the biggest thing in my pile. I tore at the shiny red paper separating my from my gift. As I got a handful of paper off the pressie, I saw a tuft of white fur...which could only be one thing...a new Teddy bear!! I ran around the room hugging this thing for ages, it was 20 minutes until my parents could pry it from me to remove the rest of the paper...-sighs- Ahhh the memories. Withheld BeautyI was about 6 years old, and keep in mind I still believed that Santa was real. I was asleep on Christmas eve, and I had woken up to a loud noise, at the time I shared a room and a bunk bed with my older sister. I sat up, looked around, saw nothing, so I laid back down. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I felt like a soft mitten like they show on the movies that Santa wears, on my stomach rubbing it gently, and a whisper to go back to sleep. At that moment I jolted awake, hit my head on the bottom of the top bunk, waking my sister, she rooled over and told me to go back to sleep. Before doing so I looked around, but saw nothing but the glow to our Christmas lights coming from the living room. KariIt'd be hard to pick out a favourite memory, because most of mine consist of some sort of mishap. The most memorable one, though, would have to be the summer of 96. It was about midnight. We were living up north in Dannevirke - it never snows down here for Christmas - and I was sneaking down the stairs to check if the presents were under the tree. Our stairs used to spiral down from the second story to the first... and what did a clumsy Kari manage to do? Yes, I managed to trip over my own feet as I was oh-so-carefully treading down the stairs, let go of the rail and roll down. Needless to say, I was traumatised and wanting to kick the stairs - even though they were padded with carpet - but the sight of the Christmas tree stopped me. The only light in the room that I could see emanated from the lights on the tree. I heard noises in the next room, like someone was moving - we didn't have a chimney, so I assumed it was Santa and sat down, wanting to meet the big fellow. Needless to say, I fell asleep after ten minutes of sitting there in front of the Christmas tree. I was so bummed that I didn't get to meet Santa. FireTemptressThere was a time when I was little and I used to write Santa a letter about all the gifts I wanted... and gifts I thought my mom, brother and sister would want, too. I never asked for much... this particular time I simply asked for a Beauty-and-the-Beast-Belle-Barbie-Doll. I've never seen a Belle barbie doll before... but the one I received on Christmas was everything I pictured it to be. My brother got what I asked for him. My sister didn't (get what I asked for her), and suspiciously enough... the "From Santa" looked much like my mom's handwriting. urbancinderellaAt age six, looking out of the window to spot a layer of white covering the lawn was magical. Grabbing a pair of slippers and shrugging on an oversized jacket, I ran outside to play. As I trudged through the yard collecting snow to make a huge snowball, I spotted a shape moving in the “winter wonderland.” My grandmother had also ventured out into the cold and was bent over a bed of flowers, uncovering a blossom to save it from the frost. Lifting my overly large snowball carefully, I snuck over until I was within range and took careful aim. The snowball sailed through the air and landed with a thud square on her bottom. It was the best aim I’ve ever had.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:04:54 GMT
For those of you who want the painful way of learning how to keep selections on your photoshop document, you’re in the wrong place. The technique that I’m going to teach you is simple and a life-saver in tight situations when you realise that you really did need that selection that you got rid of back yonder. So what is this technique, you ask? Well, my friends, it’s the wonderful layer mask and channel technique. Layer masks are really very useful. You can use them to hide your data of your layer or, if you’ve made a really complex selection and don’t want to lose it, keep your selections – however this happens through the channels. This is what I’ll be focusing on today. Saving a Selection in the ChannelsI’ll use a picture of a doorknob. Firstly, what you do is make a selection using one of the following tools outlined in red. I used the Magic Wand with a tolerance of 35. Secondly, move over to your layers palette and click on the Channels palette. Look down at the bottom of it and you should see four buttons. Next, you click on the second button in from the left – the one that I have highlighted in the picture below. Once you click on that, it creates an alpha layer with black and white. Black is what is outside the selection, white is what in inside the selection. How do you get the selection back if it’s been deselected? Go back into your Channels palette and go down to the Alpha layer that you created in the previous steps. Hold down Ctrl (Apple if you’re on a Mac) and click on the Alpha layer. You now have your selection back. Hopefully that’s helpful to some of you paranoid about losing your selections. Another hint, if you hold down Shift and Ctrl and click on another layer when you have an extra alpha layer there, it adds the two selections together. Same goes for Alt, except Alt and Ctrl and clicking the Alpha layer takes the second selection away from the first. Have fun!
