Local Test Server vs. License Keys

[TerryGirl007]

To minimize backend coding for an e-commerce site, I am working with a 3rd party (pre-fabbed) php web application that was developed using smarty templates.

And although I can define and setup a PHP test site in dreamweaver 8 ( on my apache server w/o issue, whenever I want to see the site in 'live data view' (or render the page thru its PHP engine) I receive the following error:


License key authentication failed! Please contact the site adminstrator.localhost

Is there is a work-around or trick to setting up and working with php websites that require a license key in dreamweaver 8? Anyone out there ever received that error message?

I have the license key, but I'm not sure if there is a way to tell dreamweaver what the key is which would allow the php pages to rendered properly.

Thanks in advance for any help given.

[Compguy Pete]

Is there a key for the cart program you have?

I would guess it has more to do with that then DW.

[TerryGirl007]

Hi Pete,

Thanks so much for the reply. I do have the license key for the cart application, and the site is up and running fine.

The problem occures only when I attempt to define the site as a "PHP site" in DW8 (instead of a regular html/CSS driven site) that the error appears.

I am beginning to suspect it may have something to do with my apache test server which is running locally, but I have to test that theory to know for sure.

Either way I can use DW8 just fine to edit my pages, but I really would have loved to have taken advantage of DW8's built-in PHP editing tools...but oh well such as life lol.