Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 User Manual
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remote server. In such a case the above example would not apply, and you would instead create different remote folders within the public_html
folder, and then map them to their corresponding local root folders on your local machine.
When you first establish a remote connection, the remote folder on the web server is usually empty. Then, when you use Dreamweaver to upload
all of the files in your local root folder, the remote folder populates with all of your web files. The directory structure of the remote folder and the
local root folder should always be the same. (That is, there should always be a one-to-one correspondence between the files and folders in your
local root folder, and the files and folders in your remote folder.) If the structure of the remote folder doesn’t match the structure of the local root
folder, Dreamweaver uploads files to the wrong place, where they might not be visible to site visitors. Additionally, image and link paths can easily
break when folder and file structures are not in synch.
The remote folder must exist before Dreamweaver can connect to it. If you don’t have a designated folder that acts as your remote folder on the
web server, create one or ask your ISP’s server administrator to create one for you.
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