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:15:04 GMT
Step 3: Capturing Detailed and Perfectly Balanced Shots.Imagine the situation: you’re in a beautiful location and have the perfect shot all lined up. You press the shutter release and eagerly await the image review to load. When it finally loads, your shot has a boring, dark foreground and the sky has burned out to pure white. It’s obvious what’s causing it: the sky is much brighter than the ground and because the camera has to stick its light metering somewhere in the middle, it is impossible to expose both highlight and shadow detail. Most togs (may as well teach you the lingo while I am at it: Tog – nickname for photographers, mainly used in the paparazzi area of work) don’t expect this to happen as the human eye is able to balance out contrast. Your camera does not share this ability. To the eye the scene could be perfect, but the camera does not pick up light in the same way. And unless you have some sort of almighty power where you can just dim the light coming off the sun as you do with your lights at home, there is absolutely no chance of stopping this problem... or is there? Well, the easiest way to solve this is by purchasing yourself a grey grad filter. This is simply a piece of plastic that has (as the name explains) a gradient in it going from grey to clear plastic. It is placed in front of the lens and is positioned so that the darker area is over the sky in your viewfinder. The light coming from the sky is thus dulled down, causing the camera to balance out its light metering and enabling the sky to be the same light level as your foreground. Pieces of kit like this are relatively cheap (depending on which manufacturor you go with.) If you learn towards the Cokin range, it should cost you roughly £15 ($27) for the holder and the filter. However if you buy from Lee, it will cost over £100 ($171), so I think you know who is better for the amateur. Don’t forget that once you buy a filter set you can buy more filters for it. There is another way; however, you will have to do some post processing to get the results. The method of double exposure can be used in this case. Make sure you’re using a tripod and get your shot lined up. Set your camera to a manual exposure setting. In one shot you want to get the sky exposed and in the other you want to get the ground exposed (use step one in the October Herald article.) Once you have those two shots set up, its as simple as overlaying one shot over the other shot, and erasing the area you don’t want on the top photo. Bob’s your Uncle, a great shot! These things are really important to think about whenever you do outdoor photography. Don’t trust your camera to take the shot as your eye sees it - as it is very likely it will not! Always check your image review to make sure the camera has gotten the shot exposed just as you like it. After all, that’s what the screen is there for. In the next article I’ll show you the basics of post processing your photos in Photoshop.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:19:03 GMT
For this month's "Artist Spotlight," I chose none other than Reedy! The boy has wonderful talent when it comes to designing, and has won many Signature of the Weeks. He is also a member of the SolidSnake Designs Art Group.Name: Carl Reed Hobbies: Friends, art, football (soccer), music, sleeping. Favorite Website: www.factory4.co.uk/v4/ Not for it's content, but the design is beautiful. Favorite School Subject: Art What brought you to the wonderful Solidsnake Designs?I visited this forum many times before I decided to join. I loved the design, but didn't really post around forums enough. I finally joined when I started making signatures and things, so I had something to show around. To see if I could impress anyone i guess. Who is your favorite designer? And why?Erm, probably Lee25. His vectors are inspirational, they look more like paintings. The technique he uses in his artwork, it's just perfect. I'd love to have such talent. Don't worry you do! When did you begin designing your wonderful art?Wonderful? Haha, I need to improve. Well, I started back in March 2004 with the program PaintShop Pro making odd signatures/avatars....nothing serious. Was there someone way back when that inspired you?Hmm, well way back when I used to enjoy signatures. I was inspired by Aphotic, Ozzeh and SSJ. But then I got into larger areas of work, and became inspired by various DeviantArt artists, He1z, Lee25. What program(s) do you use? And why?At the moment, I use Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS. I'm not entirerly sure why I chose both these programs, but I am happy with my decision. Lots of fun! Have you ever thought about going professional?I've had the odd thoughts, about making a portfolio and taking up freelance work. But I doubt I'd ever make much from it, I'm not talented enough in all aspects of design. I can dream. Reedy, you're talented enough!Care to explain a bit about your mysterious technique?Mmkays. Firstly, you need an idea. Something to help you picture a rough idea in your mind which you can work from. If you feel it would help, quickly draw a small rough sketch of the idea or write it down. Choose a size canvas you would like to work at, and decide on a colour scheme. Then you just go with the flow, it all comes to you as you work. You improve on your original ideas and come out with something. Could you provide us with 3 great samples of your work?I picked my three personal favorites: - Soundcheck- Collision Course- Journey To HeavenHow many awards for your art have you won?Erm, I haven't won any...that I'm aware of anyways. Maybe one day. I would like to point out the many Signature of the Week Awards Reedy has won: Week #31, 32, 33, and 64! See, you're very talented!
