I am completely new to wappler - I am working through some of the really basic how-to videos now.
Some of the videos are probably a little out of date (which i appreciate is always a challenge for an evolving platform) and I thought I should ask to see if there is either somewhere with notes covering what has changed - or if it would be helpful more me to list what doesnt make sense to me so someone can make those notes for the next newbie.
From the very first video here (bootstrap 4 first page) there are a few icon changes, nothing too major but i got confused by:
My duplicate button doesnt exist, apart from in the top menu. Found it but thought i was using the wrong element.
My images folder had no images in it. I didnt realise i needed to make a folder and then populate it, thought i could just find images on my computer.
When i duplicated the card in the column they all just went under each other in a long line. The instructor says to duplicate the card 5 times, should it look the way he does it or should i be duplicating the column?
Fairly minor stuff so far and very simple to move of you I am sure! Let me know if something like this would be useful!
Yes we have improved and changed the design panel a bit, nothing too different but indeed some buttons have been removed. You can either CTRL+D in design view or use the Duplicate Button in app structure.
You have to define an assets folder, in your site folder - that is how a website functions, the images need to be located inside it.
If your card is inside a column, you need to duplicate the column
Ok - after a few hours (and some help from a friend) I now have some sample data in a postgres table. I have the details to access the DB and i want to set up a connection so i can follow some demos and build a mini-project. However I am completely stuck!
In the demo I am watching the data is local, I dont want to publish anywhere yet but i need to set up a DB connection. I created a server action but when i click connection options it wants me to set remote target? Thats fine - over to project options…
Targets, add a publishing target? I dont want to publish it anywhere. I dont think I need an FTP? I just want to be able to build something i can see locally with data from a postgres server - can someone help point me in the right direction?
Note that it says: " NOTE : If you are working locally , on a local server, you don’t need to setup an FTP connection, just select “local folder” in the target options!" - so if you are working on a local server, just select local folder instead of ftp.
Thanks. Will try that! Target name and Web URL have red askterisks next to them - do i just put anything in? What is the target folder for? Where i want the files to go? I thought that was the project folder? Sorry for all the questions!
That is the web/local server folder where you "publish" your files. It could be the same folder your project is located into, if you've set it up in your server folder. You need a server running to be able to run serverside code and connect to a database
You may have different targets - i.e. local server, testings server, remote server, any-other-server etc. so better name with nice names I.e. "My Local Server"
The URL is your server URL ... in most cases your local server has an address of localhost - but you need to check this with your specific server you installed.
Well you need a (in your case local) server running where you put your files (web pages) and run them. Serverside code (PHP/ASP/ASP.NET) cannot run without a server. That is how websites function.
The option to select a postgres DB is not there. Should it be there or is postgres not an option anymore? It was in the tutorial i was following so either it has been removed or I am doing something wrong.
