Setting Local Info category options

The purpose of this dialog box is to set up a local folder for a Dreamweaver site (also known as a local site).

To set up a local folder for a Dreamweaver site:

  1. In the Site Name text box, enter a name for the Dreamweaver site.

    The site name appears in the Files panel and in the Manage Sites dialog box. Use any name you like; it's only for your reference and does not appear in the browser.

  2. In the Local Root Folder text box, enter the name of the folder on your local disk where you store site files, templates, and library items or click the folder icon to browse to the folder.

    When Dreamweaver resolves root-relative links, it does so relative to this folder (see Site root-relative paths). If the local root folder does not yet exist, create it from within the file-browsing dialog box.

  3. Use the Refresh Local File List Automatically option to indicate whether Dreamweaver should automatically refresh the local file list every time you copy files into your local site.

    Deselecting this option improves the speed of Dreamweaver when copying such files, but means that the Local view of the Files panel does not automatically refresh. You can click the Refresh button in the Files panel toolbar to manually refresh the panel.

  4. (Optional) In the Default Images Folder text box, enter the path to your default images folder for this site, or click the folder icon to browse to the folder.

    This folder is where Dreamweaver places images that you add to your site. For example, when you drag an image from your desktop into an active document, Dreamweaver adds that image to the current site in the default images folder.

  5. (Optional) In the HTTP Address text box, enter the URL that your completed website will use.

    This enables Dreamweaver to verify links within the site that use absolute URLs (see Checking for broken, external, and orphaned links).

  6. For the Enable Cache option, indicate whether to create a local cache to improve the speed of link and site management tasks.

    If you do not select this option, Dreamweaver asks you if you want to create a cache again before it creates the site. It is a good idea to select this option because the Assets panel (in the Files panel group) only works if a cache is created. For more information, see Template expressions.

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