Managing files and folders – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 User Manual
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Managing files and folders
About managing files and folders
Using the Files panel
View files and folders
Work with files in the Files panel
Find files in your Dreamweaver site
Identify and delete unused files
Access sites, a server, and local drives
Customize the file and folder details displayed in the expanded Files panel
About managing files and folders
Dreamweaver includes a Files panel that helps you manage and transfer files to and from a remote server. When you transfer files between local
and remote sites, parallel file and folder structures between the sites are maintained. When transferring files between sites, Dreamweaver creates
corresponding folders if they do not yet exist in a site. You can also synchronize the files between your local and remote sites; Dreamweaver
copies files in both directions as necessary and removes unwanted files when appropriate.
Using the Files panel
The Files panel enables you to view files and folders, whether they are associated with a Dreamweaver site or not, and perform standard file
maintenance operations, such as opening and moving files.
Note: In previous versions of Dreamweaver the Files panel was called the Site panel.
You can move the Files panel as necessary and set preferences for the panel.
Use this panel to perform the following tasks:
Access sites, a server, and local drives
View files and folders
Manage files and folders in the Files panel
For Dreamweaver sites, use the following options to display or transfer files:
Expanded Files panel options.
A. Site pop-up menu B. Connect/Disconnect C. Refresh D. View site FTP log E. Site files view F. Testing server G. Repository view H. Get
File(s) I. Put File(s) J. Check Out File(s) K. Check In File(s) L. Synchronize M. Expand/Collapse
Note: The Site Files view, Testing Server view, and Synchronize buttons appear only in the expanded Files panel.
The Site pop-up menu Lets you select a Dreamweaver site and display that site’s files. You can also use the Site menu to access all the files on
your local disk, much like Windows Explorer(Windows) or the Finder (Macintosh).
Connect/Disconnect (FTP, RDS, and WebDAV protocol) Connects to or disconnects from the remote site. By default, Dreamweaver disconnects
from the remote site if it has been idle for more than 30 minutes (FTP only). To change the time limit, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or
Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh), then select Site from the category list on the left.
Refresh Refreshes the local and remote directory lists. Use this button to manually refresh the directory lists if you deselected either Refresh Local
File List Automatically or Refresh Remote File List Automatically in the Site Definition dialog box.
Site Files view Displays the file structure of the remote and local sites in the panes of the Files panel. (A preference setting determines which site
appears in the left pane and which appears in the right pane.) Site Files view is the default view for the Files panel.
Testing Server view Displays the directory structure of the testing server and the local site.
Repository view Displays the Subversion (SVN) Repository.
Get File(s) Copies the selected files from the remote site to your local site (overwriting the existing local copy of the file, if any). If Enable File
Check In And Check Out is enabled, the local copies are read-only; the files remain available on the remote site for other team members to check
out. If Enable File Check In and Check Out is disabled, the file copies will have both read and write privileges.
Note: The files Dreamweaver copies are the files you select in the active pane of the Files panel. If the Remote pane is active, the selected
remote or testing server files are copied to the local site; if the Local pane is active, Dreamweaver copies the remote or testing server version of
the selected local files to the local site.
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