phpwcms Support Forum

hi guys,
here's a Q 4 U.
Is it possible to have an entire phpwcms site run from CDrom?

I think mysql can be run from CDrom
can php?
can phpwcms?

I was hoping to be able to distribute my site (as it is really a cv) via CD.
if not then does anyone have any suguestions for a good/quick way to rip the entire site (post processed pages) to run from a CDrom?

As you need to write at least session data somewhere to, I don't think that phpwcms itself can be run from CD, but for the rest, I think this must be possible to make a complete WAMP-environment, include your CV and burn it on CD. I have not tested this, but I don't see a reason why this should not work...

Why don't you just try to burn your local WAMP?

log on your msn if you need help

thanks J, what is a WAMP is it like a VAMPire with a speak impedement
I don't want to log on F, you smell

lol, pSuper ! WAMP stands for "Windows Apache Mysql PHP/Perl" and it's a ready-to-use environment that is e.g. provided by the Apache Friends.

pSouper wrote:I don't want to log on F, you smell

If you can handle the smell I can´t help, sorry

I still vote for UniServer

BTW Frold, look at it from a philosophical viewpoint: Better to smell than to stink!

thanks AC, this is the first website in english that has left me feeling like a forigner in a forign land. I read through it all and have no real idea what it is exactly.
is it a one-stop webserver that can be installed in a click?
or is it a wrapper for php/sql sites so that they don't need instalation or net connection?
or is it... nope I'm stuck now

ps: I'm geussing I could save every page individually but this could take a while and is subject to being out dated everyday - are ther eany apps out there that would automate this for me?

Well, the UniServer is a really simple Apache installation, yes - as a matter of fact, it requires no installation at all and is thus superb for having a complete webserver with sites and all on t.ex. a USB stick. I'm no master at handling an apache/mysql myself yet, but I don't imagine it taking much setting up to get its temp folders running off the C-drive automatically - so I imagine it's possible to have it on a CD.

I don't have much trust in such site-ripoff-programs, but they most certainly exist - I've used one called Black Widow, but there are many. Try googling for webspiders or offline browsers. I know tucows has a section for it.

thanks AK, will look into both sugestions further

Well, do tell if you need assistance with the UniServer, that's my thing hehe... can't be too hard to change that couple of config files to use C instead.

it may be a day or two before I start on this bit though.

[quote="AlleyKat"]Well, do tell if you need assistance with the UniServer, that's [i]my[/i] thing hehe... can't be too hard to change that couple of config files to use C instead.[/quote]

I'm trying to get UniServer 3.2a running from a CD ROM. It works okay from a hard drive. Any helpful pointers to exactly which config entries need to change? I already changed the log and error files in httpd.conf to point to a Windows temp directory. That got rid of "access denied" messages, but Apache is still not staying up. I don't see any error logs in the temp directory, so I'm not sure where to look for the problem.

Any helpful hints would be appreciated. Thanks.

sorry dude : I never got it working either - i eventualy used an application to rip my entire site as flat files then burned it to cd and used an auto-boot script to run the site on disk entry

It worked a dream for me but I had no real need for dynamic content.
I also have to hide a few pages of the site such as random pictures and slideshows as thay would simply not translate to flat files