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Publishing Your Web Site with Dreamweaver CS4

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Last Updated: February 11, 2010 4:56 PM

Publishing your website with Dreamweaver® CS4

  1. From the Site menu, select New Site.
  2. Enter a name for your site, the HTTP Address (URL), and then click Next.
  3. If a certain type of server technology is necessary for the site to function, select Yes. Otherwise, select No and click Next.
  4. For working with files during development, select Edit local copies on my machine...(recommended). It is very important that they select this option.
  5. Enter connection information as follows, and then click Next:
    How do you connect to your remote server?
    FTP
    What is the hostname or FTP address of your web server?
    ftp.domainname.com
    What folder on the server do you want to store your files in?
    / or blank
    Enter your FTP login and FTP Password.
    Do not select the "Use Secure FTP (SFTP)" option.
  6. For checking in and out files, select No, do not enable.
  7. Review the summary to be sure all information is accurate, then click Done.
  8. Select the files or folders to publish, and then click Put Files.

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