That's it for this month, hope you enjoyed our very first Artist Spotlight. Thanks to Reedy for helping its debut.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:21:57 GMT
Though there are plenty of amazing artists around SSD, the opportunities to spot a truly talented person are endless. DeviantART, a large community devoted to the sharing of art and design is a perfect place to spot a few of said break-through artists. In an attempt to both inspire and keep people up-to-date with new developments, we've decided to highlight five off-site artists each month. Make sure to check out their galleries- each one has plenty of eye-candy to offer. D-StruktIVView his gallery here.I jumped at the chance to highlight Fernando Tabanera as one of the top artists for this month's issue. Aside from having a name that is tons of fun to say, he's long since proven himself to be a very creative individual. Though my love of surrealism may have made me biased, almost every piece of this artist's work has had me drooling in my seat. His use of desaturated tons and carefully manipulated stocks create a dreamlike atmosphere that will make everyone wonder just how deep the rabbithole goes. SilverynView his gallery here.Silveryn's Change of Seasons series may be a fairly common sight around DeviantART, but this artist sports a suprisingly rich and very diverse gallery as well. Always seeking to try his hand at a new style, Silveryn manages to incorporate some of his home-grown humor in many of his deviations. Topped off with a surprisingly sleek style and occassionally a nice ounce of animation, he's an artist well-worth his large pageviews. I'd keep an eye on his style- you may see his handiwork a bit later. bittertasteView his gallery here.I've been a fan of bittertaste's gallery for ages now. His concepts are enough to set the mind in a whir and he always manages to carry them out perfectly. With photographs that lead the mind to believe they have been manipulated, a peek through his gallery is guaranteed to delight. Though it may be small, there is certainly enough eye-candy to keep the viewer content. Chris GrangerView his gallery here.[/size][/url] For those who prefer the abstract style, this artist is just up your alley. Sporting renders with enough colors and turns to make the mind dizzy, his gallery offers a wonderful chance to delve into the opportunities of 3D Abstract art. More recently, Granger has added some sleek animations straight out of a kaleidoscope. These animations, which required many renders and some smoothing, are well-worth the full views. Plus, he's from Canada, which is always good, eh? AshwingsView her gallery here.[/size][/url] If illustration has long been your soft spot, look no farther. This creative designer has proven her skills over and over again. With simple and clean designs that follow the anime style, a few random sketches, and some hilarious comic strips, Ashwings provides a large variety of deviations to glance over. Her art conveys a great sense of humor while sparking interest through her vibrant use of color. She's sure to have you yearning for Illustrator by the time you're done viewing her gallery.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:25:07 GMT
Most coders are separated from the community in a special way. They don't look upon a web site very superficially, but by the coding. When I see a web site with a great layout I commonly wonder how that was coded. This is the one of the best ways to expand your coding knowledge. Just observing how other people would solve a "coding problem" can widen your horizons on coding as a whole. You can't know the best way to do something until you have all of the options. The topic this week is not on how to learn to code, but it is on how to learn to change the display of your codes. Often I have seen a greatly coded web site, yet it lacks the visual standard that attracts people to it. Of course, some people will eventually notice the features of it, but most will be turned off by the bad layout. One of the problems with the coder being different from everyone else is that many ways to change the design of the page go unseen. Many of these design changes can be easily seen by anyone else, but a coder can commonly overlook them to make the page faster or more reliable. Obviously, making web pages fast and reliable is important, but many people with broadband and a good web browser will never know how much time the coder spent making it work for various browsers and various connection speeds. To fix this, you can do a few things. First of all, you can simply ask others for suggestions. Unfortunately, this does not always work and can often return unwanted results. What I do is that I save the code on my computer and just let it sit there for a few days, maybe even a week. I only take a look at it after I have separated myself from the code long enough to really look at it as if it wasn't my code. Usually I notice tens to hundreds of problems with the display. Maybe something would look better somewhere else, underneath that, or in a different color. These little tweaks can make or break your layout. Basically, if you just leave the code alone for a few days and let it ferment, you enable yourself to look at the design perspective of the code in a whole other way. This allows you to not only think of new code ideas but also change your own layouts to be much more visually appealing.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:26:07 GMT
