I do like that code/wysiwyg split view... very nice... I keep getting frustrated with my old frontpage habbits... I can see already that DW is much better, I just keep trying to do things they way I did in Frontpage...

Anyway, I just picked up the book Foundation Dreamweaver MX (published by Friendsof) to help me along. It's covers basic frontpage functions and has a solid PHP/MySQL intro and tutorial... the book suggests installing Apache and PHP on my computer... which I have no problem doing, I just remember reading somewhere that this could lead to some security concerns. I ONLY want it to run as a local server.

Any thoughts on this issue would be nice.

Thanks

PS... the book is suggesting installing version 1.3.26 of Apache (for Windows) and the latest of PHP.
 
 [ March 27, 2003, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: ionad ]

You don't have to run Apache.  php will install fine for iis.  I've run Apache on my Windows system, and though it is a great server, I've found I can do fine with iis.  You can also install Mysql and it runs fine under iis.

Slighly off topic here, and I don't know if you already have it, but there's a great php editor from  DZ Soft  that I use.
Get it here  dzsoft
 

Now I'm getting confused.

I have been using Lunarpages but I don't want my trial and error on the internet (and I'd like to do my expermenting offline so I don't tie up the phone line).

Does installing Apache and PHP on my laptop that is not on a network still pose the same security issues... and when I do connect with a dialup conneciton can't I just disable Apache?

PS... I'll check out that PHP editor. Thanks.

I'm just saying...I don't see a need to install something if I don't have to have it.  If IIS didn't do what I needed it to (serve pages, support php and the other server functions I use), then I would be running apache. I have run Apache on Windows before and it works fine, but I don't use it right now because IIS does what I need.    
 
 [ March 28, 2003, 08:45 AM: Message edited by: TWebMan ]

Well, it just so happens to be that "forms R us"!

For your forms, just click on the cgi link in your CPanel, or go to:
 http://twebman.lunarpages.com/perl/ for a perl or php form and script you can make on-the-fly.

As for protected dirs, all .htaccess files will have to be deleted when you remove FP extensions, only because you no longer need the mess (did I say that?) that FP (read "Microsoft") makes of those files.

Simply go to your Control Panel, and click on Web Protect and follow the directions to password protect any folders you need.  There's also an icon in your Control Panel to set up any directories that require an index file (Index Manager), which disallows people from browsing your directories.
   An alternative to this is to just create a file with Notepad on your computer called .htaccess (that's it, no name, just .htaccess) and in that file just put one line:
Options -Indexes
  Upload a copy of that file to any directory that you don't want people browsing.  One thing..if you protect a directory, that is also set in the .htaccess file, so either upload the file first or set the index manager for it first, then web protect it.
BTW, once you upload it you won't see it in your ftp window, because those files are hidden.  You can see them in your file manager in your CPanel, though.
 
 [ March 31, 2003, 03:28 AM: Message edited by: TWebMan ]