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customcables067
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May 17, 2017
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Live Preview not working, connecting to test server?

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I'm very new to Dreamweaver and trying to figure out what I messed up here. Randomly my live preview (for one one website) stopped working. It tries to connect to the test server, and whether or not the test server is available, the livepreview will not load. The test server is on the network, if it matters. Other websites (without test servers) use LivePreview just fine. Help? I'm using 2017.0.1.

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For future readers only: Problem solved, had the wrong root folders listed in Dw in site definitions.

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customcables067AuthorCorrect answer
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June 10, 2017

For future readers only: Problem solved, had the wrong root folders listed in Dw in site definitions.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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May 18, 2017

My local testing server is on my primary hard drive. Any my local files are in the default web directory in my testing server.  See screenshot.

I use a Linux/Apache server so adjust your server model as required.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    customcables067Author
    Inspiring
    May 18, 2017

    I must not be understanding something, thank you for the help. I am able to access by going to internaldomainnameheretest.com and it loads off the test server, so I'll just upload to the test server each time I need to see a change. Thanks for the help.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    May 18, 2017

    Well, if you have a remote testing server then you're not using a local one and therefore cannot preview locally. 

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Jon Fritz
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      Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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      May 18, 2017

      Live Preview is "a nice idea that's just not quite there yet" in my opinion. I have similar issues where it just doesn't work correctly at seemingly random times. I've never been able to consistently reproduce the problems I see, so it's not something I've spent any time trying to work through. It seems a little better in 2017.1 than it was in 2017.0.1 but it still needs some work.

      Personally, I just open my site on a test server through the browser or use the Open In Browser function Nancy points to. I'll make changes in DW and save, then refresh the browser.

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        customcables067Author
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        May 18, 2017

        Unfortunately, when I try this, it's still trying to connect to my test server, and eventually fails while opening the browser pointing to a 403 forbidden error (that looks like MS IIS). It is isolated to *one* website (the one with testing servers configured).

        Jon Fritz
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        Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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        May 18, 2017

        Is the testing server running?

        If so, is the site definition configured to use the correct server folder under Site > Manage Sites > Servers?

          Nancy OShea
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          Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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          May 17, 2017

          Use right-click on an open document tab to access the old Preview in Browser -- without Real-Time Preview.  See screenshot.

          Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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