How to preview a website script?

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jtos32

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Apr 28, 2011

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• May 10, 2011

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Hi, I have a website script I downloaded online. My trouble is I dont know how to view the script?

Is there any programs I can download to let me view this script to see what it would look like before I pay for hosting and domain name and everything?

The script is called automagick video tube script....

Basically, I want to preview and make some image changes (header) before I pay for hosting and domain name....

Can anyone help?

 

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thesmiths

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Apr 24, 2010

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• May 11, 2011

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Depends. if it's written in a server scripting language, you'll have to setup that software on your computer.


If it's just html and images, you can just open it in your browser.

 

wannabie

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• May 11, 2011

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Use xxamp as that let's you view websites on your localhost

 

roamer

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• May 12, 2011

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EasyPHP, Xampp, Wamp... and there are even some more. Out of these, I use Wamp and EasyPHP the most to preview/debug PHP scripts locally. They all come with PHP, MySQL and extras, just read the documentation.

Oh, and then there's Wapache, it's a self-contained apache server with PHP but it's hardly configurable, and I don't remember it having MySQL integrated.

 

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thesmiths

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• May 12, 2011

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If you dont want to install it on your own computer you can always install it on a virtual machine

 

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jtos32

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• May 12, 2011

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Thanks guys. Really helps

 

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thedandy

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Dec 20, 2010

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• May 13, 2011

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This is the script: Automagick Tube Script

It's great! One of the best scripts out there.

 

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cherryberry

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• Aug 5, 2011

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Thanks for working suggestions, I was also looking for this question.