Setting up Dreamweaver Site to test development?
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:23 am
Hi All,
I am using dreamweaver and have apache, php and mysql installed in order to help me develop my sites.
I'd like to be able to set up a testing server and at the moment have a folder G:\ApacheServer as my default server folder for PHP.
If I want to make a new site I add a folder to this path and start creating it inside that folder. Example: G:\ApacheServer\MySite.
What I'd like to be able to do though is create a folder that allows me to have a www folder inside that. Example: G:\ApacheServer\MySite\www\.
This way I can put my site files inside the www folder and any php files containing passwords outside the root folder like G:\ApacheServer\MySite\ folder in order to keep it secure.
How does one go about setting this up so that I can access files outside the www folder in dreamweaver. At the moment in the Edit Sites of dreamweaver under the Local Info tab I have G:\ApacheServer\mysite\www\ as the Local Root Folder.
The problem is that I only see inside this folder in the Site Files tab in dreamweaver and I cannot access any files in the G:\ApacheServer\mysite.
I hope I have made sense...i apologise if it sounds like gibberish as it is late. I'm interested in doing more developing and need to get into more standard practises but I'm not sure where to start.
Any pointers?
Brad
I am using dreamweaver and have apache, php and mysql installed in order to help me develop my sites.
I'd like to be able to set up a testing server and at the moment have a folder G:\ApacheServer as my default server folder for PHP.
If I want to make a new site I add a folder to this path and start creating it inside that folder. Example: G:\ApacheServer\MySite.
What I'd like to be able to do though is create a folder that allows me to have a www folder inside that. Example: G:\ApacheServer\MySite\www\.
This way I can put my site files inside the www folder and any php files containing passwords outside the root folder like G:\ApacheServer\MySite\ folder in order to keep it secure.
How does one go about setting this up so that I can access files outside the www folder in dreamweaver. At the moment in the Edit Sites of dreamweaver under the Local Info tab I have G:\ApacheServer\mysite\www\ as the Local Root Folder.
The problem is that I only see inside this folder in the Site Files tab in dreamweaver and I cannot access any files in the G:\ApacheServer\mysite.
I hope I have made sense...i apologise if it sounds like gibberish as it is late. I'm interested in doing more developing and need to get into more standard practises but I'm not sure where to start.
Any pointers?
Brad