Freemind, Apache, IIS 7.0

Recently, I moved my website away from Apache running on Windows XP Professional, to a slightly higher powered Windows Server 2008, using IIS 7.0. Unfortunately, the switch to IIS 7.0 was not an easy one in the least. Apache was a little difficult to pick up originally, but at least almost ALL of the configurations were stored in a central text file that could be easily edited, and was highly configurable. As well, you installed Apache, (and PHP 5) added extensions in the httpd file, repointed the home directory, and a few other minor configurations (.htaccess for example) and it just worked. With IIS 7.0, that is another story. Attached is a picture of the error I get whenever I try and load a mindmap.

If anyone knows what the problem is, feel free to comment. This next picture is how the Mindmap is supposed to look.
In IIS 7.0, I added a MIME type for .mm files "application/freemind" (I think), which had no effect as well. When I edit the .html file to point to the mindmap as a local path, and open the mindmap on the local machine, everything works fine.

In the end, I was forced to install Apache and IIS 7.0 on the same machine, and use Apache for that site, and IIS 7.0 for my sharepoint site.

I am hoping that in the near future mindmaps will be able to be edited entirely online. This will allow for easy viewing and editing from any web browser, using the power of Java. I am currently looking into publishing Freemind on my Remote Apps Terminal server, which will allow me to connect via a web browser, run the remote app, edit the map, and save it again. Certainly not the ideal solution, but it is a solution that works.

Freemind

I decided to avoid homework until spring break, which is occurring next week, so I'm starting spring break tonight! It's exciting, but won't last that long, as I will be heading over to Seminary (internship) to create a network map in Visio and start working on securing the network, which is my capstone project.

However, since I have the time, I started creating my life mindmap, using Freemind. Freemind can quickly and effectively create excellent beginner mindmaps, and has an easy learning curve for beginning. However, I still need to look into some of the advanced features, such as graphic integration and others.
However, once I noticed that the freemind browser which allows you to view your *.mm files (freemind files) in a web browser, I was caught up in that project. I quickly installed apache web server (and got a dynamic DNS account) on my server and set it up so that I could view my freemind files using either the flash method or the java applet method.
I come to find out (after fooling around with changing a template html file, and adding the java applet) that the newest beta version of Freemind allows you to directly export your mindmaps as java applets (and I think flash files as well). I will be using the USB version of that from now on, to make it easier.

Come to find out, I REALLY want to be able to edit these mindmaps from a browser interface, just to simplify things. However, I haven't discovered a way to do that yet. It won't be too much of a hassle to edit the file manually (the web server's root dir is on a shared directory on a VPN) but I want to feel cool and edit it from anywhere. Feel free to comment if you know how to edit the mindmaps from a browser interface.

That has been keeping me busy last night and tonight!