I need help with Coda "Sites"

I am having trouble setting up Coda Sites. Over the past couple of weeks I have tried browsing the web, viewing youtube, Google groups (panic coda, no replies) and contacting Coda (twice, no responce).

I am new to Mac's, web programming and Coda but I managed to get a test program running using a PC (tradewindssoftware.com.au).

I set
1) Root URL: to http://tradewindssoftware.com.au
2) Local URL: to http://localhost/
3) Remote Root: (no idea what they want)
4) Local Root: to /Users/jhart/Sites/w4 (used the Set button to browse to this)

Are they OK?

I am able to connect remotely OK and can preview OK (in Coda) but how can I test my local code on Firefox etc.

 

Hi,
Thank you for answering. I had set Mamp up and the Apache port is 80.

While trying to answer your reply I think have worked out what was needed. If I am not wrong Remote Root is appended to Root URL to indicate where the code resides on the server. While Local root is appended to the Local URL to indicate where it resides on my local server.

I still do not have it set up properly, preview works if I descend the directory tree on the left hand side but it does not if I bring up a site by clicking on the "Site" button. I get "NOT FOUND the requested URL /index.html was not found on this server" and the address in the URL field is "http://localhost/index.html".

I am at a loss as to why there seems to be no Manual, tutorials or even a Help system.

Thank you again

John
Regards

John