Is this a Dreamweaver or Apache problem?

Question

Or maybe it's a problem with me??
I created a new site and everything proofs fine on my Apache server EXCEPT:
The .css file path for my left nav include file is: /Pyramid/css/pyramid1include.css      <link href="/Pyramid/css/pyramid1include.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
When I try to preview the include file, the css component isn't picked up. The Apache error log says:
[Wed May 19 16:25:48 2010] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Website development/Pyramid/css/images, referer: http://localhost/Pyramid/Include/leftnav.html
Somehow Apache thinks the path is: Pyramid/css/images  instead of Pyramid/css/pyramid1include.css which has been clearly specified.  There is no reference anywhere in the httpd.conf file to "images" and no reference in the stylesheet link to "images".
My .shtml files proof fine and the include file is in it's proper place except that it's messed up due to not having a stylesheet linked to it. I've even specifically linked it's stylesheet to the .shtml file in the head section but it doesn't make any difference.
Apache won't link the include .css, either when proofing the include alone or within an .shtml document. However, it does pick up the .css file for the .shtml document and they're both in the same folder! The one it likes is called: pyramid1.css and the one it changes the path on is called pyramid1include.css
No doubt I have made some greenhorn error, but would really appreciate any help. It's amazing to me that Apache would "invent" a completely non-existing path for that stylesheet! That path is not in my site anywhere.

Answer 1

I am also working through the book Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP/Training from the Source. The sample site went ok but now I am trying to set up a simple form for a newsletter sign up. I moved my site to a virtual host, and that seems to be the problem. Dreamweaver indicates I need to set up my testing server, although I have done that in the site definition.
Here is the error message when I click Live View from my index page.
Server Not Found
The page "http://deemsite2010/index.php" was not loaded because Dreamweaver could not find the server "deemsite2010". Please make sure you are connected to the internet and the server name is correct.
Above this message there is a yellow bar that says "An unknown error occurred while discovering dynamically related files. Retry." When I retry it doesn't work.
Here is my code from the vhosts.conf file:
<Directory C:/vhosts>
    order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot c:/xampp/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot c:/vhosts/deemsite2010
    ServerName deemsite2010
</VirtualHost>
I may have really messed this up as I have done it now mutliple times. Originally when I had the site in the c:xampp/htdocs/ location, I could get the form to work. Now when I try to connect the database, there is no check next to "3. set up the site's testing server"  and when I click that link and redo the testing server information, it remains unchecked. Moving on, the attempt to connect fails and I get this message:
HTTP Error Code 404 File Not Found. Here are some possible reasons for the problem:
1) There is no testing server running on the server machine.
2) The testing server specified for this site does not map to the http://deemsite2010/_mmServerScripts/MMHTTPDB.php URL. Verify that the URL Prefix maps to the root of the site.
How do I do that?
Thanks.