LiveCode Server on DreamHost - Help Needed

[stephen barncard]

Hi Graham....     One can only use the .htaccess method for each domain at
this point. Andre' (a major trooper) helped me get set up on Dreamhost a
few years ago. We first tried the 'modify Apache' method that's supposed to
work on 'non-shared' servers. It doesn't work on Dreamhost's 'Virtual
Personal Servers' either.

I'm not sure what FTP client you are using but I highly recommend Panic's
TRANSMIT software, especially if you're not so handy with using Terminal to
do things.    All FTP accounts on Dreamhost are SFTP by default and that
enables a few commands like zip and unzip to be executed from Transmit.

Make sure you get the Linux server.

.htaccess files so named will disappear from normal listings so make sure
your FTP client has 'show invisible files' checked.


Next take a look at my diagram of the files placement. You will definitely
have to set the permissions on all files and folders as noted, they won't
expand 'out of the box' perfectly.

http://media.barncard.com/downloads/LIVECODE_SERVER_SETUP.pdf

There are two .htaccess files, one at the top of the domain, and one inside
the folder cgi-bin

the root .htaccess  I use currently is:

AddHandler livecode-script .lc .irev .iRev
DirectoryIndex index.irev index.lc index.html index.php dir.irev video.irev
audio.irev gallery.irev download.irev
Action livecode-script /cgi-bin/livecode-server/livecode-community-server


The directoryindexes  above, second line, show what kind of file will
execute by default in a directory and the action is the executable that
runs when any of the Addhandler parameters describe.   Change
community-server to plain livecode-server in example above, and you don't
need all the DirectoryIndexes.

the .htaccess inside cgi-bin I use is:

Options ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-script


here's my test script in action:

http://media.barncard.com/livecode-server-test_Color.irev

and zipped source code:
http://media.barncard.com/livecode-server-test_Color.zip

you'll see livecode executed in simple ways.
you have to keep refreshing your browser each time you change something,
and turn off caching in da browser.

have fun. Hope this helps.

it's a bit of a journey ... take your time... and worth it.


I LOVE LIVECODE SERVER btw....

sqb





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Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com> wrote:

> Following some recommendations (yes, there were others, but I had to make
> a decision), I find myself setting up a web site on DreamHost which will
> use the commercial version of LiveCode 7 Server. The problem is that I am a
> total newbie to the whole thing and I find even the simplest things either
> very obscurely explained or hard to do, or both.
>
> I have set up the actual domain on DreamHost, and in due course I will be
> able to give a URL to people who want to view the site. I have uploaded a
> web site which I already designed using a simple web design tool, Sandvox,
> and that works nicely as far as it goes (currently mirrored). After that,
> I’m in a hopeless muddle.
>
> My next move is to alter this rather simple set of pages so that it
> interacts with scripts executed by LC7 Server. I know how to find and
> download the appropriate LC engine (although I don’t know if I need the 32
> bit or the 64 bit version) and I have the script, but that’s it - I think
> this stuff should all go into a cgi-bin directory (tho there is a bit of
> DreamHost which queries even that) and I don’t even know how to create a
> new directory (although I do know how to upload stuff to an existing
> directory using FTP). I also have a very nasty suspicion that I should be
> doing something with a .htaccess file, but I have no idea what. In short I
> am floundering around - several uncomplimentary metaphors come to mind -
> and although I suppose that in the end I could get things right, I could
> really use some help from someone who has done it before.
>
> I know that there are several people on this list who used DreamHost,
> hence my appeal: if anyone has implemented such a thing on Dreamhost and is
> willing to write me some kind of step-by-step guide, I’d be infinitely
> grateful. As far as I am concerned it could be on- or off-list.
>
> TIA
>
> Graham
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