TextPad opening HTML documents through Apache server

mgordon2 · Post by **mgordon2** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:50 am

OK, I have searched all over this support forum and found only two similar posts, the first provided some detailed instructions but did not fix the problem, the sedond post was right on the money but the reply said "fixed".

I have SeaMonkey (Mozilla) set as my default web browser in Windows XP Pro.
When I open a HTML document in TextPad and click on teh View in Browser the page loads in SeaMonkey but not through the local host (Apache).

I have tried setting the "Folders Path" to http://localhost and http://127.0.0.1 and TextPad still will not open the HTML document through my local server Apache. SeaMonkey opens the file from my Windows folder.

Another related problem. I need to have both Internet Explorer and Seamonkey open HTML files through Apache using the "Tools" menu. Curently I have both Internet Explorer and Seamonkey opening HTML documents from the "Tools Menu" but not going through Apache.

I know Apache is correctly setup as an installed server because in SeaMonkey or Internet Explorer I can enter in their respective location bar "http://localhost/index.html" and all my SSI scripts open and display.

Someone here must be able to help.

Thanks.

Michael Gordon

bveldkamp · Post by **bveldkamp** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:37 pm

That seems to work only for files that are in the "WWW root folder", or in a subdirectory of it. (Configure > Preferences > Folders)

mgordon2 · Post by **mgordon2** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:06 pm

Hello Berend,

Thank you very much for your reply. You lead me to the right direction and now the Root Folder is now directed to the folder that contains all my web sites.

TextPad now opens all web documents though the Apache Server.

Thank you again, this saves a lot of extra mouse clicks.

Michael Gordon

mo · Post by mo » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:11 pm

That's slick! I never realized you could do that. I've been checking my includes the long way forever!

Thanks!

mo

mgordon2 · Post by **mgordon2** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:54 pm

Hello Mo,

You are welcome. You can use this feature to test all your server side applications with Apache. javascript:emoticon(':D')
Very Happy

The only feature lacking is the ability to quickly change default web browsers on the fly while testing pages in Apache. A work around is to click the View in Browser button opening your default web browser, copy the localhost URL and paste it into the alternate browser for a test. I do this on a regular basis with SeaMonkey as my default browser and IE as the alternate.

You might also create separate browser "Tools" so you can test without Apache.

Michael