rdjain
10-29-2009, 02:41 PM
Hello guys. I am a newbie to PHP and Dreamwever. I am working on editing an existing php / mysql website which was developed and is being currently being hosted on a web hosting server. I have downloaded all the files using the filezilla client and installed Dreamweaver and WAMP Server for php amd mysql. I have no clue as to where do I start.
Do I need to just setup a new site in dreamweaver and open the index.php page and preview in the browser? I tried that, but it does not display a complete page on the browser. The navigation frame included on index.php via another php file does not appear. I have no clue whats going on.
Also I tried to run the website from http://localhost:8080/ through the WAMP server but I just see the blank page. Do I need to setup mysql separately, or all the downloaded files from the hosting website will already include the mysql database?
Do I need to do something to connect WAMP with Dreamweaver? I did go through the tutorial videos posted in various discussions but all of them explain about building a site from scratch, but I need to work on an existing site which was developed by someone else and hence I am clueless.
I really need help to setup the website on my local computer so that I can move further and start editing it. I am using Dreamweaver MX version 6.0.
Do I need to just setup a new site in dreamweaver and open the index.php page and preview in the browser? I tried that, but it does not display a complete page on the browser. The navigation frame included on index.php via another php file does not appear. I have no clue whats going on.
Also I tried to run the website from http://localhost:8080/ through the WAMP server but I just see the blank page. Do I need to setup mysql separately, or all the downloaded files from the hosting website will already include the mysql database?
Do I need to do something to connect WAMP with Dreamweaver? I did go through the tutorial videos posted in various discussions but all of them explain about building a site from scratch, but I need to work on an existing site which was developed by someone else and hence I am clueless.
I really need help to setup the website on my local computer so that I can move further and start editing it. I am using Dreamweaver MX version 6.0.