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In order to take advantage of the site management features of Dreamweaver, including link management, you need to define a site. This example will show how to set up a departmental or organizational website for management via an FTP connection from off-campus. These instructions are based on Dreamweaver MX 2004, but the process is similar in older versions. See related links below for instructions on accessing your site files on-campus.
Defining the site | Accessing files in the defined site
1) Launch Dreamweaver. From the 'Site' menu, select 'Manage Sites...'
2) Click the 'New...' button and select 'FTP & RDS Server' from the menu that pops up.
3) This will bring up the new site wizard. Specify a name for your site. Click 'Next >'
4) Next it asks you if you wish to work with a server technology. If you will be writing pages that use PHP or some other server-based processing language, select 'Yes', otherwise select 'No' (which is the default). Click 'Next >'
5) Next it will ask you how you want to edit the files. Select 'Edit local copies on my machine'. It will also ask you where the files are to be stored on your computer. You can either accept the default settings or click the folder icon and select the folder where you want to keep the web site files on your computer. Click 'Next >' when this is done.
6) Next it will ask you about the remote server. From the popup menu, select 'FTP'
7) After FTP is selected, a series of boxes should appear for hostname, folder on server, login and password. Enter 'webfs.uwrf.edu' for the hostname of the server. Enter '/' followed by the folder name for your department or organizational web area. Enter in your Falcon account with a capital 'W' for the login.
8) If you wish to test the settings, enter your password in the box provided and click 'Test Connection'. You should get a message that says Dreamweaver connected to the server successfully. When done, you can uncheck to box for saving password to clear the password again. Click 'Next >' to continue.
9) Next it will ask if you wish to enable checking in and checking out of files. Select 'No' so that it is not enabled. Click 'Next >'
10) Lastly it should display a summary of your settings. Click 'Done' to finish the New Site wizard.
11) Click 'Done' to close the site definitions window.
To use the defined site, it's easiest if you have the 'Files' palette window open. Generally this will be along the right side of your screen. If it's not visible, select 'Files' from the 'Window' menu.
1) To connect to the server (for uploading edited files or downloading files to edit/view), click the plug icon (circled in red in the illustration below).
2) To view what is currently on the web server, select 'Remote View' from the popup menu on the right (circled in orange above).
3) To download a file for editing, you can either double-click on it in the file list, or select it and click the download arrow (circled in purple above).
4) To upload a file that you've edited or created, click the upload arrow (circled in green above).
5) To view the list of site files that are on your computer's hard drive, select 'Local View' from the popup menu on the right (circled in orange above).
If you have trouble with these procedures or have other questions, contact IT Services for assistance.
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