How Do I Upload My Site Using Dreamweaver?

How To Upload Using Dreamweaver

To Upload using Dreamweaver you must first define the remote FTP location.

1. Please open the Dreamweaver program from your desktop. Go to Site, Define Sites.

2. Select your site from the list and double click to open the definition box.

3. Select Local Info from the Category Box.

4. Enter your HTTP address in the Link Management Options as shown.

HTTP Address: http://yourdomain.com

5 Select "Web Server Info" from the Category box

5. In the "Server Access " box Select FTP. Enter your FTP Account information provided to you into the following areas as shown in the diagram below:

FTP Host: yourdomain.com
Host Directory public_html/ or www/ or html/ (depends on server info sent to you)
User: yourname@yourdomain.com
Pass: your password

Once you have entered your FTP account information, please then click on OK.
You have now set up the remote location!

You must now upload your site to our servers.

Here are the steps to uploading your site.

1. Open your site in dreamweaver.

 

2. With your site open . Click on the "Connect Button"

3. From the left hand side, Remote Site , you will see the www folder from our server. When you see this folder you have connected to our site.

7. Highlight all of the files you wish to upload and then DRAG them over to an open area on the left hand side of the program so that you will upload the files into your WWW directory.

8. Your files will upload instantly onto your site.

9. REMEMBER to name your homepage index.htm (all lowercase) for your site to be visible so that it overwrites our default index.htm file we provide to you.

10. Once you have finished uploading your files, go to your site and visit your finished product!