Building Web pages on your computer is a big accomplishment, but it's not the whole job. Your beautifully designed and informative Web site will simply languish in obscurity on your hard drive unless you move it to a Web server. Fortunately, once your Web site is ready for prime time, you can put it on a server without ever leaving the comfort of Dreamweaver. The program includes simple commands for transferring files back and forth between the Web server and your desktop. Depending on how you operate , choose one of these two methods for transferring your files:
Either way, you begin by defining a remote site. Note: Dreamweaver 8 introduces some major changes to how Dreamweaver moves files back and forth from your computer to your Web server. The changes include faster performance, better synchronization tools, and, best of all, background FTP, which lets you keep working in Dreamweaver as it transfers hundred of files to your Web site. |