If you don’t know what spacing your code is (and you should after I get through with all of you): spacing your code is when you add a couple of spaces before some of the lines. I don't know how many of coders do this, but spacing your code can make the code more readable for others. So why is that so important? Let’s say someone had a problem with your code. The coder helping them – someone in code support for example - needs to look at your code and if un-spaced he will have quite some trouble trying to read through your lines and distinguishing what from what. If, sometime in the future, you decide to work on a big project with another person, I’m sure they’d be wishful of being able to read your codes easily. This is where spacing comes in. I recommend that you start to space your codes now so that it becomes a coding habit in the future. You can use "tab" – if you’re unsure of how to do this, refer to the May Edition of the Herald in A._Leon’s Coding Hint Article - or three spaces for spacing out your code. You add these after you open a curly bracket. Here's an example. Without spacing <script type="text/javascript"> var TD = document.getElementsByTagName("td"); for( t = 0 ;t < TD.length ; t ++ ){ if(TD[t].width == "20%" && TD[t].className != "catbg" ){ TD[t].innerHTML += "Money: xx"; } } </script> With spacing <script type="text/javascript"> var TD = document.getElementsByTagName("td"); for( t = 0 ;t < TD.length ; t ++ ){ if(TD[t].width == "20%" && TD[t].className != "catbg" ){ TD[t].innerHTML += "Money: xx"; } } </script>
And that’s how you would add some spaces to your codes. And now I hear you asking “How about posting your codes with the spaces?” When you put your spaced-out code into UBBC code tags, the spaces would be removed. To remedy this problem, we will use the [code][size=1][/size][hr] tag and . = one space - I usually add three of those after every curly bracket. I’ll now show you what the spaced-out code that I posted above looks like with the . <script type="text/javascript"> var TD = document.getElementsByTagName("td"); for( t = 0 ;t < TD.length ; t ++ )[color=red]{[/color] if(TD[t].width == "20%" && TD[t].className != "catbg" )[color=red]{[/color] TD[t].innerHTML += "Money: xx"; } } </script> That's also the reason why you shouldn't use code tags when using – you should use the size tag. So as to not confuse the reader which part the code is (because some people will just copy anything sometimes) you can put the code with the spacing and the size tags, between hr tags. Remember, the hr tag doesn't have an ending tag. Here's the code again, but now with everything I needed to post in it. [hr][size=1]<script type="text/javascript"> var TD = document.getElementsByTagName("td"); for( t = 0 ;t < TD.length ; t ++ )[color=red]{[/color] if(TD[t].width == "20%" && TD[t].className != "catbg" )[color=red]{[/color] TD[t].innerHTML += "Money: xx"; } } </script>[/size][hr]
Now I hope that helped you and be sure that I’ll keep my eye on the code database for those spaced out codes.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:26:59 GMT
Name: CrAzY_J Hobbies: Coding, basketball, and reading Favorite Web Site: Experts OnlineFavorite School Subject: Physics Do you know any languages besides English?Actually, the first language I learned before English was Dutch. Besides coding, what do you think you are best at?Oh, I am not very talented in anything. I guess I am okay with anything that has to do with math. What attracted you to Solidsnake Designs?It was about one and half years ago when I had a SuddenLaunch forum. I went to their support board and found a link to Solidsnake Designs to get pre-made templates. I got my template and left. A couple of months later I was active and a moderator at a Harry Potter role-playing forum where I met Psionic (Ryan). That guy just couldn't shut up about Solidsnake Designs, so I just decided to join again hoping he would shut up. I went to the coding boards immediately and got myself banned XD. I was later allowed to come back and did my best to behave. When did you first start coding, what language was it, and why?One year ago, right here at SSD. I've always wanted to become a programmer so I thought it might be good to start out with coding. I started with simple HTML and slowly advanced to CSS and then to JavaScript. It was all very new to me so I had some a lot of troubles. What methods did you use to learn how to code?Tutorials on HTMLlite and W3Schools to learn HTML, CSS, and simple JavaScript. I had Trip (Naoki) and Xephra helping me out with basic JavaScript around the Proboards environment. After I knew the basics, I studied codes and read some tutorials I found on Google and BrainJar. Also, I had help from Peter and Eric (Forte). What is your favorite coding language? Why?JavaScript: it is really the only thing I know well enough. I was really getting into Python, but I guess I'm just too lazy to continue. I was also into PHP awhile back, but I quit that too. Someone said that all coders are lazy in the suggestions board, right? Well, I guess in my case it's true. Who is your favorite coder?Uhh... There are really too many to mention. If I try to mention them all I'm sure I'm going to forget some and they'll hunt me down. You've created a lot of Proboards codes. Which one is your favorite?Well, with the help from Peter, I guess it would be all of the "reorder" codes. ProBoards Shop version 0. 