sugarcrm bitrock installed; dreamweaver mysql setup

Report · Jul 25, 2006

hi there.
i'm new to database websites and went ahead and bought david powers book. haven't had a chance to read it yet. i installed sugarcrm with the bitrock installer, and . . . i've installed the wamp stack previously. so i'm really not certain what is going where. now i'd like to make a sample database and start working my way up the ladder on dynamic websites. suggestions please.

Report · Jul 26, 2006

hconnorjr wrote:
> hi there.
> i'm new to database websites and went ahead and bought david powers book.
> haven't had a chance to read it yet. i installed sugarcrm with the bitrock
> installer, and . . . i've installed the wamp stack previously. so i'm really
> not certain what is going where. now i'd like to make a sample database and
> start working my way up the ladder on dynamic websites. suggestions please.

Thank you for buying my book. However, reading it actually helps. It
won't do you much good just sitting on your shelf. :)

My first suggestion is that you need to find out whether you have
working versions of Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Just piling sugarcrm on top
of WAMP may well have left you with a mess on your computer. I don't
know whether it will be necessary to uninstall either or both of them,
but priority number 1 must be to get a stable testing environment that
comprises a web server (Apache), PHP, and MySQL. Until you do that,
you'll be thrashing around in the dark.

--
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Jul 27, 2006

okay, i've read about half the php for dreamweaver 8. i deleted the old wamp and installed a fresh one. its running and i was able to do the simple quotes example in sql in chapter 8. going back to setting up testing server is hitting a glitch. i turned off the IIS to run the apache/mysql, but i don't know how to direct the dreamweaver to new apache server. btw i followed their instructions and downloaded the stack into c:\. i tried the simple php test and though it looks fine in the code view, properly colored, it doesn't execute on the test server (not surprising). my previous experience is just with dreamweaver out of the box, with the automatic IIS setup, so i'm a bit stumped. thanks.

Report · Jul 28, 2006

hconnorjr wrote:
> okay, i've read about half the php for dreamweaver 8. i deleted the old wamp
> and installed a fresh one. its running and i was able to do the simple quotes
> example in sql in chapter 8. going back to setting up testing server is hitting
> a glitch. i turned off the IIS to run the apache/mysql, but i don't know how to
> direct the dreamweaver to new apache server.

Sorry, it's extremely difficult to work out what you have actually
installed. Is it WAMP? If so you need to find out from the WAMP
documentation where the server (document) root is. You also need to
check if it runs Apache on the standard port 80.

My book gives very detailed instructions for setting up PHP using either
Apache or IIS. However, I don't cover WAMP, XAMPP, SugarCSM, or any
other setup. There are far too many "easy" packages for PHP/MySQL - and
none of them are endorsed by PHP.

--
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Jul 27, 2006

okay, made some progress. i'm not all that network savvy and i don't have a deep understanding of how these things fit together. still, maybe this will save someone else some time. in the wamp stack, save your site at c:\wamp\www\yoursite. and point the browser to http://localhost/yoursite. in the testing server page use the testing server folder c:\wamp\www\yoursite. and use the same http://localhost/yoursite. remember to manually start the wamp by clicking on the system tray if its not already on. hope this helps the next person. . .