Re: help getting help - Re-> the best way.

[Fred Koschara <wf...@L5Development.com>]

At 01:31 AM 12/31/01 -0700, justken <ju...@rogers.com> wrote:
>my 2 cents. actaully - it's about 5 bucks worth here, but hey! if you 
>don't have time to read, skip the explanations...
>
>i'm a novice user of apache and have managed to figure it out, at least 
>how to get it to do most of what i need it for, primarily from the docs it 
>ships with. although hours spent studying the very well commented .conf 
>file have been most helpful - and of course good old trial and error in 
>the end.

It's obvious from your message that you're working your way through 
learning Apache - a respectable undertaking.  I also understand you're not 
anxious to put down a considerable amount of cash for a book that might not 
be as much help as you need.  However, I will again recommend the 
_Apache_Server_Bible_ by Mohammed J. Kabir, published by IDG Books.  The 
section about the config. files is a bit out of date, since Apache is now 
recommending that everything be kept in the httpd.conf file, rather than 
the 3 it used to be in, but if you just think of his descriptions as 
different parts of the same file, it works just fine.  In addition, he does 
a good job of explaining about virtual hosts, including touching on the 
all-important sendmail setup - but that's a whole 'nother can of 
worms...  I've found the book indispensible, and expect it will continue to 
be a great resource, since it also covers topics like server load 
splitting, something *every* aspiring webmaster hopes to have to deal with, 
I think:  Don't we all want that much traffic on our sites?

In time, online documentation will improve, but you should also remember 
that in the end, a book is a lot easier to carry into the bathroom than 
your 'net connection.  (though even this will come to pass...)

-- Fred Koschara, President
    L5 Development Group

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