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Change localhost to computer (domain) name

By eXtremer - Posted on January 26th, 2012
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Hello.

First of all I want to thank all the that made this Project, a very good "Project Management" software, good job.

Now about my issue, I receive notifications on my e-mail like this:

"View assigned task:
http://localhost:88/project/index.php?c=task&a=view_task&1327575167&id=8&active_project=2"

I need the computer name (domain name) to be instead of "localhost" how to change this ?

Thank you.

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Many options
Submitted by phpfreak on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 20:00.

1) Change the templates in applications/views/notifier
2) Change the function externalUrl in environment/functions/general.php
3) Change your web server settings such that $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] gives the name you want

Thanks for the reply, but can
Submitted by eXtremer on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 08:13.

Solved by changing the "ServerName" parameter in Apache (httpd.conf).

Good
Submitted by phpfreak on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 15:33.

You did option 3. I was not sure if you were in control of the web server.

Hosts file
Submitted by Winchester on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 01:12.

Hi,

If you're using a Windows computer, you can edit the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Note that the hosts file does not have a file ending. Just open it in Notepad and add the following in a new line:

127.0.0.1       Computer-Name

Now when you type Computer-Name in a web browser the site will show up. Others on the network should be able to surf your computer by LAN IP address only. If you want others to be able to surf your computer across the network, you will need a DNS server. You might be able to find a open source Windows based DNS server online.