localhost testing real slow

[needhamleonards]

I'm new to web publishing, am trying to test my first application using trial version of FM 5.5 with CDML and localhost on a PC. I can make changes in my HTML editor (CoffeeCup) and bounce back and forth to browser (usually netscape but same happens with I.E.) but there comes a point when I enter http://localhost in the address box and it just sit there with the status message "resolving host localhost". The browser continues to run SLOW until I shut down FileMaker. Restarting the machine doesn't resolve the problem. Thanks.

[Kurt Knippel]

While you may have other performance issues, this sounds like a classic problem of running both a client and a server on the same computer. This is typically a slow way to do things.

If you can run the server on another machine in your office, performance should pickup to normal levels.

[Anatoli]

Do try to enter IP instead of localhost.

And/or name of the machine.