VirtualHostX 3.0 is Now Available

• Fixed: VirtualHostX will now restart Apple's built-in Apache on Lion automatically for you. This was the last remaning Lion bug. If you have any issues restarting Apache, please let me know via support@clickontyler.com.
• New: MAMP 2.0 compatibility. You may need to run the VirtualHostX "Setup Wizard" if your virtual hosts are not showing up in MAMP.

• Restores compatibility with PowerPC Macs

• Increased maximum width of sidebar to 350 pixels. This should make it easier for users with long domain names.
• Added a "Changelog" menu item under the "Help" menu. This will present a list of all changes since version 2.0.
• Changed "Contact Us" menu item to "Visit Website".

You can now create custom server recipes that let VirtualHostX work with alternative Apache servers such as Zend Server CE, BitNami, and Acquia Drupal just to name a few.

Additionally, you can export your server recipes and pass them along to other VirtualHostX users. For example, a manager might create a recipe for the Apache server used at work and then email it to their employees to easily install in their own copies of VirtualHostX.

Custom server support has been one of VHX's top feature requests for a long time. I'm excited it's finally here. To everyone who emailed over the last few years requesting it, thanks for your patience.

• Improved Bonjour sharing.
• Misc UI improvements.

• Fixed - Changed Bonjour (local network sharing) to use port 13000 and above. The previous 9000 range port numbers were causing conflicts with other system services.
• Fixed - Warning messages in the main window's status bar occasionally were clipped and not fully visible.
• Fixed - Added extra safeguards to make sure your /etc/hosts file is not overwritten when saving changes.

• NEW: Added Preference to sort hosts alphabetically.
• NEW: VirtualHostX now prompts you to save any unsaved changes when quitting the app.
• CHANGED: Removed "Invalid Permissions" warning pop-up. It was producing too many false positives and annoying too many users :-)
• CHANGED: When choosing a local path, the Open File dialog will start at the virtual host's current local path.
• FIXED: Resolved a bug where virtual hosts shared over the local network would have conflicting port numbers causing Apache to fail to start.
• FIXED: The Preferences window is no longer user resizable.

• You can now specify a custom IP address to resolve your virtual hosts to. This can be helpful for testing new domains against a live site prior to going live.
• VirtualHostX will now warn you if it detects your httpd.conf is not configured properly for virtual hosting. (The warning will appear in the lower right corner of the window.)
• "AllowOverride All" is now added to custom directory directives by default when creating a new virtual host.
• The "Web Server" menu now has commands to reveal your httpd.conf, httpd-vhost.conf, and hosts file in the Finder. It's just a quick way to open up those files if you ever need to do some manual tweaking.

• Users can now decide where to save their web server backup files.
• Added "Restart Apache" button to the toolbar by default.
• Added clickable help links throughout the interface.
• Made various UI tweaks to help color blind users.

• Users can now decide where to save their web server backup files.
• Added "Restart Apache" button to the toolbar by default.
• Added clickable help links throughout the interface.
• Made various UI tweaks to help color blind users.

Bug fixes

Better support for uncommon directory paths.

• Filtered hosts are written to config file properly.
• Toolbar automatically saves its configuration.
• Only one authorization dialog is shown when saving changes.
• Added new toolbar items for Restarting, Stopping, and Starting Apache.
• Document Root textfield is now editable to support symlinks.

• Added ability to specify an alternate port number.
• Fixed cut and paste in custom directives text box.

You can now add custom Apache directives to each virtual host.

Fixed a bug where the "Choose..." button might not be enabled.

Minor UI improvements.

• Added OpenFeedback to VHX. You can now send bug reports, feature requests, and ask for support from directly within VirtualHostX. Choose "Send Feedback" from the main menu.
• Fixed a bug where changes to DocumentRoot were not saved. (Thanks, Brian!)

• Improved MAMP support.

Improved Leopard compatibility.
Better MAMP support.
UI tweaks.

• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard support. (Thanks for the testing, Thomas!)
• Added "Enabled" switch for each virtual host.

• Initial MAMP support

• Friendlier label names
• Can now drag a license file onto the registration box to register.
• Can double-click a license file to register.