Mac OS X 10.3: Default Personal Web Sharing Page Not Advertised

Mac OS X 10.3 does not advertise the default Personal Web Sharing page, which is in English, over Rendezvous. Personal Web Sharing, which can be turned on in Sharing preferences, lets you share webpages on your local network and on the Internet.

Note: This document discusses an advanced topic.
Mac OS X 10.3 does not advertise the default Personal Web Sharing page over Rendezvous, which, for each account, is located at ~/Sites/index.html.

Although the webpage is not advertised over Rendezvous, you can still view it using the URL that appears in Sharing preferences (such as http://127.0.0.1/~accountname/).

If you change the default account webpage, it will be advertised after the computer restarts. You can then view it with the Rendezvous browser in Safari. Follow these steps:

Note: The computer's webpage (located at /Library/WebServer/Documents) is never advertised over Rendezvous.

Published Date: Oct 11, 2016