5 is pretty cool too, but I don't like how I coded it. What advice would you give to new and aspiring coders?Coding takes time to learn, so you should take your time trying to learn how to, and you shouldn't expect yourself to be able to code within a day, a week, or even a month. If you’re having trouble learning how to code you can always ask for some help in Code Support.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:27:32 GMT
It's that time of the month again; time for another Program Review! This month's installment is a media application, so it'll apply to plenty of people. Enjoy! Program Name: Winamp Program Creator: Nullsoft Program Download: - Click Me -Many people know this program; it's considered to be one of the best media applications available! It's without a doubt my favorite application for playing music and videos under Windows. Rich in features, great speed, and customizable. Winamp comes in both a free and paid version. However, the good news to that is the free version has all of the features you'd need to play your music and videos! I'll go into what the paid version gives you later. Feature RichSpeed[/b] created by Microsoft. Anyways! The controls within Winamp react much quicker than they do in WMA and transitions are much smoother.[/ul] Library ControlCustomizationPaid vs. FreeSo there you have it, a review of Winamp! If you're not already using it I recommend you at least give it a try. Winamp definitely blows Windows Media Player out of the water.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:28:21 GMT
Webmaster Review, the December installment! This month's Webmaster Review will focus on content and how to display it. We all know that content is one of the most important aspects of your web site. Without great content you'll have a very low return rate. But, there's more to it than just having great content. You need to display it properly and in a way that people will retain their interest all the way through. For some people this is a difficult notion. It is also the falling out for a lot of webmasters. Paragraphs[/b]. You learned about them all throughout grade school, remember? You might be amazed by how much it helps your content by just using applying paragraphs. Going so far as indenting the first line of each paragraph by 5 to 8 spaces also works wonders. Most people read more text from books than anywhere else. Now, if you haven't seen a book in a while you ought to go and pick one up. Just open it up; it won't kill you. By doing so you'll notice how paragraphs are formed and formatted. It's a simple technique, but one that'll keep your readers at ease. [/ul] Sounds[/i] section. The interview is with a record company. How do you think the person will read the article? Well, if they're being influenced by the music then they'll likely read the interview with more anger than needed. The second reason is: it's distracting to most. More people find music in the background more distracting than not. Those that don't find it distracting will likely play their own music anyways.[/ul] Pictures and Embedding[/b] to sell in order for the authors to make money, make great use of pictures. Look through one right now and you'll see how pictures are placed into articles. Also take note of how they're embedded into the paragraphs. More often than not magazines format the text to flow around the pictures within the article. At the same time though it's done in a simple matter. You wouldn't want to confuse your readers and make them have to search for where the next sentence is after all. Embedding pictures and images that relate to the content of your web site will help maintain user interest. Allowing those visiting your web site to take a break and look at a picture that's in the paragraph they're reading helps refresh their mind. It'll also help visual learners remember what they're reading better. Though you should also remember that too many pictures can be a bad thing. If every paragraph contains a picture you run the risk of making the article/page look sloppy. That'll simply put people away from reading; that's certainly not what you're looking for! [/ul] Text FormattingI've only just barely touched on different things you should look out for when displaying content on your web site. I hope what I have mentioned helps you. You should definitely experiment with various ways of showing your content. Practice makes perfect... or at least damn near it.
