Rds connections, Microsoft visual sourcesafe connections, Set advanced server options – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Site management
Last updated 6/3/2015
RDS connections
Use this setting if you connect to your web server using Remote Development Services (RDS). For this connection
method, your remote server must be on a computer running Adobe® ColdFusion®
1
Select Site > Manage Sites.
2
Click New to set up a new site, or select an existing Dreamweaver site and click Edit.
3
In the Site Setup dialog box, select the Servers category and do one of the following:
• Click the Add New Server button to add a new server
• Select an existing server and click the Edit Existing Server button
4
In the Server Name text box, specify a name for the new server. The name can be anything of your choosing.
5
Select RDS from the Connect Using pop-up menu.
6
Click the Settings button and provide the following information in the Configure RDS Server dialog box:
• Enter the name of the host computer where your web server is installed.
• The host name is probably an IP address or a URL. If you are unsure, ask your administrator.
• Enter the port number that you connect to.
• Enter your root remote folder as the host directory.
• For example, c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myHostDir\.
• Enter your RDS username and password.
Note: These options might not appear if you set your username and password in the ColdFusion Administrator security
settings.
• Select the Save option if you want Dreamweaver to remember your settings.
7
Click OK to close the Configure RDS Server dialog box.
8
In the Web URL text box enter the URL of your website (for example, http://www.mysite.com). Dreamweaver uses
the Web URL to create site root-relative links, and to verify links when you use the link checker.
For a more extensive explanation of this option, see
.
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Click Save to close the Basic screen. Then in the Servers category, specify whether the server you just added or edited
is a remote server, a testing server, or both.
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe connections
Support for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe has been deprecated as of Dreamweaver CS5.
Set Advanced server options
1
Select Site > Manage Sites.
2
Click New to set up a new site, or select an existing Dreamweaver site and click Edit.
3
In the Site Setup dialog box, select the Servers category and do one of the following:
• Click the Add New Server button to add a new server
• Select an existing server and click the Edit Existing Server button
4
Specify Basic options as necessary, and then click the Advanced button.
5
Select Maintain Synchronization Information if you want to automatically synchronize your local and remote files.
(This option is selected by default.)