Web.design1.0
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defining a .site in dreamweaver
click on Site menu.
Select the New Site option, and a window will be opened. It should look like this.
In the name your site box you can enter anything here, this name will be for your files in dreamweaver/your computer and not on the server.
In the HTTP address box enter your web site URL here for example www.microsoft.com If you dont have one yet you can leave this blank and come back to it later.
Click next and that will bring you to the server technology page as seen below and just choose no I don't want to use server side technology, you can always change this later.
Click next to go to the edit page and select Edit local copies on my machine, then upload to the server. In the next box where it says where do you want to store your files at click the folder next to it and select "My Documents" or the folder that you choose to use.
Click next and that will bring you to the FTP login page. Under how do you connect to your remote server select FTP, under hostname either type in FTP.example.com or your site address www.example.com you can leave the next box blank as your server will make a folder automatically. Then enter your FTP user and password that your hosting company gave you and click test connection. It will let you know if you passed or failed. If you failed logon just make sure you typed everything correctly and try again.
Then click next and you will be at the check in check out window, choose do not enable check in and check out. Checking yes just means that you and your friend/co-worker cannot edit the same file at the same time. Click next and you are done, your info will pop-up that you just entered and click done. Your site will now appear in managed sites and if you need to edit it or change something go to site > managed sites and choose your site.
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