Archive for the ‘XAMPP’ Category

Elite Program: 7-Zip (Archiving / Zipping Program)

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Ever wanted a free alternative to WinZip / WinRar that was light-weight and non-intrusive? 7-Zip is an open source archiving utility that allows for users to create, modify, and browse common zip file formats, such as Zip, Tar, Rar, Tgz, 7z, and more.

We highly recommend it to any gamer who likes light weight applications that aren’t a pain to open, or constantly nag to say “I’m an evaluation, buy me, buy me!” We’ve thrown together a little video showing off 7-zip, how to install it, how to use it, etc. We hope you enjoy and try out 7-zip!
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PHP 101: Installing Apache with XAMPP for PHP

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

How to get started

So you want to be a web developer? Professional or as a hobby, PHP can be a fun experience. However, if you don’t know where to start off, it can be a total pain in the butt and a huge headache. We hope to help give people a good shove off into PHP programming world. However, we want to avoid technical jargon (words) and keep it easy for gamers to understand.

In this tutorial we will accomplish the following:

  1. Get a basic understanding of what PHP does.
  2. Install software (XAMPP) to run a personal web server on your own machine.
  3. Learn how to make simple script files and where to save them.
  4. How to view your website.

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Posted in Apache, PHP, Tutorials, XAMPP | 432 Comments »