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Dreamweaver - How To Set Up a New Site

A Dreamweaver site provides a way to organize all of the documents associated with a website. Organizing your files in a site enables you to use Dreamweaver to upload your site to the web server, automatically track and maintain your links, manage files, and share files. To take full advantage of Dreamweaver features, you need to define a site.

 

Set up a Dreamweaver site:

  1. Open the Site Manager dialog box by doing one of the following:
  • Select Site > Manage Sites

  • Select Site > New Site
    NOTE: If you choose this option, the Site Definition dialog box will appear and you can skip step 4.

  • From the Files panel, use the pull down menu at the top-left to select Manage Sites
  1. Click the New button.

  2. Choose Site. The Site Definition dialog box appears.

  3. Do one of the following:
  • Click the Basic tab to use the Site Definition Wizard, which steps you through the setup process.

  • Click the Advanced tab to use the Advanced settings, which enable you to set up local and remote folders individually.
  1. Complete the Dreamweaver site setup process:
  • For the Site Definition Wizard, answer each question, then click Next to advance or click Back to return to a previous screen.

  • For Advanced settings, complete the Local Info category and the Remote Info category (in the Catagory list on the left of the Site Definition dialog box.)

HINT: After you set up a Dreamweaver site, and made certain it works, it's a good idea to export the site so that you have a local backup copy. To do this, Manage Site in the class files.