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Dreamweaver/PHP

Asked by: hitcher_lt

Hi,
I have designed small website in DW using CSS and saved it as index.html. Then i decided to implement some PHP into my website. Renamed index.html to index.php accordingly changed settings in site definition. everythign seem to be ok untill i preview the site in web browser, by some reason it doesnt recognises CSS and the images are not loaded either. Maybe it is the wrong way of do in it in the first place? Is there any other way, to change html site to php by using same layout and CSS? hope somebody could help me with this.
P.S. i'm runing the site locally. i will have to connect the site to mySql database as well.
thanks

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by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 04:49:18ID: 16054603

it is better to name the file .php originally with DW.  It does a pretty good job of keeping up with site information, but it is no where near perfect for such.

Anyway, you say the images and the css no longer works?  how about the new php in the page?

I can only bet on the information given that DW has changed some of the paths for the images and the css in the index.php.   Look at the code and see if the paths are relitive (images/somthing.gif), or absolute .  

Also, since you have php, you must view the site through localhost and not just the folder!

Windows?
IIS?
PHP installed?
what is the URL of the page when you test it?

Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 05:24:47ID: 16054803

sorry, didint give u enough information on this.
i'm using win xp home edition
XAMPP server control panel v2.1 is intalled wich runs Apache, MySql, File Zilla, Mercury, PHP servers
DW 8

i have tested sample .php site and it works fine on the DW and browser preview.

on my site browser preview all the information is there except the images and that css is not applied.
checked paths to all images and they seem to be ok.

Local root folder: C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\ctg4\
Default images folder: C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\ctg4\assets\

URL Prefix: http://localhost/ctg4/index.php/
Testing server folder: C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\ctg4\

if there is anymore info i can provide please just shout

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 05:32:37ID: 16054853

Ill have to look into Xampp.  I am unfamiliar with it.

remove the "index.php" from the URL prefix.  that is wrong, but dont thing it would cause (these) problems.
also, DW preview browser is quirky with "LIVE" data, even though there isnt any any real live data there.
Have you tested in the brower?  http://localhost/ctg4

Unless the images and css are dynamically generated by php , I think this is a path problem. could you post the paths of a few of your images?



Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 05:43:21ID: 16054933

Anyway, you say the images and the css no longer works?  how about the new php in the page?

what do you mean by saying "...new php in the page"?

I'll try to give you an idea what kind of web site i'm working on. Its got page header on the top that contains banner image (which is missing in browser preview) then navigation bar with all the links on the left, contents area to the right of nav bar and a footer at the bottom of the page. what i'm trying to do is to implement some php code into the existing design.

can i actually copy and paste the php code into DW code window, would you be able to explain this in details how it works?

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 05:50:09ID: 16054982

brilliant!!!! that part works perfect all the css is back doing its job!

all i had to do is to remove index.php from URL prefix
so i presume that php server is working fine and site definition DW is correct.

how about inserting php code?

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 05:54:25ID: 16055013

if you dont have any php code on the page yet, you can test the php server like this

somewhere in the body of you page

<?php echo "this is a php test";?>
if this is displayed to the screen the php servers is working and you should be on your way..

alos, are the images working?

Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 06:16:02ID: 16055157

works perfect!!!

this is a fraction of html code:
    <div id="navBar">
  <div id="login">
    <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
      <label><span class="style2">User name:</span>
      <input name="user" type="text" id="user" size="15" />
        </label>
        <label><span class="style2">Password:</span>
     
      <input name="password" type="password" size="15" />
      </label>
        <input type="submit" name="Submit3" value="Submit" />
        <p><a href="#" class="style8">Forget your ID or password?</a>
    </form>
      </div>
             
  <div id="sectionLinks">
    <h4 class="style2" align="center">Find your car </h4>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="link1.html" target="_self">Search for a car </a></li>
      <li><a href="link2.html" target="_self">Search for Irish Dealers  </a></li>
      <li><a href="link3.html" target="_self">New user</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  </div>Link 3 </a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  </div>

i have the php code written for those links how do i implement it, how do i get php forms working via those links?

