Publishing your Site in Dreamweaver
Learn how to upload your files to a remote server and make your
site live
The main step is to Define your site in Dreamweaver. Follow the
steps given below and you should be able to upload and publish pages
easily and fast. Soon you'll see your site live on the Internet!
Steps to Making your Site Live
- Open Dreamweaver
- Click on Define Sites.. under the Site drop down menu
- In the Define Site box that
comes up, click on the New button
- In the next dialog box that you see you need to enter the details
of your site:
- Enter a name for your site e.g. Entheos
- In the local root folder box choose your local root folder
using the folder icon
You can ignore the rest of the details required
Here's a screenshot of what it should look like -
- This is the most important step so pay close attention here
:)
In the category box found on the left choose Remote
Info. Here's where you need to fill out your ftp information
to establish a connection to the remote server.
In the Remote Info panel choose FTP in the Access drop down menu and enter the following details:
FTP Host: (your ftp host -
it could be an IP address or your web site URL)
Login: (username)
Password: (password)
Host Directory: (this is the
directory for your site - it could be the site root folder or
a 'www' folder etc.)
Here's a screenshot of what it should look like -
Once you've entered all the details click on OK
- If you're sure all the details have been entered correctly
you're ready to connect to the remote folder and upload your files.
Click on Connect from the Site drop down menu. If all
goes well, you should be able to connect to the remote site and
see all the remote files in the left pane.
- Choose the local folder and click on Put from the Site drop
down menu to upload the entire site to your remote site.
- Once the entire local folder is transferred to the remote folder
you can check your site online.
Note: Get is for downloading files and Put is for uploading files.
That's about it - hope you've understood this short tutorial on
publishing files :) If you still have problems please try the Dreamweaver
help files for troubleshooting.
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