Set up a local version of your site, Connect to a remote server – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Last updated 6/3/2015
Set up a local version of your site
To set up a local version of your site, all you need to do is specify the local folder where you’ll store all of your site files.
The local folder can be on your local computer or on a network server. You can use the Manage Sites dialog box in
Dreamweaver to set up multiple sites and manage them.
1
Identify or create the folder on your computer where you want to store the local version of your site files. (The folder
can be anywhere on your computer.) You’ll specify this folder as your local site in Dreamweaver.
2
In Dreamweaver, choose Site > New Site.
3
In the Site Setup dialog box, make sure the Site category is selected. (It should be selected by default.)
4
In the Site Name text box, enter a name for your site. This name appears in the Files panel and in the Manage Sites
dialog box; it does not appear in the browser.
5
In the Local Site Folder text box, specify the folder you identified in step one—the folder on your computer where
you want to store the local version of your site files. You can click the folder icon to the right of the text box to browse
to the folder.
6
Click Save to close the Site Setup dialog box. You can now begin working on your local site files in Dreamweaver.
When you’re ready, you can fill out the other categories in the Site Setup dialog box, including the Servers category,
where you can specify a remote folder on your remote server.
For a video tutorial on setting up a new Dreamweaver site,
Connect to a remote server
A remote server (often referred to as the web server) is where you publish your site files so that people can view them
online. The remote server is simply another computer like your local computer with a collection of files and folders on
it. For example, an FTP server or a WebDav server.
You’ll specify a folder for your site on the remote server, just as you specified a folder for your local site on your local
computer. Dreamweaver refers to the specified remote folder as your remote site.
When you set up a remote folder, you must select a connection method for Dreamweaver to upload and download files
to and from your web server. The most typical connection method is FTP, but Dreamweaver also supports
local/network, FTPS, SFTP, WebDav, and RDS connection methods. If you don’t know which connection method to
use, ask your ISP or your server administrator.
Note: Dreamweaver also supports connections to IPv6-enabled servers. Supported connection types include FTP, SFTP,
WebDav, and RDS. For more information, see
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