CS5_Testing server via FTP

[hungchi]

I'm trying to setup my testing server in CS5 via FTP For Joomla. DW connects to the server just fine with FTP and pulled all the files for local editing. The server type is set to PHP/MySQL the check box for testing is checked. But I can't pull the dynamically-related files; I get the message "dynamically-related files could not be resolved because the site definition for this server is not correct."

Any suggestions? I am working remotely so I need to conned via FTP (otherwise I would run xamp on  a local host)

[hungchi]

Anyone have any experiance getting CS5_Testing server to run via FTP?

or does the CS5_Testing server require a localhost?

[ultrasuite]

No, the testing server does not require localhost.  I assume you are talking about the testing server mentioned in the site definition.

J.S.
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[NancyG]

Anyone have any experiance getting CS5_Testing server to run via FTP?

or does the CS5_Testing server require a localhost?

It shouldn't .. however, it's going to be slower because every time you test anything, you have to go out to the remote server and back to display the page .. just for testing?  I would advise you to try to set up a local testing server if you can.  If you're on Windows, XAMPP is pretty easy to set up and I think the Mac version is called MAMP. 

If you must use a remote server for testing, have you made sure that in the remote server panel, the testing server check mark is checked?  In setting up a remote server, I don't think it is checked by default, because the assumption is that the testing server will be local.

[David_Powers]

hungchi wrote:

I get the message "dynamically-related files could not be resolved because the site definition for this server is not correct."

As Jag and Nancy have suggested, it's more usual to set up a local testing server. For more information, see http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_php.html.

However, if you want to use your remote server, it's important to set up the Testing server definition correctly.

In the Basic section of the Server definition dialog box, select FTP from the Connect Using list, and enter your FTP login details.

In the Root directory field, enter the same value as you use for uploading and downloading files. The actual value depends on your hosting setup. In some cases, you leave it blank. In others, you might need to enter public_html, www, wwwroot, or something similar.

The value for Web URL should be the base URL for your site root. In the case of www.example.com, you would enter http://www.example.com/.

In the Advanced section, select PHP MySQL as the Server Model under Testing server.

After clicking Save in the Advanced section, make sure the Testing checkbox is selected, and deselect the Remote checkbox.

You should then be able to use your remote server for testing by downloading index.php, and opening it in the Dreamweaver Document window in Live View.