Dreamweaver 8 and Testing server quick question

[Pimped]

Hello there

Just a quick question guys. Im using IIS on win xp pro and im trying to use live view on my .asp page .

My website is stored on a folde in my documents and my iis thing is c:\inetpub\wwwroot

My question is where do i actually store my site so that i could work on it, upload it later to the internet as regularly as i want and also most importantly, WHERE do i store is so that i can run it of my http://localhost/???

I dont know what to input as my tes server folder and my url prefix.

I have searched for this but i couldnt find any help

Cheers guys

A

[Pimped]

UPDATE: I set my testing folder as c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ and i get this error (attached image)

Why do you reckon this is. I searched the error and it says maybe because i dont have sufficient privelages on my user account in IIS (my account is the administrator!!)

[Pimped]

Update: I found out that i had to store my website on the wwwroot folder, well i stored it in its own folder in the wwwroot folder for it to work. thats the only way u can use test servers in dreamweaver.

anyways, sometimes liveview works and sometimes it doesnt. it says that 8004005 error but it says unspecified error. its s hit and miss at times.

but it works

[Pimped]

Ok. This is the deal

Its sorted now. A restart fixed the problem.

Anyways for anyone who was wondering what the problem was, this is wot i did:

1: Store the entire website on a folder with no spaces in C:\inteput\wwwroot\
2: Update dreamweaver so that it knew where the site was (manage site)
3: Test server folder = C:\inetpub\wwwroot\{website_foldername}
4: URL Prefix = http://localhost/{website_foldername}

Then, follow the instructions here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_18802

and voila its sorted.

Hope this helps someone!!

[tbirnseth]

You should be able to keep your source anywhere that is accessible to you. Under Site/Manage Sites, set the Local Root folder to the root of your source. Click the Remote Info link on the left of the page and set it up approprately for your C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite location. Note that you will have to create 'mywebsite'. It should have permissions that allow you to access it via FTP (or file transfer) and it must be readable by whichever user your IIS implementation is setup to use (usually servername\IUSER for the internet guest account). Click the Test button to be sure Dreamweaver can access the site (many times you'll have to check the Use passive FTP box). Once setup, you can upload/download to your site.

You really should keep your source independent of your site. Otherwise you have no control over when changes are propogated to the site (I.e. a save effectively deploys your changes which is not usually desirable).

Hope this helps,
tony