The Site Window

The Site Window is a tool that has two main functions: organization and file transfer.

As an organizational tool, the Site Window will help you keep all of the files in your site organized.  You can create new Web pages, delete old Web pages, and move Web pages to different folders, all from within the Site Window.

As a file transfer tool, the Site Window allows you to copy the Web pages from your computer to the appropriate folder on the Web server.

Before the Site Window can do either of these functions, it needs to know the location of the files you are working on.  It also needs to know the location of the Web server.  Setting up this information is called "Defining the Site," and it only has to be set up once.  Dreamweaver will remember the information, each time it opens.

•  Defining a New Site
•  Deleting a File
•  Opening a File
•  Opening the Site Window
•  Putting Files on the Server

Defining a Site

1. Go under the Site menu and choose New Site.
2. The Site Definition Window will open.
3. Set up the Local Info.
   • Give the Site a name; something relevant to the Web pages you are working with.
   • Locate the Local Root folder, which is the main folder where your Web pages are kept.
4. Set up the Web Server Info.
   • Change the Server Access to FTP.
   • For the FTP Host, type in the name of the Web server.
   • The Host Directory is the folder where your pages are kept on the Web server.  Normally, you don't have to fill in this information.
   • Type in your login.
   • Type in your password, or leave the field blank.  (If you leave the password field blank, then when you connect to the Web server you will be prompted for a password.)
   • Click OK.
5. The Create Cache dialog box will open.
6. Click Create.
7. The Site Window will open.

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Deleting a File

1. Open the Site Window.
2. Click once on the green icon beside the name of the file that you want to delete.
3. Press the Delete key on you keyboard.
4. A dialog box will open.
5. Click OK.

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Opening a File

1. Open the Site Window.
2. Double-click on the green icon beside the name of the file that you want to open.

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Opening the Site Window

1. Go under the Site menu to Open Site.
2. Choose the name of the site you want to work on.

OR

1. Click on the Show Site icon in the bottom-right corner of the Dreamweaver window.

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Putting Files on the Server

1. Open the Site Window.
2. Connect to the Web server by clicking on the Connect button.
3. On the Local Folder side, select the file to be transferred to the Web server by clicking once on the green icon beside the file name.
4. Click the Put button.
5. A dialog box opens, asking if you want to transfer dependent files.
6. Dreamweaver will automatically move dependent files (images, sounds, etc.) with their associated HTML files.
   • Click either Yes to move the dependent files, or No to just move the HTML file.
   • If the FTP is successful, you will see the files under the Remote Site side.
7. Check the pages on the Web.

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