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FeelingPrettyRed
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July 6, 2021
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live preview

  • July 6, 2021
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i can not veiw live priview in any broswer, i have safari and chrome, just every option for everything live view is greyed out, i cant seem to find anything online, and i am really beginner with dreamweaver/code coming from a WP background. any html or php i bring up just send me to a white screen, there is a info bar talking about dynamix content, when i try to retrive it it fails.... i have no idea why or whats happening, i import4d the site over ftp, its all there, i just cant see it on live? 

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2021

    If you set-up a local testing server, be sure to change DW Preferences to Static Browser Preview.  See screenshot.  In my experience, Localhost works better without interference from Real-Time Preview. 

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2021

    PHP code must be parsed by a server, either your live site server or a local testing environment. It also helps enormously to keep your local site folder inside your local testing server's default web directory.  See screenshots below.

     

    Wamp = www

    Xampp, Mamp = htdocs

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2021

    To preview PHP in CC versions of DW, you need to install and run a local testing server like XAMPP or MAMP. Here is some information on how to do that...

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/set-testing-server.html


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