Need help setting up the testing server settings in CS3

[AUythoven]

I am developing an add-on website to an already existing site.  In "manage sites" I have made all the required settings, but am unsuccessful in setting the correct URL prefix for the testing server.  My host directory is "public_html/rets/".  My domain name is "tonyuythoven.com".   For the main website I used the URL that users type in to bring up my site, corresponding to http://www.tonyuythoven.com for this site.  But for the add-on that doesn't work.  What is the prefix I must use here?  The help file is not helpful, because it obfuscapes the directions.  Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Tony

[David_Powers]

If the host directory is public_html/rets, the URL prefix will be http://tonyuythoven.com/rets/.

See Setting up a PHP development environment.

[AUythoven]

Thank you for the quick response.  I tried your suggestion and when I try to build a Recordset (i.e. access the remote database) I get the following message:

This suggests that there is still something wrong with the prefix URL. Your recommendations?

Thanks,

Tony

ps  By the way I looked at your suggestion to install a testing environment, but that seems like a lot of work for what little development I have.

[David_Powers]

Your testing server setup should look like this:

[AUythoven]

I followed your instructions and got the same error message.  Then I contacted my web host for instructions on how to set up a remote connection, and was told that I do not need a testing server and to set MySQL server to localhost in the MySQL Connection panel.  I tried that and it still doesn't work - I get an "unidentified error has occurred" message.  What now?

Thanks,

Tony