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:29:13 GMT
Welcome to the first installment of the Web Service Review! This new article will run monthly and in each installment I'll review a web service that is active on the Internet. These services may be message boards, shoutboxes, guestbooks, ect.! So, lets carry on to the first... Name of Service: SayBox Service Type: Shoutbox - Remotely Hosted Service Web Site: - Click Me -SayBox is a free and remotely hosted shoutbox service. Owned by two awesome people, Renegade and Ron, SayBox has become one of the best services for shoutboxes. SayBoxes are full of features, very easy to use, and extremely customizable. Also, SayBox offers awesome support, downloads, and free signups! FeaturesCustomizationSupportOverall, SayBox is an admirable choice when you're looking for a shoutbox service. I would recommend them any day, without a doubt. Hopefully you enjoyed the first installment of Web Service Review! I'm always looking for suggestions on further services. So, if you have any, feel free to send me a PM!
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Post by urbancinderella on Dec 1, 2005 2:30:00 GMT
Another new and monthly article under the coding section! I bring to you, Linux-Corner, an article devoted solely to Linux! Various topics, all related to Linux, will be discussed during the installments of this article. You should have the idea now! This month's installment is about the Apache Web Server under Linux and some basic information about it. I know that most of the people that will end up reading this are native to Windows. So, due to that, getting used to the layout of Apache may take some time. Hopefully some of the below will help with that! Please note that all directories and system-specific details are based on the default and most common settings. You may find that the directories are under different locations on your PC. Configuration[/color] directory. In here you'll find all of the configuration files for Apache. Specifically check out /etc/httpd/conf/; it's in this directory that you'll find the httpd.conf file. This is the brain of the Linux configuration, just like under Windows. However, the layout is different; but like under Windows the commenting is plentiful and descriptive. You really ought to take some time to read through this file. Also, please direct your attention to the /etc/httpd/conf.d directory. In here you'll find individual configuration files for various modules. Perl, PHP, Python, Webalizer, SquirrelMail; those are just a few that I see when I open the directory. For most of your needs you'll find that these are all right to be left alone. If, however, you want to get into the nitty-gritty-details of your web server then looking through those configuration files isn't a bad idea.[/ul] Logs[/color]; and you'll find a nice surprise inside it! There are many, many, more logs stored by Linux than under Windows. Most will be completely useless to you, but who cares, logs are always interesting to look through! Note that the access logs are stored in such a fashion as: access_log.1, access_log.2, etc. Access_log.1 is the newest out of the bunch, with the last containing the oldest access logs. Lastly, note that most will find a symbolic link to the logs directory under the httpd directory. Get to /var/log/httpd/ in whichever fashion you like.[/ul] Modules[/color]. Like the logs directory, you may also find a symbolic link under /var/log/httpd/ as well.[/ul] Web Directory[/color]; however, there are directories under it which will need further explanation. /var/www/cgi-bin/ - This is your cgi-bin directory; no different than Windows. Like Windows you must serve your CGI files through this directory. However, it is possible to modify Apache to accept CGI files outside of it. /var/www/error/ - All error files (403, 404, etc.) are kept under this directory. I point this out because a lot of people enjoy modifying these pages. I would suggest looking into how to simply use your own though, for you may not want to modify the error pages on a global status. /var/www/html/ - Ah, the document directory! This is the directory that the world gets access to; all files are served from here (with exception to the cgi-bin of course). /var/www/icons/ - Fairly self-explanatory, the Apache icons are stored here. /var/www/manual/ - Lastly, the manual for Apache. This is extremely useful and I recommend seeing to it before posting support questions![/ul] Alright, that's pretty much it. Hopefully you now feel more comfortable with your Apache web server, if you weren't before! And, if you were, maybe I added insight to something you weren't sure of before. Either way, if you have any specific topics you'd like covered in a future edition, just send me a PM! Thanks.
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