I have a local host server set up on my machine for development purposes. How do I set up a project with this? I don't have a ftp username and password because I don't ftp anything to a local machine.

Can projects be used in this manner?

Does any of this make sense?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Daniel Medley

I build sites this way, too, and set up my own file tree within a folder for each individual site. Works just fine running locally this way. A local server isn't required for this. When the site is uploaded to the actual web server, the file tree is duplicated so that no changes have to be made.

Are you using php, and does that require that a server be set up to properly "assemble" a page? I don't have any experience with running a server locally.

Yes, I'm using PHP and MySql. And yes, a local server is required to render and test the pages appropriately. I could just ftp and test on the remote server, but when you're tweaking (code, that is) it's much easier and faster to do it all locally; tweak, save, refresh browser.

I build and test on the local machine then upload the whole kit and caboodle.

I'm not familiar with Projects, so perhaps my thoughts on how to use it are not correct with how it's designed to be used.

just point the project at the folder on your local machine and save? - no upload needed? I dunno - i dont use projects at all - but you shouldnt need to FTP anywhere with local code - just save then view...

oh - and there is a way to turn the projects thingy off and just have a file browser i heard - ask Scott or someone - i've no idea how sorry...

You can still do that, just don't configure a server with your Website Project then. This means only the local tab will work.

When php and sql are involved, I just stick it in wamp and work on it. Many times, I just work right from the www/site folder. When I'm sure it's really not right, then I upload to the server..

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone.

Dave, that's what I have done in the past and what I'll do now. I'm used to it, and it works for me. The only difference being is that I try to really make sure it is right.

Regards,
Daniel Medley