Dreamweaver: How to Publish Files Using FTP
Before you can publish in Dreamweaver, you must set up a “home base” folder where your website will live on the local hard drive of your computer. Once this is in place, you can use Dreamweaver’s FTP feature to “get” and “put” the HTML files from your local folder to the remote server. Here’s how to Samsung LE-40R82B set it up for a BASIC website that does not include PHP, .asp or any “dynamic” elements.
Open Dreamweaver.
Go to the top menu and click SITE, then NEW SITE
The prompt Фены Vitek will ask you for a name. Name it “Whatever Your Site’s Name Is” (you can space this - it’s like a title bar, not a domain.)
Next Prompt: Do you want to work with a server technology?
Your Answer: NO
Next Prompt, Question 1: How do you want to work with your files?
Your Answer: Option 1
Question 2: Where on your computer do you want to store your files?
Your Answer: (Here, you will set up a folder hierarchy. Your heirarchy might be, C:/Your Websites/Name of Website
Next Prompt: How do you connect to your remote server?
Your Answer: FTP
Now it will ask you the following questions:
What is the hostname or FT address of your Web server?
Your Answer: This will vary. Typically, it’s ftp.whateveryourwebsitenameis.com (starts with ftp, a period, and then a domain name dot-com. The domain name could be your own domain name, or it may also be the domain name of your hosting provider. You may want to search for the term ‘FTP’ in your host’s help instructions so you know exactly what address to enter here.)
What folder on your server do you want to store your files in?
Your Answer: typically the answer to this is htdocs, but you have to figure out where your main HTML files are stored on your server. (I know that in Earthlink the folder is called webdocs).
What is your FTP login:
Your Answer: whatever your website login is
What is your FTP password:
Your Answer: whatever your Samsung VCC 4140 V32 password is
Now check off “save” and then click TEST CONNECTION to make sure you’re hooked up. If you can’t connect, recheck the above information and repeat the process.
Next Prompt: Do you want to enable checkin and Canon PowerShot SX1IS checkout? Your Answer: NO
(This is up to you. If
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