confused about starting a new project

I'm new to Quanta+ and am trying to figure out how to use it to manage,
edit, and test a web site created for me on a remote host on my local
development machine, also a server.  The site uses PHP almost entirely
and is backed by an SQL database.

I made a local copy of the remote site file tree, and am confused about
how to set this up as a Quanta project.  Should I use the Local protocol
with the Main directory on my local machine or sftp protocol, with the
Main directory on the remote site?

If the former (Local), I assume I will need to configure my local
(apache) server to recognize this file tree.  If sftp, how do I test
things before they go live?

Maybe there is a Quanta tutorial somewhere that covers this basic ground?

thanks
-Michael


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