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Subject:    Re: [Quanta] Project Preview Confusion
From:       "Jeffrey Sabarese" <core5fedora () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-09-26 0:49:54
Message-ID: af078c600609251749v1a677337v1dc7e40b40b9817c () mail ! gmail ! com
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> You are using and editing files externally instead of having them on local
> disk. That would be step 2 and 3. You make the project out of files stored on
> a ftp server.
>

hi. thanks for your reply to my inquiry. i'm afraid i'm not sure what
to do with your info.

to clarify my problem:
every project properties setting i've tried so far, quanta plus will
open a browser (my preferred method of viewing vs the "internal"
preview),  if viewing "remote" files it will pull them up in the
browser-- essentially the same as if you'd type the FTP URL into the
browser address bar-- for example, as
ftp://user@ftp.domain.com/public_html/filename.htm

similarly, if working in a project where i've set the project
parameters to local files, in "preview" Quanta+, instead of reading
the files as served by Fedora's web server, Apache on
http://localhost/~username/mywebname , i get something more like
/home/username/mywebname/filename.php -- (which probably causes the
browser to ask where i want to save the file)

aside from the "project properties" itself, are there other settings
of the IDE which i should verify are set correctly; which might be
mis-configured, causing this behaviour?

i'm convinced that i don't understand the Quanta+ Project / that i've
set something wrong, or i've overlooked something-- because i can use
the same settings in another IDE Project, Bluefish for example, yet I
get the expected behaviour-- the files are shown on http -- so the php
is parsed properly, and i'm able to actually "test" applications as if
in production.

thanks again for your help!

On 9/24/06, Børge Holen <borge@arivene.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 24 September 2006 11:00, Jeffrey Sabarese wrote:
> > My "technique" of creating a project is as follows:
> > 1.) File > Open > [ftp location here - select a file to open from server].
> > 2.) Project > New Project > and proceed throught the 1-2-3 wizard, where i
> > 3.) select: Protocol: FTP ;
> > 4.) host : fftp://myftp and the appropriate login info.
> > 5.) click on the "browse" button for main dir to ensure i'm connected
> > 6.) FTP folder opens, revealing remote files hierarchy
> > 7.) choose my desired files for the project, Quanta+ imports them:
> > i now have a "Project" loaded in the left tool dock.
> >
> > from here, if i edit one of these files, by nature of my Project setup, i
> > have no need to "upload" it because simply clicking the "save" icon updates
> > the file on the remote server. i can open a browser OUTSIDE of Quanta+, i
> > can browse the public http location-- from there i see what you would see--
> > my updated file at the remote location.
> >
> > this is a very efficient, no-nonsense way to do site maintenance. my
> > confusion centers on the fact that i HAVE TO browse the files by manually
> > pulling them up in a browser.
> >
> > Obviously i'm doing something wrong w/ the Project Setup i've illustrated
> > above-- because if i click "Preview in external" -- as i thought i should
> > -- Quanta Plus will open a browser, but it's no good because that browser
> > is prompting me to enter a password for the FTP location in its address
> > bar.
> >
> > This is no way to preview server side scripting. PHP for example, isn't
> > parsed when viewing a file over FTP like this-- it needs to be the http
> > protocol. why then does Quanta Plus want to give me a preview in browser on
> > the FTP side? -- the most frustrating part about it is that I can't find
> > any way to modify the options. the closest solution i've found is to enter
> > http mysite dot com into the project "USE preview prefix: ___" -- but it
> > doesn't work-- every time i go back to the project properties, it's been
> > greyed out, and "view in external" brings up the ftp locations.
> >
> > what am i doing wrong? how do i fix this? the strangest thing about it is
> > that i have actually used Quanta Plus with the previews "working properly"
> > as i'd expect (with the browser going to the site you would see-- the http
> > location-- not what i see using  developer access in FTP). it seems i just
> > doing know how to configure the project.
>
> You are using and editing files externally instead of having them on local
> disk. That would be step 2 and 3. You make the project out of files stored on
> a ftp server.
>
> >
> > sorry for the lengthy text. can someone please help me with this? could i
> > be missing some component of the kdewebdev package which is causing this?
> > thank you!
>
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