Web Sharing fix?

I have just discovered that web sharing has been removed from Mountain Lion.
I use it to test iPhone web apps over my local network. I found it was much faster, simpler and more secure to setup than having to test from an on-line server.
I use MAMP for its server features but would like to know how to reinstate web sharing without conflicting with MAMP.
Any help appreciated.
Christo
PS: Apple Inc., please reinstate the web server feature into Mac Os.

Web sharing is still there. It was only the button in system preferences that was removed. See my User Tip to re-enable it: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3083

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After receiving my shiny new imac with os x lion pre-installed, I was a little dismayed and confused when I went to System Preferences -> Internet and Wireless -> Sharing and attempted to check the Web Sharing. Every time I clicked this option I was told Web Sharing was starting but would then repeatedly fail and apache failed to start.
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org.apache.httpd: dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
org.apache.httpd: Referenced from: /usr/sbin/httpd
org.apache.httpd: Reason: image not found
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vim /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/httpd_2011-08-06-165030_localhost.crash (date and time bit will vary)
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Process:         httpd [2418]
Path:            /usr/sbin/httpd
Identifier:      httpd
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time:       2011-08-06 16:50:30.106 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511a)
Report Version: 9
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/sbin/httpd
Reason: image not found
Binary Images:
       0x1022f6000 -        0x102352fef httpd (??? - ???) <9D63FBFD-DD87-3DD5-AD1A-D8A79FEC3EE8> /usr/sbin/httpd
"/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/httpd_2011-08-06-165030_localhost.crash" 32L, 1469C
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=
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpq.5.3.dylib /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
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HTH people as it took me a while to find the correct solution online from:
http://www.azattis.com/2011/07/os-x-lion-postgresql-84-install-problem.html

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You seemed to have had a similar problem to what I now have and so wondered if you might be able to help me :-)
I have posted this as a new post as well but if anyone has five mins could they take a look - I would be very grateful. Here you go:
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-bash: cd/private/etc: No such file or directory
Stewart-Fergussons-iMac:~ stewartfergusson$ cd
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-bash: cd: prvate: No such file or directory
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-bash: cd: private: No such file or directory
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or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
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Stewart-Fergussons-iMac:etc stewartfergusson$
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