Here's how to set up a development environment on http://sb.massmind.com. These steps are similar to what you would do locally as well.

  1. Create a database on irisdev
  2. telnet to irisdev
  3. cd to public_html
  4. Create a directory with the developer's name (we'll use laura as an example)
  5. cd laura

See also Compiling PHP4 on Development box