If you’re working in a collaborative environment, you can check files in and out from local and remote servers. If you’re
the only person working on the remote server, you can use the Put and Get commands without checking files in or out.

Note: You can use Get and Put functionality with a testing server, but you cannot use the Check In/ Check Out system with
a testing server.

Checking out a file is the equivalent of declaring “I’m working on this file now—don’t touch it!” When a file is checked
out, the name of the person who checked out the file is displayed in the Files panel, along with a red check mark (if a
team member checked out the file) or green check mark (if you checked out the file) next to the file’s icon.

Checking in a file makes the file available for other team members to check out and edit. When you check in a file after
editing it, your local version becomes read-only and a lock symbol appears beside the file in the Files panel to prevent
you from making changes to the file.

Dreamweaver does not make checked-out files read-only on the remote server. If you transfer files with an application
other than Dreamweaver, you can overwrite checked-out files. However, in applications other than Dreamweaver, the
LCK file is visible next to the checked-out file in the file hierarchy to help prevent such accidents.

Set up the Check In/Check Out system

Before you can use the Check In/Check Out system, you must associate your local site with a remote server.

Select Site > Manage Sites.

Select a site and click Edit.

This manual is related to the following products:

Dreamweaver CC 2014 Dreamweaver CS4 Dreamweaver CS6 Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 Dreamweaver CS3