I use the following URL for my SHP file data
file:data/EA_Data/DetailedRiverNetwork
i.e. not HTTP but FILE
But I just hit the browse button to locate it.
Russ
On 13 Aug 2012, at 15:22, David Winslow <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can't diagnose your problem from the description you gave, but I think that
> using 'localhost' in your workspace URIs is a red herring[1]. GeoServer does
> not actually make requests to the workspace URIS and as long as they are
> unique their values don't really affect GeoServer's operation.
>
> Perhaps a good next step would be for you to post a screen capture of the
> erroneous page? Are there any errors in GeoServer's log files?
>
> --
> David Winslow
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Michal Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to add stores (shapefiles) to geoserver running on localhost:8080. In
> data_dir/data I have directories containing shapefiles. I add them as
> workspaces with Namespace URI set to
> http://localhost:8080/geoserver/data/*name_of_the_dir*/. When I try to add
> new store, the URL field in Connection Parameters doesn't open though and I
> can't choose which shapefile I want to add. I suppose the only error might be
> in http://localhost:8080/geoserver/data/*name_of_the_dir*/. I tried many
> different variations of this path, none of them worked for me.
> So the question is rather simple (hope the answer too): How do I add a store
> to a workspace when working in localhost? Thanks for any help.
> PS: The geoserver I'm working on is meant to run offline, thus I can't enter
> web URLs in Namespace URI.
>
> --
> Michal Zimmermann (zimmi)
> WWW: http://www.zimmi.cz
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