David Brugge
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Dreamweaver 8 testing server setup
I'm stumped when trying to set up a testing server for a simple web site.
I want to use PHP to run a calendar of events otherwise everything would be strict html.
My local sever address is C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma in\ which is what I entered in the testing server field. This is also the physical location of my Dreamweaver files.
For my image folder I have C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma in\ images\
For local URL, I put http://localhost/MyDomain/
When I test the page, everything is fine except the images. The CSS and JavaScript load alright.
Checking the code in the browser, the images are being called from localhost/images.
I have played with changing the relative path setting from Relative to Site Root and back without any effect.
What am I overlooking?
I get a warning dialogue saying that this is not the same URL as the local server. But I don't know what else to use.
When I test the page, all of the
I want to use PHP to run a calendar of events otherwise everything would be strict html.
My local sever address is C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma
For my image folder I have C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma
For local URL, I put http://localhost/MyDomain/
When I test the page, everything is fine except the images. The CSS and JavaScript load alright.
Checking the code in the browser, the images are being called from localhost/images.
I have played with changing the relative path setting from Relative to Site Root and back without any effect.
What am I overlooking?
I get a warning dialogue saying that this is not the same URL as the local server. But I don't know what else to use.
When I test the page, all of the
Have you tried using the same value in the testing and local server address as in replace C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma in\ with http://localhost/MyDomain/ since they are in the same place?
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I'm stumped when trying to set up a testing server for a simple web site.
I want to use PHP to run a calendar of events otherwise everything would be strict html.
My local sever address is C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma
For my image folder I have C:\Apache2.2\htdocs\MyDoma
For local URL, I put http://localhost/MyDomain/
I get a warning dialogue saying that this is not the same URL as the local server. But I don't know what else to use.
When I test the page, everything is fine except the images. The CSS and JavaScript load alright.
Checking the code in the browser, the images are being called from localhost/images.
I have played with changing the relative path setting from Relative to Site Root and back without any effect.
What am I overlooking?
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