Php preview in browser

I am trying to preview .php files. When I pick Firefox
everything is displayed fine. When I pick IE a dialogue box pops up
asking weather I want to open or save the file. Any help would be
very appreciated.

> dialogue box pops up asking weather I want to open or
> save the file.
have you installed a local testing server on your computer?
then entered that info into this site's site
definition->testing server?
If when you F12 the url in the address bar of firefox starts
with file:///
you are looking at the file directly from the hard drive.
if the url in the address bar starts with
http://localhost/ then it's using
a local web server.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
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sabren

Have you defined a testing server? What is not working for
you?
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>I can't use the function preview in browser with my new
updated php
>website.
> The feature worked on the html static website but does
not work with the
> php
> site.
> How can I preview how the pages appear with other
browsers
> sabren
>

Error message with Preview in Browser

When I click on "Preview in Browser" in
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Why is it
> trying to create a page on our server and not on my hard
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So I hope this isn't something incredibly simple that I'm overlooking, but...
I recently upgraded to CS4 fro CS3 (on a Mac). I have an XSL file to transform some XML for use in InDesign. In CS3, I could open the XSL file, specify the XML file in the bindings panel, then preview in browser to get the transformed XML. So I opened CS4 and followed the same steps, but when I ask Dreamweaver to preview in browser, nothing happens. I've specified Firefox as my primary browser and Safari as secondary, but neither does anything. What am I missing here?
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University of Alaska Fairbanks

Are you using your local computer to test the XSLT document? If so, do you have a web server running with PHP on your local server? DW uses server side scripting to display the XSLT document so if you cannot execute PHP nothing will show up.

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Everytime I try to do the Preview in Browser using
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To preview pages with server scripting, you have to set up a
testing server
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"ddrennan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have been recasting our website using files with a php
suffix, but they
>won't
> 'preview in browser'. I get a '404' message that says it
cannot locate
> the
> files. However, if I use the same files, unchanged but
with an 'htm'
> suffix,
> they do preview in browser. Is it impossible to preview
php files in
> browser,
> or is there some simple elegant solution to,that?
>

Preview in Browser - IE not working

Whenever I click on preview in browser - IE, it doesn't work.
I've tried pasting the link into IE, but it gives me the prompt to
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I have only had the program loaded since Saturday and it
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"VirtualKelly" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Whenever I click on preview in browser - IE, it doesn't
work. I've tried
> pasting the link into IE, but it gives me the prompt to
open/save/cancel.
> When
> I click open, it goes back to DW window. This is the
only browser I am
> having
> difficulty with.
>
> I have only had the program loaded since Saturday and it
worked
> sporadically
> then, but now, nothing.
>
> I haven't had any IE updates or window updates.
>
> Regards.
>

Dreamweaver CC: Preview in Browser Not Working

I am new to Dreamweaver CC, but I've used other versions of Dreamweaver extensively.
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Is it running?
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Servers: Basic Tab
Servers: Advanced tab
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Macintosh HD:Library:WebServer:Documents:BambooJewelry:
the http: address is set to
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make sure you're not overriding that rule somewhere else in
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CS4, XSL won't preview in browser

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Preview in Browser - All I see is code

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help. I am running
Dreamweaver 8.02 on a Mac. The Mac was recently upgraded to Mac OS
X 10.4.9. I maintain a site that is predominately php pages. The
first time i updated a page after the Mac OS upgrade, when i go to
preview in browser all i see is code. I have searched the forums
and the internet and can't seem to find an answer.
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(this is how it has been for over a year and it was fine before the
upgrade) It happens in all my browser. When i use firefox and go to
open file and open the file in my localhost directory it works
fine. When i drag that file to the browse it works fine. Only when
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the preveiw with the temp file also and all it shows is the code.
This is the address that shows only code:
http://localhost/CPGMOTORSPORTS/driverinfo.php
This is the address that works when I do a 'file open' from
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On 18 Jun 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver, debecc wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone could help. I am running
Dreamweaver 8.02
> on a Mac. The Mac was recently upgraded to Mac OS X
10.4.9. I
> maintain a site that is predominately php pages. The
first time i
> updated a page after the Mac OS upgrade, when i go to
preview in
> browser all i see is code. I have searched the forums
and the
> internet and can't seem to find an answer.
> I have the url setting in site manager to
>
http://localhost/CPGMOTORSPORTS/
> (this is how it has been for over a year and it was fine
before the
> upgrade) It happens in all my browser. When i use
firefox and go to
> open file and open the file in my localhost directory it
works fine.
> When i drag that file to the browse it works fine. Only
when I go
> thru the Preview in Browser do i have a problem. I have
tried the
> preveiw with the temp file also and all it shows is the
code.
>
> This is the address that shows only code:
>
http://localhost/CPGMOTORSPORTS/driverinfo.php
It may mean that Apache is not running since the upgrade.
Check your OS
X documentation for how to check on status and how to turn it
back on.
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php

