Error 404 Mysql problem

Question

I created a database on my server through mysql and phpadmin
but when I try to set up a connection through DW8 I get error 404.
What am I supposed to be entering for these fields? Why am I geting
this error?

Answer 1

looksgood25 wrote:
> I created a database on my server through mysql and
phpadmin but when I try to
> set up a connection through DW8 I get error 404. What am
I supposed to be
> entering for these fields? Why am I geting this error?
HTML error 404 means that the page was not found. Dreamweaver
uses a
couple of files in a hidden folder called _mmServerScripts to
communicate with MySQL. You're getting that error message
because DW
can't find that folder.
When setting up the Testing folder in the site definition,
the testing
server folder must be in your web server's document root.
Also the URL
prefix must point to the same folder. Let's say your server
root is
C:\myserver_root\, if your site is in a subfolder called
mysite, you
need the following settings:
Testing server folder: C:\myserver_root\mysite\
URL prefix:
http://localhost/mysite/
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/