part 3 of 5:

• Running an Apache Server
• Installing SQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin
• Creating a WebDAV folder
• Syncing your Calendars
• Remote Access to your Server

Step 3: Creating a WebDAV folder

The internet was never intended to be a read-only format; the idea was always to connect together read and write capabilities. WebDAV recaptures that original intent. It’s a way of creating a folder on your server that can be connected to by others, and will appear on their desktop like a regular drive. If you’ve used .mac before, you know basically how this idea works.

If you want to check it out, I’ve set up a WebDAV folder on the home server that you can mess with. If you’re using OSX, in the finder menu, under the “Go” menu, select “connect to server” (apple+K is the shortcut). Here are the server details:

http://houseoflee.homeip.net/idisk

login: testbot
password: testbot

So how did I do it? By following this loverly tutorial. A word of warning - don’t get all fancy with the name of the folder. They suggest using “dav” as the folder name, and it’s a good idea. The snippet of code that they have you copy into your apache config file assumes that the folder is named “dav”, so unless you want to get all hackity hackity with that, leave it be.

Tutorial: Creating a WebDAV folder

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