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Anonymous
August 25, 2009
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The Nature of the Test Server

  • August 25, 2009
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QUESTION:  Using Dreamweaver is it possible to maintain one's test server on a machine different from the the one that contains one's local folder, if both machines are on the same local network?

BACKGROUND:  When I first decided to create a dynamic web application I believed that it was necessary to keep an identical set of files in three different locations -- the local folder, the remote folder, and the folder of the test server.  As I plod through the reading, however, I am beginning to believe that the test server is little more than a set of applications that uses the local folder to produce dynamic pages before they are sent to the remote folder.

Roddy

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bregent
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August 25, 2009

You can have 3 distinct locations for local, remote and testing servers but you don't need to. The testing server can be the same location as your local or remote servers. Many people actually don't run a local server and use the remote as the testing server.

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Anonymous
August 25, 2009

bregent wrote: You can have 3 distinct locations for local, remote and testing servers but you don't need to. The testing server can be the same location as your local or remote servers.

Thank you for replying with a useful confirmation.  I actually want three distinct locations, but would like to be able to manage all three from the same location using Dreamweaver.  Is this possible?  If so, how does one set it up on two Apple machines both using Leopard?

I have MAMP installed on my test server machine, Dreamweaver installed on my local folder machine, and a third party environment elsewhere called Lunarpages that handles my remote folder.  What I would like to know is how to set up Dreamweaver to coordinate between my test server and local machines.  Have you a clue?

Roddy

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DwFAQ
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August 28, 2009

www.DwFAQ.info wrote: There are a few other issues with MAMP setup in Leopard.

In fact, I purchased MAMP Pro to make my life easier, as I begin learning PHP and MySQL.  Nevertheless, I can see from your and Bregent's remarks that my local folder and testing server are perhaps best placed on my MacBook (an Apple laptop).  This may just be the best idea, as I remember Lunarpages having told me that Dreamweaver does not function properly with my online account.  As a result, I could place my remote folder on my iMac (an Apple desktop) and then upload to my Lunarpages account from my iMac with Fetch.

What is your take on this idea?

Roddy


kiusau wrote:

I purchased MAMP Pro to make my life easier, as I begin learning PHP and MySQL.

How much was that? Probably could have found equivalent functionality for free.

I could place my remote folder on my iMac (an Apple desktop) and then upload to my Lunarpages account from my iMac with Fetch.

What is your take on this idea?

Do whatever ultimately works for you with the information you've been provided and the results you experience. Personally I would have website folder on same computer/network that the testing server is on vs. developing on one computer, copying site file to second computer to test locally, then upload to remote server. For instance if you want to develop on MacBook then test on iMac then I would setup virtual host on iMac testing server to point to shared volume on network that has MacBook connected with website folder on MacBook so that one directory can both develop on one computer and test locally on another through the network. Again, whatever works for you.

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