How to save php files w/out testing server?

Report · Dec 07, 2006

Don't shoot me, I'm totally not a techie. I know HTML pretty well, but not php. But I did take over maintenance of a site built with php. I use DW MX and never installed php. The site doesn't do anything dynamic, but it does use includes. This is all fine, but here's the problem:

My client bought DW8 and is now taking over maintenance himself. He's less techie than I am, by the way, but he has used DW4 without problems. So he's trying to play around with the site, creating a new file and saving it with his DW8. But he gets an error message saying that he's supposed to define a testing server. I told him to go into the edit sites section and specify "none" for server model and access (that's how I have it set up with my DW MX). He said he tried that and it still won't let him save his files.

So is there some way to tell Dreamweaver that even though he's using a .php extension, the files don't need to be tested locally? I'm having a tough time helping him with a product I don't even have.

Thanks.

Report · Dec 07, 2006

Have him IGNORE the error message by clicking NO.

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"barngirl" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Don't shoot me, I'm totally not a techie. I know HTML pretty well, but not
> php.
> But I did take over maintenance of a site built with php. I use DW MX and
> never
> installed php. The site doesn't do anything dynamic, but it does use
> includes.
> This is all fine, but here's the problem:
>
> My client bought DW8 and is now taking over maintenance himself. He's less
> techie than I am, by the way, but he has used DW4 without problems. So
> he's
> trying to play around with the site, creating a new file and saving it
> with his
> DW8. But he gets an error message saying that he's supposed to define a
> testing
> server. I told him to go into the edit sites section and specify "none"
> for
> server model and access (that's how I have it set up with my DW MX). He
> said he
> tried that and it still won't let him save his files.
>
> So is there some way to tell Dreamweaver that even though he's using a
> .php
> extension, the files don't need to be tested locally? I'm having a tough
> time
> helping him with a product I don't even have.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Report · Dec 07, 2006

He did try clicking No and that didn't help. I asked exactly what happens (since I don't have the software myself) and here's what he said:

quote:

When I try to display the php page (with the testing server options shut off), DW says “To preview pages containing server-side code, you need a testing server. Would you like to specify one now?”When I click no, DW displays a download dialogue box that says it’s downloading a php script. After the script is downloaded, nothing happens. I’m not sure if anything is actually downloaded. Once the download dialogue box says it’s finished, I’m returned to the original web page in design/code view.

I'd like to be able to help him. Any other ideas?

Report · Dec 08, 2006

> I'd like to be able to help him. Any other ideas?

Tell him to enable temp files in his preview in browser preferences.
That'll do the trick for him....

PREFERENCES | Preview in Browser > Enable Temp Files

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"barngirl" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> He did try clicking No and that didn't help. I asked exactly what happens
> (since I don't have the software myself) and here's what he said:
>
>

quote:

When I try to display the php page (with the testing server options
> shut
> off), DW says ?To preview pages containing server-side code, you need a
> testing
> server. Would you like to specify one now??When I click no, DW displays a
> download dialogue box that says it?s downloading a php script. After the
> script
> is downloaded, nothing happens. I?m not sure if anything is actually
> downloaded. Once the download dialogue box says it?s finished, I?m
> returned to
> the original web page in design/code view.

>
> I'd like to be able to help him. Any other ideas?
>

Report · Dec 08, 2006

Thanks, this solved the problem.

Report · Dec 08, 2006

Good luck!

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"barngirl" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, this solved the problem.

Report · Dec 08, 2006

just curious, i don't receive that error message when saving PHP files
with a static, ASP or even w/o a site definition. BTW, i haven't that
option enable

Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> I'd like to be able to help him. Any other ideas?
>
> Tell him to enable temp files in his preview in browser preferences.
> That'll do the trick for him....
>
> PREFERENCES | Preview in Browser > Enable Temp Files
>

Report · Dec 08, 2006

It's not on saving - it's on preview.

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"John Doe" <dummy@dummy.com> wrote in message
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> just curious, i don't receive that error message when saving PHP files
> with a static, ASP or even w/o a site definition. BTW, i haven't that
> option enable
>
> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>>> I'd like to be able to help him. Any other ideas?
>>
>> Tell him to enable temp files in his preview in browser preferences.
>> That'll do the trick for him....
>>
>> PREFERENCES | Preview in Browser > Enable Temp Files
>>

How to save php files w/out testing server?

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