I’ve been using the computers at my university to work on the site, but I got the program today so I jumped all my files from the school’s computers to my computer. I’ve been editing, and I’m just now noticing that things are saving in DreamWeaver, but they’re not showing up on my site. Why?
Read the directions for starting with Dreamweaver. You need to make a projects folder and install all your files in exactly the same relationship as they were at work. Then DW will inform you that any new files are not in your Projects folder and ask you if you want to move/copy it to that folder. This way, when you set up the FTP function to Publish any new or updated files, everything will work correctly online.
Ron
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April 23rd, 2010 at 8:52 am
You need to ftp the files to your site, and make sure they are in the correct folder.
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April 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 am
Read the directions for starting with Dreamweaver. You need to make a projects folder and install all your files in exactly the same relationship as they were at work. Then DW will inform you that any new files are not in your Projects folder and ask you if you want to move/copy it to that folder. This way, when you set up the FTP function to Publish any new or updated files, everything will work correctly online.
Ron
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April 23rd, 2010 at 9:44 am
While you edit files in Dreamweaver, you’re only changing then on your system (local site). The changes won’t become live until you publish (upload) them to the site hosting server.
First, you need to create a New Site, and for that you’ll need the FTP login/pw information for the site you’re updating.
Once the site is created, you connect to your server using DW, and you’ll see the remote (server) files on one side of your screen, and your local files on the other. You can either work on several files and save them, and then upload all at once, or go to File - Save to Remote Server, which I do most often. That will save the file directly to the server and your local system at the same time.
If you’re using DW CS4, go to this link and click on the Publishing link:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_cs4_website_pt1.html
Or, just click on Help on the DW menu, then Dreamweaver Support Center, or Dreamweaver Help. Adobe has really made their information much easier to read (i.e., non-engineers can understand it) over the years, and they’ve added a lot of links to top user sites, along with their own online tutorials. I’m not exaggerating either; I’ve been using Dreamweaver since before Macromedia (the original developer) started calling it Dreamweaver, and long before Adobe bought Macromedia. In versions prior to the Adobe merger, DW’s help (both online and included) was primarily written for programmers and developers, not designers or as is more common now, casual designers. I used to write tech manuals, and even I found their stuff more complicated tha necessary. Adobe has really gone to great lengths to ensure that their programs can be learned by anyone.
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