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 06:21:36ID: 16055204

"ihave the php code written for those links how do i implement it, how do i get php forms working via those links?"
?? implement php?
?? php forms?


more information about what you are now trying to do would help.

RocKman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 06:43:45ID: 16055389

what i'm trying to do is to get some php code working on my website. say when you click on "Search for a car" link on nav bar, in contents area i want to appear this form were you can select car model, year, color, engine type, fuel type and etc. and the php code for this form is already written by hand and saved as searchcar.php

so do i set the link to this php document in the nav bar or can i copy and paste searchcar.php code in to index.php somewhere in page body?

its kind of hard to explain in writing for me really but i hope this is a bit clearer to you now

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 06:55:35ID: 16055516

first off, a .php page can be used for a couple of different things,
1. it can be EXACTLY like a html page.  start with a<html> tag then html content then </html> . so really it is a HTML document that has a .php extension.  This is perfectly ok for the server and teh browser to handle.  the php extension just tells the PHP SERVER to read the page and see if there is any php code on it, if so, run it.
2. It can be only php code of instructions, without any html at all.  Kind of like a function.  the page doesnt show anything to the screen, really, but it does do something to the data passed to it.

SO, if the searchcar.php has html code in it (<html>..............), then pretty simple to just make the link on the index.html page to
<a href="searchcar.php">whatever</a>

this just takes the user to that page where they can search.

If it is ONLY php code that is used as instructions only, then you have a little bigger problem.  
That would deffinatly fall under a new question.

Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 07:16:25ID: 16055683

yeah i think i have a little bigger problem, cause forms written in php will have to interact with MySql database passing on and retrieving data... i'll post a new question for this...

before we go any further my last question: when i click on say "search a car" link i want to open php form in the same window in contents area of the page, the header, nav bar and the footer stays wherever they were changes only contents area where this php form appears. how do i do this? do i copy and paste php code into <div id="content"> PHP CODE </div>  should i use frames all together and link php form to open in a frame...?

i'm just getting more and more confused how to get this working...

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 07:28:16ID: 16055793

Frames are poor html codeing, they are horrible for search engines and navigation.

you should problably paste (some) of the php code in that content area of a NEW page.  the index page is will not work for what, (unless you do some good programming)

I would suggest reading up on some html codeing techiques, I think a better base for html would really help you here.
as for the mysql/php connection, you are getting into a whole new realm of codeing.  not just display to the screen, like html.  you are interacting with a db on the server and you must taking into consideration server-sde languages and client-side to get the operations accomplished correctly.

basilcly, on this searchcar.php page, there should be a form and a submit button, and depending on you you do it, you need a RESULTS page to display the results of the search.  Call it search_results.php.  That is the page that will do most of the work (in this example),

OR

if you wanted the form on the index page, then when you csubmit, the next searchcar.php would do the work (show results)
It REALLY just depends on what is on this searchcar.php page.  does it have a form? does itquery the database?  does it show the results?

It is possilbe to have it do all of them, but that kind of programming question is too broad for Experts-Exchange.  You would basicly be asking to teach you php and coding practices.

Good Luck

Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 08:43:14ID: 16056527

well, my situation is this that me and my mate working on this project. I am designing front end, he is coding middle part (PHP) and designing database  (MySql). My task is to hook all of this up in one working system, but this is probably a new question if it can be answered here at all...

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 08:45:36ID: 16056547

can it be done by using DW?

 

by: rockmansatticPosted on 2006-02-27 at 10:31:00ID: 16057390

Yes, but a lot of hand codeing will have to be done. DW cannot do complex tasks.  You can make a page to create form, then send resulds to a different page.  that is the simple method, but creates more pages.

Rockman

 

by: hitcher_ltPosted on 2006-02-27 at 10:37:46ID: 16057485

thanks for your help and patience, i'll sort this out somehow dont know yet how but i'll think of something I always do :))

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