Re: [willydoit] local testing server for dreamweaver cs4
Hi,
I use WAMP for my local server, but it is basically the same as XAMPP.
Yes, you need to install CMS Builder onto your local server.
This way I make it quick and easy to make changes in the templates in my code editor program and then open the browser and refresh to see the changes.
Couple of things to keep in mind:
The path to the viewer_functions.php file that you include on all your site pages will most likely be different on your host than your own internal test server.
require_once "C:/wamp/www/example.com/cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php";
Also, depending how you setup your internal server, the URLs may be different too.
Home server: http://localhost/site/cmsAdmin/admin.php
Hosted site: http://www.mysite.com/cmsAdmin/admin.php
Most of the time when I'm setting up a site, I work directly on the site so I don't have to worry about file paths or URLs changing later.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
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