How to Setup a Remote Site in Dreamweaver
A good first step when making a web site in Dreamweaver is to define the site. This means telling Dreamweaver the location of local files and also where remote files are stored. Details about the remote site, usually a web server, are provided by technical support staff. Details include the host or server name, the site or folder name, and a personal account (user name and password). Another important detail is the protocol used to communicate with the remote server. This document describes how to define a remote site that uses secure FTP (SFTP) to communicate with the server.
Define a Site
1. Choose Site > New Site from the menu bar. This starts the Site Definition wizard.
2. Type a name for your site in the Site Definition wizard and click the Next button to continue. Any descriptive name will do.
Figure 1: Name the site.
3. Click the Next button again to skip past the "server technology" page.
4. Choose "Where on your computer do you want to store your files" by clicking the folder icon and using the dialog box to pick a folder. If there is no existing folder, click the New Folder button, name the folder, highlight it, and click the Choose button. Click the Next button to continue.
Figure 2: Define the local location for files.
5. Pick FTP from the "How do you connect to your remote server" list. Type the "username" given to you by technical support staff into the "What is your FTP login?" field. IMPORTANT: Leave the "What is your FTP password?" field blank, because Dreamweaver prompts when a password is needed. Remember to fill the Use Secure FTP (SFTP) checkbox. Click the Next button to continue.
Figure 3: Define the remote location for files.
6. Complete the site definition by accepting the default choice in the remaining step, and click the Done button to end.
7. To test the remote site definition, click the connection icon on the left end of the Files window toolbar. Type your password when prompted. If it succeeds, you will see the remote site listed in the Files window.
Figure 4: Click the Connect button to log on to the server.
| Author: | Chris Dowling |
| Revised: | 2008-09-25 |
| Keywords: | Dreamweaver, SFTP |