An Intranet on your Mac - Wazza's Web Stuff

1. Pre-requisites - HardwareYou need a Macintosh computer. <strong>An</strong>y Macintosh computer with MacOS X installed will be suitable for use as a school <strong>Intranet</strong> server.If you already have a “spare” Mac, then your <strong>Intranet</strong> will cost youalmost nothing, other than your time to set it up.If you don’t have a Macintosh computer, you can find a suitablemachine on eBay for anything from $50 to $500. Even the older“Indigo” iMacs will suffice for this purpose. A basic Mac will do the job -so long as it has a functioning Ethernet port.As always, newer is better - and more RAM is a good thing.2. Pre-requisites - SoftwareThese notes describe the <strong>Intranet</strong> setup process using Mac OS X 10.6,though all previous versions of Mac OS X are similar to setup for websharing, with only minor variations in the GUI between some versions.These notes also describe how to create an <strong>Intranet</strong> site using iWeb -part of iLife. Again, there are various versions of iLife, with somedifferences between them.These notes are written using iLife ’09. This is not essential, and earlierversions of iLife, or other web publishing software can also be used tocreate and publish your site. However iWeb is very easy to use, andcan be purchased relatively cheaply.Wazza’s QuickStart - A School <strong>Intranet</strong> on any Mac. 2