Windows server: How to test device-specific themes, via WAMP localhost

Windows server: How to test device-specific themes, via WAMP localhost

by David Wallace -
Number of replies: 1

Hi,

I've pulled the latest stable MOODLE_21_STABLE branch to my WAMP server localhost location, all installed and configured successfully. I'm poking around theming now, and would like to test out device-specific themes.

Stackoverflow helped me connect to my localhost via iPhone Safari and Android Chrome successfully, I can navigate the various project locations I have - all works wonderfully.

Next, I tried to access my Moodle install via Safari (URL for reference: http://192.168.123.135/moodle/moodle2/htdocs/course/view.php?id=2) , but Safari prompts an error:

"Cannot Open Page. Safari cannot open the page because it could not connect to the server."

The page beneath the prompt reads:

"Incorrect access detected, this server may be accessed only through 'http://localhost/moodle/moodle212/htdocs' address, sorry. Please notify server administrator."

Two things to note:

  1. Safari re-writes the IP address portion of the URL to 'localhost'  for the failed Moodle URLs I've been trying to enter, when it prompts the error. My own project URLs keep their IP portion.
  2. The above 'suggested' address in the page error also delivers the same error message again.

I feel like I'm inches away from awesomeness here, does anyone have any advice/ideas as to how I can access my Moodle install on a WAMP localhost (or similar), when browsing via device?

 

thanks, d

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Re: Windows server: How to test device-specific themes, via WAMP localhost

by David Wallace -

Solution now at Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9304188/how-to-access-parts-of-localhost-with-device/9320537#9320537

Need to update Apache httpd.conf ServerName to:

'http://192.168.123.135:80'

And also Moodle config.php to:

$CFG->wwwroot   = 'http://192.168.123.135/YOUR_MOODLE_PATH';

 

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