I have a website stored in a folder on my desktop PC which I'd like to host so that it's locally accessible in a browser at a URL like "127.0.0.0.1:82/welcome.html" (rather than its current file URL). I've already used a BitNami stack to host Moodle in a similar fashion and so I presume it can be done for more general webpages...
I've downloaded the WAMP stack and have been browsing various support guides and forum posts to try to understand how to establish a virtual host. I presume this is done with Apache? Is this method correct or am I wasting my time?
I'm currently working through these posts:
- http://bitnami.com/forums/forums/wampstack/topics/using-wampstack-with-virtualhosts
- http://www.stackarena.com/2012/07/creating-virtual-hosts-on-wamp-server/
- http://answers.bitnami.com/questions/9936/virtualhost-on-bitnami-wamp-stack-doesnt-work
- http://wiki.bitnami.com/Components/Apache#How_to_create_a_Virtual_Host.3f
I've not had much success thus far and at the back of my mind is the thought that my method is wrong. Could someone please simply confirm this will work and/or perhaps share some more direct advice?