Remote and Testing Server Site Definitions

I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site definition info and testing server FTC Host directory
text boxes. My host placed 3 directories: database, log, and www on
my server and Dreamweaver placed two directories, Connections and
_mmServerScripts in the same directory as the above 3. I have
placed all of my site files, including my home page and folders in
the www directory and my Access database in the database directory.
Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the Connections folder an
d _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
In order to construct my local site to match the remote site,
I created a www folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML
files and supporting folders in it.
From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP host directory
Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new web
page on my local site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www directory inside of the one my host created on
the remote site and uploads the file to it instead of placing it in
the www directory my host created. Also, when I use F12 to test my
page in my browser I get a 404 page not found because Dreamweaver
placed a www in the page URL that shouldn’t be there and
after I remove it I’m able to see my page in my browser. My
URL prefix on my testing server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
What am I not doing right?
Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it blank?
Also, what should my URL prefix be?
Thanks for your help.

What you need to do is set up so that in the remote server
you point to the
www level on the server, and don't replicate this locally.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Jim_Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site
>definition
> info and testing server FTC Host directory text boxes.
My host placed 3
> directories: database, log, and www on my server and
Dreamweaver placed
> two
> directories, Connections and _mmServerScripts in the
same directory as the
> above 3. I have placed all of my site files, including
my home page and
> folders
> in the www directory and my Access database in the
database directory.
> Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the
Connections folder an d
> _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
>
> In order to construct my local site to match the remote
site, I created a
> www
> folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML files
and supporting
> folders
> in it.
>
> From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP
> host
> directory
> Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new
web page on my
> local
> site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www
> directory
> inside of the one my host created on the remote site and
uploads the file
> to it
> instead of placing it in the www directory my host
created. Also, when I
> use
> F12 to test my page in my browser I get a 404 page not
found because
> Dreamweaver placed a www in the page URL that shouldn?t
be there and after
> I
> remove it I?m able to see my page in my browser. My URL
prefix on my
> testing
> server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
>
> What am I not doing right?
> Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it
blank?
> Also, what should my URL prefix be?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>

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Hello,
I am just getting started using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with
ColdFusion because I wish to build a dynamic web site that links to
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Did you install ColdFusion Webserver?
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"BIOTECCONNECT2" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hello,
>
> I am just getting started using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
with ColdFusion
> because
> I wish to build a dynamic web site that links to the MS
Access 2000
> database I
> have built. Before I install my dynamic web site on a
web server I wish
> to
> build the web site on my Dell Dimension 8200 using
Windows XP Service Pack
> 2
> and 516 MB RAM so I can develop and test it on the same
computer.
>
> I created a folder on my hard drive
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MyLocalSite and in
> Dreamweaver Site Definition for MyLocalSite I provided
the URL
>
http://C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/MyLocalSite/
and clicked Next>. Then I selected
> that
> I did want to use a server technology and selected
ColdFusion and clicked
> Next>. Then I selected Edit and test locally (my
testing server is on
> this
> computer) and indicated C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MyLocalSite\
as to where on my
> computer I wanted to store my files and clicked
Next>. Then I
>
http://localhost/mylocalsite/
as the URL I would use to browse to the
> root of
> my site and clicked Next>. At this point I received
the following
> warning.
>
> The Site URL prefix [/mylocalsite] for the testing
server does not match
> the
> site URL prefix
> [/Inetpub/wwwroot/MyLocalSite] specified in HTTP Address
for the site.
> This
> may cause pages using site relative links to display
incorrectly at run
> time.
> Proceed anyway? So I clicked the Cancel button the
warning and clicked
> the
> Testing URL button on the Testing Files tab of the Site
Definition after
> which
> I received the following message.
>
> Dreamweaver cannot use the prefix you entered to display
live data.
> Please
> double-check your site configuration or click on Help
for more information
> on
> how to correct this problem. (HTTP Error: 1209)
>
> I?ve done all this and I am at a loss for how to proceed
from here. Any
> suggestions are most welcome!
>
> Dave
>
>

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