URL prefix for testing server?

My site is hosted by Pair Networks, which uses MySQL and PHP
for dynamic content. The site has separate root URLs for the SSL
and non-SSL portions of the site, and I have two separate "sites"
in Dreamweaver to manage the content. But when I set up a database
connection on the SSL side, the connection only works if the SSL
site's testing server has the URL for the non-SSL site. How do
other Pair customers set up their Dreamweaver sites? Any
suggestions would be great.

Do you have the "User Secure FTP (SFTP) option" checked in
the Remote Site
Definition of the Secure site?
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"Carstonio" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> My site is hosted by Pair Networks, which uses MySQL and
PHP for dynamic
> content. The site has separate root URLs for the SSL and
non-SSL portions
> of
> the site, and I have two separate "sites" in Dreamweaver
to manage the
> content.
> But when I set up a database connection on the SSL side,
the connection
> only
> works if the SSL site's testing server has the URL for
the non-SSL site.
> How
> do other Pair customers set up their Dreamweaver sites?
Any suggestions
> would
> be great.
>

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Also - I tried to copy the installation of the software on
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"powlaz" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> The guy who developed our website recently disappeared
leaving me with the
> responsibility of making the minor changes we needt to
make. I only think
> this
> is relevant because I really have no business doing this
and I'm hoping
> that
> you all will help me through my issue and not tell me to
hire a
> professional.
>
> Anyway I installed Dreamweaver and IIS on my XP Pro
machine. I set up the
> remote server and downloaded (Get) the entire site onto
a network drive.
> I set
> the Local root folder to the location that I downloaded
the site. I set
> the
> Testing Server folder to the same location. Given my
experience I thought
> I
> would change/test in the local copy of the site and then
Put the changes
> up for
> the world to see.
>
> The URL Prefix for my Testing Server is:
http://localhost/.
>
> When I try to preview my changes I get a page can not be
found error. I
> believe this is because the local copy of my website is
not in the
> C:\Inetpub
> folder. Do I have to move it?
>
> Do I have to set up a Virtual Directory in IIS? Is it
right that I can't
> do
> this if my website is on a network drive?
> My website does not have a wwwroot page, does that
matter?
>
> I read IIS and Dreamweaver help files today and still
couldn't figure this
> out. Thanks for the help.
>
> Po
>
> Also - I tried to copy the installation of the software
on his computer
> but it
> doesn't work. I think he changed stuff and IIS isn't
even
> there.
>

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>
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>
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>
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