Posted by L C on 03/21/06 22:40

JDS,

Thanks that is working great for me.

LC

"JDS" <jeffrey@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.03.21.14.24.21.98219@example.invalid...
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:24:38 +0000, L C wrote:
>
> > My question is: How do I get around that so I can test my edits without
> > going to the web?
>
> One thing that may help is putting the public site name in your hosts
> file. In Windows, this file is typically
>
> c:\windows\hosts (win9x)
> OR
> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (WinNT/2000/XPPro)
> OR
> c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (WinXP Home)
>
> Put a line like this:
> 192.168.1.100 www.publicsite.com
>
>
> Although, I admit, this is an incomplete solution. You really need to
> simulate the server environment on your local machine to do proper
> testing. "Simulate the server environment" is pretty easy, though -- just
> install a PHP-enabled webserver.
>
> Google on
>
> "php webserver install windows"
>
> or something similar.
>
> Post back more questions when you get stuck.
>
> later...
>
>
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