Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Manual (Page 49)

DREAMWEAVER CS3
User Guide
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Remove Deletes the selected site; you cannot undo this action.
Export Enables you to export a site’s settings as an XML file (*.ste).
Import Enables you to select a site’s settings file (*.ste) to import.
See also
“Import and export site settings” on page 51
Set up and edit a local root folder
After you plan your site structure, you set up (define) a site in Dreamweaver. You should also define a site in order
to edit a website that wasn’t created in Dreamweaver. Setting up a Dreamweaver site is a way to organize all of the
documents associated with a website.
The local root folder is your working directory for your DW site. This folder can be on your local computer or on a
network server.
If you want to start editing files on your computer (without publishing them), set up only a local folder, and then add
remote and testing information later.
You can use Dreamweaver to edit an existing website on your local disk or to edit a remote site (or a branch of a
remote site), even if you didn’t use Dreamweaver to create the original site.
Note: You don’t need to specify a remote folder if your local root folder is on the system running your web server. This
implies the web server is running on your local computer.
1 Select one of the following:
• To set up a new site, Select Site > New Site.
• To edit the setup of an existing site on your local disk or a remote site (or a branch of a remote site), whether it was
created in Dreamweaver or not, select Site > Manage Sites and click Edit.
Note: If you haven’t defined any Dreamweaver sites, the Site Definition dialog box appears and you don’t need to click New.
2 Enter the setup information:
• To set up a site using the site setup wizard, click the Basic tab and follow the prompts.
• To set up local, remote, and testing folders (for processing dynamic pages) directly, click the Advanced tab, select
the Local Info category and set the options.
3 Click OK and Done to create the site (displayed in the Files panel).
See also
“Access sites, a server, and local drives” on page 83
“Import and export site settings” on page 51
“Setting up a web application” on page 501
“Set the relative path of new links” on page 284
“Managing files and folders” on page 77
September 4, 2007