I use Dreamweaver 8, and am attempting to set up the Testing Server for my site. The Remote settings are fine, but until I get my scripting issues solved, I would like to be able to test them on my own system with a testing server.
The combination of Dreamweaver Help Docs, Apache 2.2.2 Help Docs, and MySQL Server Help Docs, all leave me baffled.
Dreamweaver askes me to define the server model (I choose MySQL as Apache is not in the list).
Questions:
1: Where is/should be my root folder for the testing server? Does it matter? Is it INSIDE the Apache or MySQL Directory, or is it/can it be my local root folder?
2: if I want to use php/MySQL scripts, do I set Apache as my testing server, and the Apache will run scripts via the MySQL application? OR do I set MySQL as the testing server and scrap the Apache all together?; and again, where is/should be the testing root folder? Seems to me, I shouldn't need BOTH Apache AND MySQL servers running to do what I am trying to do.
3: I am assuming the purpose of having a testing server on my local machine is so I can test the site as thought it were live online, WITHOUT being actually online. BUT, my browser repeatedly tells me the page is not available offline. This is weird.

All I want to do basically, is run my site and its php scripts locally, on my machine. My actual host where my site is live, uses Linux, and I have a MySQL control panel there, but don't know how to use it. HELP! :)
Sasha
Thank you, anyone with input.