Step 1: Create a new Site
Start Adobe Golive and create a new Site for your web project by following the assistant or any other method you prefer. If you want to upload an existing site open the Site Definition.
Step 2: Configure a WebDAV Server connection
Open Site->WebDAV Server->Connect to edit you WebDAV connection settings. The "Site Settings" dialog will be displayed with the FTP & WebDAV Server section pre-selected.
Choose "Edit Server..." in the WebDAV Server selection. The "Available Servers" dialog will be displayed.
Add a new server by clicking the "New Item" button and fill in the fields as follows:
Nickname
Enter a nickname for this server. Later on you can select this connection with your nickname.
Server
Enter the server address followed by :81, for instance "http://127.0.0.1:81/". You can either enter symbolic names, like http://localhost:81/ or an IP address.
Directory
Enter / for the root directory or any other directory you want to define as root for this web site.
User / Password
eSuite4X includes pre-configured users to make the first setup more easy. You can enter the username "internal" with the password "davConnect76" directly after installation, but you should change the password for this user as soon as possible.
You can create your own users and change passwords with the eSuite4X WebServices Control Center by selecting the Apache service, Authenticate by clicking on the lock and clicking on "Configure".
Click "OK" to save your new server settings in the "Available
Servers" and the "Site Settings" dialog. Adobe Golive now
displays the "WebDAV" tab in the site window. You can access
your server files via this tab.
Usually your local copy of your web site is displayed on the left side of the site window. All changes should be made to your local copies first and as soon as you are finished uploaded to the eSuite4X web server. The upload can be started via Site->WebDAV Server->Upload modified items....
Step 3: Configuring your Server for dynamic content
Open Site->Settings... and select the "Dynamic Content" section to configure your web site to work with PHP and MySQL.
Click on "Dynamic Site Wizard" to start the configuration assistant.
On the third page enter the HTTP URL of your site. If you are working on the system on which you installed eSuite4X, enter
http://127.0.0.1/
otherwise enter your full network address (but without :81!).
As soon as you click "Next" Adobe GoLive will upload some files to check for the server type and display the Security dialog after successfully checking for PHP.
The upload of the test files sometimes fails due to a bug in Adobe GoLive. If this happens close the assistant, upload the local folder "___test" manually and restart the assistant.
Security
The next step is to configure who can access your web server with Adobe GoLive. You should accept the pre-selected setting. If you need to change the security setting consult your Adobe GoLive manual for the appropriate settings. Click "Next" to continue with the data source definition.
Define Data Sources
The next step is to create data sources. Before Adobe GoLive can handle data source it create a folder "config" with several files and sub-directories in your site's root folder. These files will be uploaded automatically. If the upload fails you will get some error messages. Close the dialog and upload the "config" folder manually. Open the Wizard again and continue after uploading the files.
To add a new data source click on "New" and select "MySQL Database" as data source type. Enter a name for this data source in the data source name field and specify your database servers ip address, your database name, user name and password to create the data source.
If you just want to test how it is working you can use the following settings:
| Data Source Name | eSuite4XTEST | |
| Host | 127.0.0.1 | |
| Database | mysql | |
| User | internal | |
| Password | dbConnect76 |
Now finish the wizard and the "Site Settings" dialog.