Get HostAdmin

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Chrome Port on Github

https://github.com/tg123/chrome-hostadmin

Introduction

HostAdmin is a Firefox Addon , that helps you modify the Hosts file , switch domain-ip mapping. HostAdmin can understand your Hosts file via a enhanced Hosts file syntax.

In additional, HostAdmin refresh your DNS cache automaticlly whenever you change your Hosts file, even manually.

How HostAdmin analyze the Hosts file

Common

IP DOMAIN #COMMENT
127.0.0.1       localhost #comment here

when comment is 'hide' (case-insensitive), that line would not display in menu.

Grouping

#==== Project 1
#127.0.0.1       localhost1
127.0.0.1       localhost2
127.0.0.1       localhost3
#====

#==== Project 2
#127.0.0.1       localhost1
#127.0.0.1       localhost2
#127.0.0.1       localhost3
#====

Syntax detail http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/HOST_SYNTAX

Switching Hosts using HostAdmin

WRITE access to Hosts is need by switching Hosts directly using HostAdmin XP users need NO additional setting Here is a guide for you to gain write privilege for Vista/7/Linux/MacOS users http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/GAIN_HOSTS_WRITE_PERM

Switch Hosts Manually

You may need to switch between Host by editing the Hosts file manually As soon as you had done HostAdmin would update DNS immediately

Guide

HOWTO use HostAdmin Firefox addon for website development by hswong3i