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ART 308 / Site settings for Adobe CS Dreamweaver

 

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1. Create your local siteÉ

Create a local ÔrootÕ folder on your flash driveÉ

  1. Download the web page folder www_308.zip from blackboard. Once downloaded, unzip it by double clicking on it (you can throw away Ôwww_308.zipÕ one youÕve got the www_308 folder from it).
  2. Plug in your flash drive
  3. Create a folder on your flash drive titled Ô308Õ
  4. Drag the www_308 folder into this Ô308Õ folder on your flash drive. Note: you can store all your classwork in your Ô308Õ folder but do not put anything but web materials in the www_308 folder!

 

 

ÔDefineÕ your local site folder in DreamweaverÉ

  1. Launch Dreamweaver
  2. From the menu at the top, select Site and then Manage Sites.
  3. In the Manage Sites window, click New Site (lower right)
  4. Name the site:  Ôyourusername_308Õ (see A.)
  5. Select the Ôlocal site folderÕ: Click on the folder icon (see A) and navigate to the www_308 folder on your flash drive, click on it to highlighted it and then click the choose button (see B)

 

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2. Establish your Remote siteÉ

 

Fill in remote server infoÉ

  1. Bring up the sites settings dialog box: Site > Manage Sites and Select the site by double clicking on Ôusername_308Õ.
  2. The Site Setup window will appear.  Click the Servers Tab in the left menu.
  3. Click the + at the bottom to add new server.
  4. Fill in the site setup dialog box as follows:


 

 

  1. Be utterly sure all boxes are filled in exactly as shown including punctuation, spacing and capitalization. Your user name and password is always your current network login. If at any time you change your password you must reedit this information in Dreamweaver.
  2. Test the connection using the test button and then leave site settings function by clicking save>save>done.

 

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3. Create a subfolder on your Remote siteÉ

 

In the DW files panel (window>files)É

  1. Select Ôremote serverÕ view (A.)
  2. Connect to remote server by clicking the Ôconnect iconÕ (B.)
  3. Once connected, Control Click on /E:/  (C.) and Select ÔNew FolderÕ from the drop down menu. (D.)
  4. Rename the untitled folder Ô308Õ
  5. Return to Ôlocal viewÕ from the same drop down menu A.

 

 

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4. Edit your Remote Site Settings to select this new folder as the Root DirectoryÉ

  1. Navigate to the site settings/remote server info dialog box the same as before (Site  > Manage Sites > select site (double click on username_308) select Servers Tab (left menu) and double click on Ôremote serverÕ to open the server info box.
  2. Type Ô308Õ in the root directory box, save and exit manage sites.


 

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5. Upload your local files to your remote serverÉ

  1. In the DW panels file, with the entire root folder selected (username_308), click the upload arrow and all files for the site will upload to the remote server.

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  1. After making changes to any local files, you can upload the new versions by selecting an individual file and then clicking the upload arrow. Remember you must also upload jpeg files.

 

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6.   Verify that your site is correctly organizedÉ.

1.    Expand the file panel to show both the local and remote views by clicking expand icon at the top of the files panel (A.)




2.    This is what you should seeÉ


 

3.    Return to single file view by clicking on the same icon to collapse panel. Note: if you have created other web pages before this they will also show up as other folders on your remote server view.

 

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7. Save Site SettingsÉ

If you come back to the same computer, plug in your flash drive and launch DW and you are good to go. Remember, if you rename or relocate your local site folder (www_308) you will need to redefine local settings so DW finds it.

But every time you work on a different computer your settings must be reestablished. To save time you can save settings and import them to other DW applications on other computers.

 

Export your site settingsÉ

  1. Bring up the same Manage Sites dialog box (Sites > Manage Sites)
  2. Select your site and click the export button. (see A.)
  3. Save the .ste file to 308 folder on your flash drive (not the www_308 sub folder)

 

Import your site settingsÉ

When you are at a new computerÉ

  1. Plug in your flash drive and launch DW.
  2. Go to the manage site dialog (Sites>Manage Site) and select import site (A.)

3.    Navigate to your .ste file on your flash drive and select it (B.)