Boojum Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Now that I've got my new site version organized just about the way I want it, I have realized that I could save a lot of time and effort, as I add more pages to it (and more corresponding menu buttons), if I used php "include" files for the common elements, such as the navigation menu. My concern: If I do this, will I be able to view the pages from my hard drive? Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 No you will not see the php pages work on your computer, unless you install apache web server on your computer. If you are on a high speed connection, its not worth it. On a dial up maybe, I still don't think so. once you get the pages working the way you want, its easy to imagine how they wll look as you make changes. Quote
natimage Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 The times that I find it's worth it is when I have some crazy something or another going on with a page that I can't seem to figure out. I spent a lot of time making a small change and uploading over and over again. I downloaded and installed phpdev from http://www.firepages.com.au/. It's not perfect, and I run into some trouble if I have many subfolder levels in a site. But, I do use it a lot. Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Tracy, how hard was it to install? and do you need anything else to go with it? TIA Quote
natimage Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Don, You don't need anything else to go with it. It is an Apache/PHP bundle. I believe there is a slightly newer version since I made my download, so I'm not sure of any differences. Shouldn't be many though. How hard? Well...I know nothing about Apache, and next to nothing about PHP and I did it. SO...I'd say it wasn't too hard. My biggest challenge was how to setup DWMX to work with it properly. And, as I've said before, I've yet to figure a way to get all subfolders to work nicely. The included files need a certain path in order to work on TCH, and another to work on my local machine. I think it has something to do with the root folder setup. Anyway...it wasn't that hard and it has been useful. I will say that I wasn't very impressed with their forums, though. But then again...I'm spoiled after being a part of this forum!!!!! Rock Sign Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Thanks Tracy! I am going to convert a site with over 120 pages to php, and this may help. And I am always open to new ideas for coding. What do you mean spolied? aren't all forums like this one? Quote
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