Thursday, March 29, 2012

Newbie - Test a site using VWD locally on WinXP - but be able to test on Mac Safari

I have VWD running locally on WINXP. I have a site working well. I want to test it on Mac Safari. I have a Mac running on the same local network.

What address can I use to see VWD site on the Mac? On WinXP the site address is http://localhost:2062/12-1-06-B/ - - but not sure how to get my Mac and Safari to access this as well.

Thanks in advance.

The VWD was really only meant for local development, but assuming you had the Cassini server on the XP Machine running i don't see why this wouldn't work.

http://ipaddressofcomputer:xxxx/12-1-06-B/

Where ipaddressofcomputer is the IP of the machine (the XP one) and xxxx is the port that cassini is using. I Don't know if Cassini will actually host it on a non local machine, if not then you will have to upgrade to IIS.


To get your IP Address - Start / Run Type [cmd] press enter for cmd console.

Type ipconfig and press enter.

Type exit and enter to close.


vcsjones:

The VWD was really only meant for local development, but assuming you had the Cassini server on the XP Machine running i don't see why this wouldn't work.

http://ipaddressofcomputer:xxxx/12-1-06-B/

Where ipaddressofcomputer is the IP of the machine (the XP one) and xxxx is the port that cassini is using. I Don't know if Cassini will actually host it on a non local machine, if not then you will have to upgrade to IIS.

Unfortunately, this didn't work. But if I find a solution I'll post it here.

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