DW CS5.5 Testing server setup - Help!!

Hi everyone,
Sorry if this is in the incorrect place for this error but I an having difficulties running a test server for php testing.
I am running MacBook Pro, Lion and have Xampp installed. DW CS5.5 Databases access via phpmyadmin works fine.
Ok so this is what I do:
1. Create a new site in DW CS5.5
     Under Site Tab:
          Site Name: test
          Local folder: desktop/test
2. Unser server tab:
          Basic tab
               Sever name: whatever.
               Connect with: local/network
               Server folder: placed in the htdocs/mysite
                    (Note: When creating the new folder in htdocs a pop up states that the folder is read only, so I am hoping its something to do with that)
               Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp
          Advance tab
               maintain sync info: Checked
               automatically upload on save: Checked
               Testing Server Model: PHP MySQL
          Save
               Remote: unchecked
                Testing: checked
          Save
3. Create new php file and open it, save it, making sure that the cursor is still flashing within the document.
4. Open the Databases tab
     Click the + and select MySQL Connection
          name: MyConnection
          mySQL server: localhost
          username: root
          password:
     Pressing select gives the following errors:
          HTTP 404 error MMHTTPDB.php does not exist
          Unidentified error
     Attempts:
          renaming Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/mysite/_mmServerScripts as thats where I found the MMHTPDB.php file. No avail
          changing local folder from desktop/test to htdocs/mysite. No Avail
Please could someone show me why DW is teasing me
thanks in advance

Hi SnakEyez02,
Thanks for that... I have updated the thread so that it works now
ANSWER
1. Create a new site in DW CS5.5
     Under Site Tab:
          Site Name: test
          Local folder: desktop/test
2. Unser server tab:
          Basic tab
               Sever name: whatever.
               Connect with: local/network
               Server folder: htdocs/xampp/mysite
               Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp/mysite
          Advance tab
               maintain sync info: Checked
               automatically upload on save: Checked
               Testing Server Model: PHP MySQL
          Save
               Remote: unchecked
                Testing: checked
          Save
3. Create new php file and open it, save it, making sure that the cursor is still flashing within the document.
4. Open the Databases tab
     Click the + and select MySQL Connection
          name: MyConnection
          mySQL server: localhost
          username: root
          password:
          select database/ table and press OK
Now at the top of the php doc press "discover"
THATS IT:)

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conn name: connLogin
mySQL server: localhost (do not use
http://)
username: root
password: mypassword
Database: login
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Solution to using Site Root with Sub-folders on Testing Server & Browser Previews

Hi Everyone
Have found an elegant solution when using Site Root relative linking for a website, that allows browser previews, even when the testing server uses sub-folders and the live code references just the server site root " / " of the live server and not the sub-folder structure of the testing server. This is really useful when you don't want to use document relative linking, which normally takes care of this problem in Dreamweaver.
The solution is to use sub-domains referencing the sub-folders on the testing server, so the sub-folders appear as the root of each website and the html code pointing to the site root works correctly on both testing & live servers without alteration.
Testing Server Setup
One testing server domain is used for all client development work:
For example: www.testingserver.com
On the testing server there are multiple sub-folder (one for each client website being developed):
For example: www.testingserver.com/clientA/ , www.testingserver.com/clientB/ , www.testingserver.com/clientC/
Live Server Setup
The site code needs to be developed with the final live server folder structure (url references) in mind:
For example: www.livesite.com (with all pages referencing the root of the live site server)
Page URLs on Testing & Live Servers
/page-name.html
Testing server url: www.testingserver.com/clientA/page-name.html
Live server url: www.livesite.com/page-name.html (without /clientA/ sub-folder)
Browser Previews Don't Work
You want to be able to run browser previews on the testing server while developing the website. To do this you normally have to reference the sub-folder structure of the testing server in the url for things to work right:
For example www.testingserver.com/clientA/page-name.html
What do you do, when you can't keep switching all the urls in the code from pointing to the sub-folder to pointing to the site root, and you don't want to use document relative linking?
One Solution - Sub-domains on Testing Server
In your domain hosting (outside of Dreamweaver) setup a sub-domain to point to the testing server sub-folder.
For example: Sub-domain clientA.testingserver.com points to www.testingserver.com/clientA (sub-folder)
So now when you reference the sub-domain it sees the sub-folder as the site root and all your problems are solved.
Dreamweaver Site Definition Setup
Site Definition under "Local Info"
Links relative to: Site Root
Site Definition under "Remote Info" (live server)
Access: FTP
FTP host: ftp.livesite.com
Host directory: /
Site Definition under "Testing Server"
Access: FTP
FTP host: clientA.testingserver.com
Host directory: /
URL prefix: http://clientA.testingserver.com
(location of the site's root folder on the testing server, the sub-domain redirection takes care of pointing to the sub-folder)
This is just one solution but it works well for me as it doesn't have any cost associated with it under our hosting package where you can have multiple sub-domains setup.
Hope this helps someone in a similar situation.
Aly