Preview in Browser, One Server, Multiple Domains

I work for a company that provides both web design and hosting services. All of our clients' sites are in sub directories of our /web/ directory on the server but their web addresses are set up as subdomains (clientname.mycompany.com). How can I make "Preview in Browser" work with this setup?
Right now, it tries to take me to the Web URL that I have set in "Servers" in DW, followed by the internal server path of the file.
What I need, is to have "Preview in Browser" open up something like;
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Also, is it possible to "Preview in Browser" while working on a CSS file? For example, if I am working on /root/css/style.css and I press F12, Firefox would open up clientname.mycompany.com:port/index.php instead of dw_web_url/root/css/style.css
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I used the 'preview in browser' function as always in my development. After setting up the PHP page and attempting to preview it, it established a new connection to the local server and it asked to 'put' the files to that test server which I did. Everything worked ok, but when I went back to work on regular HTML pages, and preview, it tries to use the test server.
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Is there a way to tell the 'preview' function where to look, so it doesn't activate the test server and just loads the original HTML files like it used to?
Or do I just need to define/relocate both the test server and my site to the same location?
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Question:
Is there a way to tell the 'preview' function where to look, so it doesn't activate the test server and just loads the original HTML files like it used to?
If your site has a Testing Server defined, then all previews will be directed to the Testing Server, including those that may not require a Testing Server.
Or do I just need to define/relocate both the test server and my site to the same location?
That's usually the best way - altough it's not required. You just have to make sure that any files you need to make your preview work are also uploaded to the Testing Server.

Preview In Browser Not Working With Safari 3.0 On Mac

When using the "Preview in Browser" command from DW CS3, the
file address information is incorrect when previewed in Safari 3.0.
I don't recall this being a problem before I updated my Mac to
Tiger. Anyone else had any problems with this?
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cloud9indusrties

If the address information is incorrect you should double
check your paths. Also, consider using the computer's IP address if
you can as opposed to the localhost address. All you would need to
make that work is to just turn on Web Sharing in the preferences
(this turns on Apache web server). I have found this to be a much
more reliable method on the Mac.
Also, please make sure, if you have not already done so, that
Safari is the latest version (meaning the final release and not the
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When previewed in browser or on the server the path of my web site repeats folders. However the "href" in the html code does not show the repetition in the path.

If someone could help me on this one, this would be great. I am creating a web site that has several departments. I have categorized and saved each department in a main folder called "departments" and a subfolder for each one. In the Dreamweaver code view the pop-up menu links seem to show up properly, but when I preview in browser or upload to server "page not found" comes up because for some reason the address changes. Some parts of the address seem to be appearing twice, sometimes the entire path will appear twice as shown below:
http://www.graphicmechanic.com/DEKALBCOUNTY/departments/parks-and-recreation/departments/p arks-and-recreation/pr-arabiamtn-map.html
that is incorrect and it takes me to "web page cannot be found".
It is obviously repeating the folders (hence the "departments/parks-and-recreation" twice. The correct link is:
http://www.graphicmechanic.com/DEKALBCOUNTY/departments/parks-and-recreation/pr-arabiamtn- map.html
The link issues are happening in the pop-up menu. For example if you go to http://www.graphicmechanic.com/DEKALBCOUNTY/departments/parks-and-recreation/pr-arabiamtn. html and rollover the link called "Arabia Mountain" in the links to the left side of the page, then click the pop-up menu link entitled "Arabia Mountain Map" that's where the problem occurs.
Can anyone tell me how I can fix this problem. I don't know what I should do with the code since it already appears correct in html view.
Please help if you can...
Thanks in advance for any possible help you can provide...

XonoBoom wrote:
It is obviously repeating the folders (hence the "departments/parks-and-recreation" twice. The correct link is:
http://www.graphicmechanic.com/DEKALBCOUNTY/departments/parks-and-recreation/pr- arabiamtn-map.html
The link issues are happening in the pop-up menu.
This problem usually happens when the menu is either a server-side include or a library item using links relative to the document. When you reference a page at a different level of the folder hierarchy, the document-relative links no longer point to the correct destination.
Change the links in the menu to be relative to the site root.
A document-relative link usually looks like this:
<a href="../products/index.html">Products</a>
A link relative to the site root begins with a forward slash like this:
<a href="/products/index.html">Products</a>

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