Netpublish pages won’t load on Mac OS 10.8 or later

Description

I installed Netpublish Server on Mac OS 10.8 or 10.9, but no site pages will load.

Solution

Portfolio NetPublish Server on Mac OS X requires that the Apache web service (aka Web Sharing) to be started. Beginning with the desktop version of Mac OS 10.8, it is no longer possible to start Web Sharing from the Sharing preference pane.

In Mac OS 10.8 Server (or later), the Server.app gives you the ability to enable and configure the web service, as in previous versions of Mac OS X Server.

There are two ways to enable the Apache web service in the desktop version of Mac OS 10.8:

1. Terminal
   1. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
   2. Type sudo apachectl start and press Enter. This will start the web server for your current session
   3. To make the web server start every time your computer is restarted, type defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd Disabled -bool false and press Enter
   4. Quit Terminal
2. Web Sharing replacement preference pane
   • You can download and install a third-party, freeware preference pane simply named Web Sharing, from here.

Once Apache is started, your Netpublish site pages should load.