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for example I debug my local website this way
Is there a program that would make a more convenient alias for it like for example
forcing my browser to use my local files and not the ones online?
Mohammad
Posted 2010-05-10T21:42:35.977
Reputation: 375
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I find 'localhost' easier to type, fewer keystrokes! It gives you a chance to imagine life before TLDs!
To accomplish what you're asking, you can add a line to your Hosts file like:
127.0.0.1 example.com
This would skip DNS lookup for example.com and go straight to your local IP. For the location of the Hosts file on your system, check out the corresponding Wikipedia article.
Neil
Posted 2010-05-10T21:42:35.977
Reputation: 415
1Not to be too picky, but if he is running multiple local sites this would require some apache configuration, too. – Benjamin Bannier – 2010-05-10T22:38:08.557
I am actually, how would one do that? – Mohammad – 2010-05-11T10:43:08.907
i just found this answer http://superuser.com/questions/81707/how-to-create-a-fake-hostname-in-windows
– Mohammad – 2010-05-11T10:47:59.470
1Think about local hosts entries. – Ice – 2010-05-10T21:46:34.000