Just Google it, or run out and buy a copy of David Powers' Foundations Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax and PHP, a book that is never out of reach for me. He details the process explicitly for both Mac and PC.
For me, on W7, I edit the C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts file, and add the ip of my testing server along with the site alias -
192.168.1.82 site.local
Then I add this same designation to my httpd.conf file in Apache on the testing server. Finally I restart Apache.
Now from my production machine if I browse to "http://site.local", I get to see either the default file in the root of the site on the testing server, or a directory of the site on the testing server (my testing server is a unix box running on my LAN at that ip address). Furthermore, all of my root relative links now work as they would if the pages were being browsed from the live server.

Lost option to upload related files when using testing server.

I used to get a dialogue box when I was previewing files on my local machine using my localhost testing server setup. It was kind of annoying having to click yes every time. Last week I accidentally clicked the don't show this anymore box and now when I preview a site on my localhost related files and updated files are not uploaded. I have to manually upload the css, php, and any other related files to the testing server's folder.
I tried deleting preferences, re-installing Dreamweaver CS4, and everything else I can think of but I can't get this option back. Is there some way, other than using the same folder for the testing server and the site to avoid this problem?
Thanks.

Edit > Preferences > Site > Dependant Files > Check the box for "Prompt on Put or Check-in"
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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I've set up the *&*%$ testing server - now can I please add a recordset?

I run into this problem occasionally with DW. I set up an asp
site using aspVBscript. When I go to add server behaviors the
application box has the first two item s ticked (Create a site for
this file, and Choose a document type) but the third, "Set up the
site's testing server" is not, yet I have set up the testing server
(several times). It is the same testing server settings I use on
several of my other sites and they are fine. Why could DW be
insisting I have not set this up? I've tried closing down the app
and restarting, but it still thinks I have not entered the testing
server settings for the site and so won't let me add server
behaviors.
Anybody have any ideas why this is happening and what I could
do to fix?
BTW i'm using Dreamweaver CS3 on a windows XP pro SP2
machine. Windows 2003 IIS 6.0 server is where the site
resides.

What happens when you browse to
http://localhost?
What happens when you browse to your site prefix as specified
in the testing
server setup?
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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>I run into this problem occasionally with DW. I set up an
asp site using
> aspVBscript. When I go to add server behaviors the
application box has the
> first two item s ticked (Create a site for this file,
and Choose a
> document
> type) but the third, "Set up the site's testing server"
is not, yet I have
> set
> up the testing server (several times). It is the same
testing server
> settings I
> use on several of my other sites and they are fine. Why
could DW be
> insisting I
> have not set this up? I've tried closing down the app
and restarting, but
> it
> still thinks I have not entered the testing server
settings for the site
> and so
> won't let me add server behaviors.
>
> Anybody have any ideas why this is happening and what I
could do to fix?
>

How to see html code in a php file using CS5.5 without using testing server?

In CS5.5 when I open a page with php extention, DW does not show any html code in design view without me having to set up a testing server. In DW 8 it would open the same files and show me the html in design view. I have no need to test php code, I just need to alter the html. Is there a setting I can change to enable this in CS5.5? Thanks.

Below is the code. I discovered that if I create a new php document not from
a template, then I can see the html elements in design view. If I create a
new page from a template and save it as html, design view still works, but
if I save a new page from template and save it as php, I only see symbols
for php and nothing else in design view.
Thanks for your help on this.
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</div>
SSL
COT("images/cot.gif", "SC2", "none");
</html

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I have Coldfusion 8 installed on my hard drive and DWCS3
installed on an external hard drive hooked up to computer. I have
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server so that I can test my site it is asking for a HTTP address,
I have tried everything I can think of and tried pointing this
address to any folder that is related to my site can someone help
me please

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