Hoping to use DW CS5 to view PhP Site Locally?

[wjgrayson]

First off, if you can send me any pertinent links, I'd appreciate it. I've used this forum before for javascript issues, but I don't know exactly what to enter in the search terms to help me with my current problem. Here goes:

I can read and code HTML & CSS. I understand Javascript well enough to know I need a bit more programming background, but I can link a js script to an html page and know what getElementbyID(xxx)stands for and how to work with event handlers. Two years ago I took a course on Dreamweaver CS3 and Coldfusion and understand the principles of server applications. My PhP class doesn't start until next week. So. . . . . .

I was asked to see if I could update a simple logo for a web page. I have the ftp information stuff and use filezilla. I copied the entire site to my hard drive. I then noticed they were PhP files. The actual graphic file is in a separate footer file. Cool. I recognized from the code to go check the footer file know how to change the source code to point to a new graphic image. Here's the problem:

I would like to view the index page as it would appear in a a browser, and am having no luck. I'm trying to use DW CS5 as a simple tool to view the index page (that will also serve up the footer file) so I can see how the artwork will look with all CSS styles applied. Can someone either assist me or point me to a tutorial that will help me set up my CS5 site definition for a local server configuration to view the site I've copied over to my hard drive? DW won't render the pages unless I configure the testing server correctly. Ummmm, two years ago I did load WAMP, and have some version of mySQL installed on my machine but I need a refresher course on connecting databases. Again, I just want to view the PhP pages in a browser so I can check the logo display and placement. I won't be adding any recordsets or doing any database calls.

Oh. Important. The site is copied locally to a special folder on my hard drive. If these are PhP files, should I move them to a subdirectory associated with WAMP before I'm able to connect? It's all coming back like a bad dream, but I think that's one step I should take. Thanks.

Thanks in advance,
W

 

[apepp]

...yeh, you need to follow the wamp guide so that wamp can see the source file:

http://www.wampserver.com/en/presentation.php

...then point your browser to your local address, then in dreamweaver you just need to setup a site that points to the same wamp directory so you can edit and preview on the fly.



andrew

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[vacunita]

Posted, and answered here: thread434-1636779

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