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kwcoffee1
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December 24, 2009
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Running and Developing from a Remote server

  • December 24, 2009
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Hi,

I purchased and installed a PHP/MYSQL app to run on a share hosting server. Now, I want to customized it for my needs. Althrough I created a local copy of the app on my workstation... I can only develop, or test the software on the remote server. So, I configured Dreamweaver Testing and Remote sites to point to the shared host server. The problem I'm having is if I tried to run the website index.php page in Dreamweaver's live browser, it connects to the remote test app... but it's not processing the same setup, as when I run it directly in IE. How can I setup the working environment to more fully incorporate the server experience ?

Thanks,
King

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Correct answer jon8

As david has said, no you can't do it that way, but there are other avenues you can take and still achieve your development goals.  i've had to develop asp websites remotely for years (when I was still doing it) because i'm on a mac, and still do this sometimes for clients that want working models in php/mysql with my own dedicated web server i have in a data center, and can connect to remote files and database connections for server behaviors very well to perform the work.  Simply have an ip address or temporary sub domain setup where you can publish the work for testing purposes, rather than use the live view features in dreamweaver.  frankly, i'd rather see my work in real world application software anyway. I hope that helped a little.

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jon8
jon8Correct answer
Inspiring
December 29, 2009

As david has said, no you can't do it that way, but there are other avenues you can take and still achieve your development goals.  i've had to develop asp websites remotely for years (when I was still doing it) because i'm on a mac, and still do this sometimes for clients that want working models in php/mysql with my own dedicated web server i have in a data center, and can connect to remote files and database connections for server behaviors very well to perform the work.  Simply have an ip address or temporary sub domain setup where you can publish the work for testing purposes, rather than use the live view features in dreamweaver.  frankly, i'd rather see my work in real world application software anyway. I hope that helped a little.

David_Powers
David_Powers
Inspiring
December 25, 2009

kwcoffee1 wrote:

How can I setup the working environment to more fully incorporate the server experience ?

You can't. Dreamweaver's Live View does not support PHP applications, such as WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal. You need to load the page into a browser to be able to view it.

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