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Once you have assembled the images and pages that comprise your web site, place them into a folder that uploading can be carried out from. This is your local folder.
When ready, click on Site, then select New Site
Dreamweaver will require information on the local site, namely the folder name and location.
Then select Web Server Info from the left hand list
Next, supply the information regarding the remote server, where you web site will be running from.
- Server Access
Set to none by default. Set to FTP to get the rest of the table
- FTP Host
Enter www.YOUR domain name
- Host Directory
For Server types 1 & 2 enter: /httpdocs (always enter in lowercase)
Server Type 3 to 8 enter: /web (always enter in lowercase)
Server Type 10 to 24 enter: /httpdocs
Server Type 50 to 60 enter: /httpdocs
- Login
Enter your web space USERNAME (always enter in lowercase)
- Password
Enter your web space PASSWORD (always enter in lowercase)
- Use Passive FTP
Do not use this option for regular dial up connections. ADSL connections with NAT may require Passive FTP to be enabled.
- Use Firewall
If you are working from behind a firewall, this will need enabling. Settings for the firewall depend on the brand you are using and can be configured via Edit, Preferences, Site FTP
Once the settings are complete, click OK, then Done to bring you to the main uploading page
Once the site is connected, you can use the Put and Get controls to upload and download files to and from the server.
To put files on a remote server:
- Choose Window > Site Files to open the Site window.
- At the top of the Site window, choose the desired site from the current sites list pop-up menu.
- If you're using FTP to transfer files, you may click Connect to open a connection to the remote server, which allows you to see what's on the remote site before transferring any files. However, clicking Connect is not required; when you click Put, Dreamweaver connects automatically.
- Select the desired files to upload. (Usually you select these in the Local pane, but you may instead select the corresponding files in the Remote pane if you prefer.)
- Click Put, or choose Put from the context menu or the Site menu.
- If the file hasn't been saved, a dialog box may appear (depending on your preference setting in the Site FTP panel of the Preferences dialog box) allowing you to save the file before putting it on the remote server. To save the file, click Yes; to put the previously saved version on the remote server, click No. If you choose not to save the file, any changes you've made since last time you saved will not be put onto the remote server. However, the file remains open, so you can still save the changes after putting the file on the server if you wish.
- To upload dependent files, click Yes; to skip them, click No. (If the remote site already contains copies of the dependent files, click No.) To avoid being asked about dependent files in future uploads, select the Don't Ask Me Again option.
Important Note
Your default page (Home Page) must be named index.html otherwise it will not automatically load upon entering the site.
Please also note that the Server is case sensitive to file names, therefore we recommend that you always use lower case.
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