Remote Server on the LAN

[8ball]

Hello,

I'm looking into getting WeBuilder 2006, but while rummaging through the preferences and server mappings, I simply can't find a way to successfully hook it up to a server I have set up ON the local network, but, as I said, on a remote computer.

That said, I have apache 2.0/php4/mysql5/tomcat/coldfusion/mssql/chilisoft etc. etc. ready on the afformentioned second computer, so it's willing to recieve, and I've tried to map the php executable to the one on that server, and I've tried mapping it to a local copy of the php running with Zend Studio.

So first of all, which is recommended to map to? Or will there be no different at all?

With that out of the way, I try to map the webserver to both:

local path: \\192.168.1.3\<pathtoapachehtdocs>\htdocs\
and
web server path: http://192.168.1.3:80/

and yet, I still only get the "software is not yet configured for previewing php..." page.

So to sum it up. How do I map webuilder 2006 to another computer on the same server, vis-a-vis rummaging through apache's config to set up a local FTP server?

[8ball]

EDIT:The question in this reply has been answered. If you are reading this, please see first post for the -unanswered- question!

On another note, how can you turn off the feature that automatically injects the HTML correct code for special characters? (Holding down shift and pressing space brings up   and so on)

[Karlis]

Shift+Space is simply a shortcut key combination that is mapped for   insertion command. There is "so on" and no special char auto replace.

So removing this shortcut for that command would turn it off. This can be done from the Options menu.

[8ball]

Thanks, and yep. I figured it out a few minutes after I posted (silly me). However, back to my first question. Remote servers, anybody? (Look to the first post for the entire story)

[chrisjlocke]

On another note, how can you turn off the feature that automatically injects the HTML correct code for special characters? (Holding down shift and pressing space brings up   and so on)

See the detailed answer in this topic:
http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?p=4162

Yell back if it doesn't make sense.

[8ball]

Hello,

I'm looking into getting WeBuilder 2006, but while rummaging through the preferences and server mappings, I simply can't find a way to successfully hook it up to a server I have set up ON the local network, but, as I said, on a remote computer.

That said, I have apache 2.0/php4/mysql5/tomcat/coldfusion/mssql/chilisoft etc. etc. ready on the afformentioned second computer, so it's willing to recieve, and I've tried to map the php executable to the one on that server, and I've tried mapping it to a local copy of the php running with Zend Studio.

So first of all, which is recommended to map to? Or will there be no different at all?

With that out of the way, I try to map the webserver to both:

local path: \\192.168.1.3\<pathtoapachehtdocs>\htdocs\
and
web server path: http://192.168.1.3:80/

and yet, I still only get the "software is not yet configured for previewing php..." page.

So to sum it up. How do I map webuilder 2006 to another computer on the same server, vis-a-vis rummaging through apache's config to set up a local FTP server?

So, any suggestions on my remote server problem?

[rajenkins]

I'm having similar problems with the internal preview mappings, & still no solution.

Everything else works perfectly, the only thing I cannot get working is the internal preview via a remote server.
I'm in a similar situation, I have servers on this site & don't want to mess my Windows machine up with loads of un-neccessary suff.

To get everything else going, with external preview:-

For PHP syntax checking, you need a copy of PHP 4.x installed in c:\php
or wherever then set the path to php.exe in options/preferences/php options.

The 'Save to FTP' facility works very well, if you set up a project & have both:
The local file structure matching that needed on the server (everything under e.g. c:\web sites\projectname\... matches the structure on the web server)
The FTP mapping (in the project setup) going to the correct root (sub)directory on the web server.

Once you have this set up, all you need is a browser open on the site and hit Save to FTP as well as a normal Save after each update, then refresh the browser for an instant view of the changes.

It's a great relief from having to switch to an FTP program an separately re-upload a file every time to view changes as I did with previous editors.

[Karlis]

Currently LAN shared paths are not supported at all. If there is a demand for this we might try to add the support for this in the next major release.

I would like to ask everybody to cast votes by replying this topic.