TESTING SERVER ISSUES

I am new to dynamic site development. Am caught up in a very
basic issue. I am using XP Pro, IIS is working, am trying to set up
a ASPjavascript page. In "site definition", "testing files", my URL
is
http://localhost/test. "Test URL"
gives error "Dreamweaver cannot use the prefix you entered to
display live data Please double check your site configuration or
click Help for more information (HTTP error:12029)".
If I ignore this and complete the site definition, when I
make a new ASP javascript page, the Application Databases,
Bindings, Server behaviours etc don't work - "Set up the sites
testing server" is not checked
The IIS
http://localhost/ works fine. If i put
in a file in the test folder "index.html" and type in
http://localhost/test/index.html
, the page opens.
Details of the Site Definition settings are:
LOCAL INFO
Site : test
Local root folder : C:\inetpub\wwwroot\test\
Http address:
http://localhost/test/
TESTING SERVER
Server model :ASP javascript
Access : local/network
Testing server folder : c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test\
URL prefix :
http://localhost/test/
I've checked and re-checked IIS, Site definition settings.
I've been to as many forums as I could. I've un-installed and
re-installed dreamweaver - No luck.
I would greatly appreciate any help in resolving this issue.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
You posted a reply to my problem regarding the "testing
server". I did things as you'd told but am still stuck with the
same problem. I can open the index page in the internet explorer by
typing in
http://localhost/test/index.html.
My problem is that when trying to make a dynamic page in
ASPJavascript, the "bindings", "server behaviours" etc won't work
as the third step "set up sites testing server" remains
"unchecked". In the database if I check "use DSN on testing server"
I get an error message saying that 1)There is no testing server on
the server machine 2) The testing server specified does not map to
the
http://localhost/test/_mmserverscripts/MMHTTPBD.asp
URL. Verify prefix maps to the root of the site.
I am certain that the IIS is working as I can access the
local host on the internet explorer.
I feel that the whole issue revolves around when I am working
on the Site Definition and at "SiteDefinition"-"Basic"-TestingFiles
stage, when I click "TestURL" it gives the error message that
dreamweaver cannot use the prefix entered to display live data.
I have been trying everything , but haven't been able to
resolve this very basic issue.
I am grateful that you took time to reply earlier and I would
be even more grateful if you could help me here.
Thanks and best regards

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My response:
My response: I did what you asked and I am listed as an Administrator or do see Administrators there. Thank you for your response. Hopefully you can trouble shoot from what I have replied.
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Thanks,
Charles Newbury

On 10/14/07 10:18 AM, in article
[email protected], "Joe
Makowiec"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Charles
Newbury wrote:
>
>> Running DW 8, OS 10.4.10, Apache virtual testing
server with php
>> local site.
>>
>> I've Firefox and Safari as primary and secondary
browsers. When
>> working on a page, if I select 'preview in primary
browser', Firefox
>> opens the page with my virtual url...no problem.
Lately, some php
>> files will not open. Firefos give a dialog to open
the file in
>> default (DW) or save to disk. This is very
frustrating since one
>> file it does this to is a login page. Safari does
the same thing!
>
> What happens on the actual server?
>
>> I have select the file in question in the finder
(extension: ,php)
>> and through the Get Info and told Mac OS to open
this file with
>> Firefox and all .php extensions. Rebuilt prebinding
so all php files
>> in the Finder show a Firefox icon, but still neither
Firefox nor
>> Safari will open them. They don't recognize the
>>
>
> Are you sure that your local server is running? Also,
I'm no Mac
> maven, but I'm given to understand that the version of
Apache which
> comes installed on Macs is on the underpowered side, and
should be
> replaced with a version downloaded from somewhere?
True, I'm running Apache 1.3, but I'm leery of trying to
upgrade to a newer
version for fear of messing up everything that already works.
Had a real
headache getting MySQL 5, PHP 5 and phpMyAdmin all up and
running with DW 8.
Fortunately I had David Powers book that gave pretty much
idiot proof
instructions on how to install all this stuff. I'd never been
able to do it
left to my own devices. Another caveat is that my webhost,
like most, is
behind the upgrade curve: they run MySQL 4.1 and phpMyAdmin
2,8 so if I
upgrade too much there may be compatibility issues.
Another oddity, renaming that file from .php to .html
extension causes it
to open fine in Firefox and Safari. I don't think it's kosher
to keep it
that way since it does contain DW8's login php scripts.
Again, there's no
problem with other .php files.

FF not displaying page when URL is on a local test server

I have a WAMP test server on my Win laptop.
If I type in a url of an existing file on the test server using c://localhost/testserver/index.htm or c://wamp/www/testserver/index.htm, FF displays a blank page (with no source code). If I use a file name in the url (file:///c://.....) or double click the file on the test server, I get good code.
I'm testing with an html file (vs. a php file) just to take the php code out as a variable.
FF displays web pages on www just fine.
Tom

the easiest way to deal with security issues is to avoid them. if all files are on the same server, use relative urls.
otherwise, you may have to deal with security issues. whether you do or not, and if you do, how you deal with them, depends on what you're trying to do.
you may be able to use System properties but you may need cross-domain security files.

Changing the Testing Server

I have a MySql database on my Mac and I'm using Dreamweaver CS5 to generate dynamic content in PHP.
For the Site Definitions, I have Dreamweaver configured this way:
- Local Site Folder: users/bronzino1/mysite
- Testing Server Folder: Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite_test
- Testing Server Web URL: http://localhost/mysite_test
Here is what I am not understanding: Every time I go to test the live code on a page, it is saved to "mysite_test." If I just save the page without testing the live code, it gets saved to "mysite." I don't need two copies of every file on my machine, and I'm worried about what's going to happen when I try to test pages with pictures (which are all saved to "mysite" not "mysite_test").
Is there anyway to make my Local Site folder THE Testing Server Folder?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Elizabeth
PS - Did search the forum for an answer but I just found the same question, and some crickets.

Hmm, I guees it´s better if you´d post your issues in the regular Dreamweaver Application Development forum, because I fear I can´t be of help with this, as I´m using a Windows machine and am not familiar with how such things works on a Mac.
I´m also somewhat confused about the "It is a set location proximate to applications, rather than with the rest of my data" scenario you´re describing -- in my world the traditional scenario is this:
- the "Local Site Folder" is always an absolute path and points to, say, "C:\wampserver\htdocs\whateverfolder\"
- the "Testing Server Folder" points to the very same directory
- the "Testing Server Web URL" would normally be "http://localhost/whateverfolder/", but could be different in case you´re configured the Apache Server (and your System) to rather use Virtual Hosts
It seems as if you´re explicitely tell Dreamweaver to use different physical directories (mysite vs. mysite_test), and I don´t know if this is really supported at all.
Cheers,
Günter

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