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Using Dreamweaver to Upload Your Web Files

There are two options built into Dreamweaver that allows you to upload Web files:

  1. FTP
  2. Local Area Network (LAN) or Local/Remote

1) FTP

If you are using Dreamweaver to create your Web pages, there is a built-in FTP program that is very easy to use. Here are the steps to follow:

  1. Open Dreamweaver, then go to the "Site" option at the top of the screen and select "New Site" (may also just be "Define Site" or "Manage Site". In this case, select this and then select the "New" tab.
  2. A window should appear. Be sure that you are in the the "Advanced" window (there are two tabs at the top of the window, one of which is "Advanced."
  3. You are now in the "Local Info" category. Here, type the name of your Web site. The next line is the "Local Root Folder" option. If you have a copy of your Web files in a folder on your computer, you want to click on the folder icon next to the text box and browse until you find and select that folder on your computer. If you do not have your Web files in a folder on your computer, create a folder on your computer where the files will exist once they are created. This is necessary in order for this function to work. Ignore the other options in this window.
  4. Once you have completed those two steps in the "Local Info" category, select the "Remote Info" category from the menu on the left of the window. Then from the "Access" pull-down menu, select "FTP". Fill out the fields using the information listed above (you can leave the "Host Directory" field blank). You do not need to check any of the checkboxes in this window. Once you have completed entering your FTP information, click "OK" at the bottom of the screen.
  5. You should now be taken to a screen that is split in half — on the right are your "Local Files", on the left are your "Remote Files". Your "Local Files" are the files on your computer, the "Remote Files" are the files on the Web server. Now, when this screen comes up for the first time (and any time after you start Dreamweaver up), there will not be any files showing in the Remote window. In order to see those files, you must click on the "Connects to Remote Host" icon in the toolbar.
  6. What makes this feature nice is that you can "drag-and-drop" your files from one window to another. For example, if you have a file on your computer that you want to put on the Web, just drag it from the right side of the screen ("Local Files") into the Web folder on the left ("Remote Files"). Just reverse the process if you want to take a file from the Web server and put it on your computer.

2) Local Area Network (LAN) or Local/Remote

If you have the ability to access the Novell tree from your computer, you can use the Local Area Network (LAN or Local/Network) of Dreamweaver to upload your files. This works the same way as if you were using FTP. Follow these steps to set up this feature:

  1. Open Dreamweaver, then go to the "Site" option at the top of the screen and select "New Site" (may also just be "Define Site" or "Manage Site". In this case, select this and then select the "New" tab.
  2. A window should appear. Be sure that you are in the the "Advanced" window (there are two tabs at the top of the window, one of which is "Advanced.")
  3. You are now in the "Local Info" category. Here, type the name of your Web site. The next line is the "Local Root Folder" option. If you have a copy of your Web files in a folder on your computer, you want to click on the folder icon next to the text box and browse until you find and select that folder on your computer. If you do not have your Web files in a folder on your computer, create a folder on your computer where the files will exist once they are created. This is necessary in order for this function to work. Ignore the other options in this window.
  4. Once you have completed those two steps in the "Local Info" category, select the "Remote Info" category from the menu on the left of the window. Then from the "Access" pull-down menu, select "LAN or Local/Network". Then select as your Remote Folder your Web folder on the Web server. So you want to find your Web folder inside WebServ2_VOL1/Apache2/htdocs/ and select it. In order to do this you must have WebServ2_VOL1 mounted on your computer.
  5. You should now be taken to a screen that is split in half — on the right are your "Local Files", on the left are your "Remote Files". Your "Local Files" are the files on your computer, the "Remote Files" are the files on the Web server. Now, when this screen comes up for the first time (and any time after you start Dreamweaver up), there will not be any files showing in the Remote window. In order to see those files, you must click on the "Refresh" icon in the toolbar to connect with the Web server.
  6. What makes this feature nice is that you can "drag-and-drop" your files from one window to another. For example, if you have a file on your computer that you want to put on the Web, just drag it from the right side of the screen ("Local Files") into the Web folder on the left ("Remote Files"). Just reverse the process if you want to take a file from the Web server and put it on your computer.

This function should also work from off-campus, assuming you are using the VPN.

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