Thomas Wallace: Lectures and Resources - A collection of website design lectures and resources

Defining a Site in Dreamweaver / Connecting to the Web server

 

1. Open Dreamweaver and under the Site menu select Manage Sites. See Screenshot 1
2. Select New to create a new site
3. Select the Advanced Tab

Local Info Category Settings

1. Make sure you have Local Info selected from the Category menu.
2. Name the site and set the default file and images directories. See Screenshot 2
• Local Root Folder - The Personal Website folder you created.
• Default Image Directory - The images folder inside assets within your personal web site folder.
3. Make Sure you check the following entries
   • Links relative to document
   • Case-Sensitive Links and Enable Cache

Remote Info Category Settings

1. Select Remote Info from the Category menu and set Access to FTP.
   • FTP Host: ftp.itminor.com
   • Host Directory: Blank
   • Login: lrsd_username@itminor.com
   • Password: Your Password
2. Click the test button – you should receive a message that tells you you have been successful in connecting to the server

3. Click OK and then Done