Setting up a remote folder

After you set up a local folder for a Dreamweaver site (see Setting up a local folder), you can set up a remote folder. Depending on your development environment, the remote folder is where you store files for testing, collaboration, production, deployment, or so on.

Note: You don't need to specify a remote folder if the folder you specified as your local folder is the same folder you created for your site files on the system running your web server. This implies the web server is running on your local computer.

Determine how you will access the remote folder and note the connection information. This section describes how to set up a remote folder and connect to it.

To set up a remote folder:

Select Site > Manage Sites.
The Manage Sites dialog box appears.
Select an existing Dreamweaver site.
If you have not defined any Dreamweaver sites, create a local folder before proceeding (see Setting up a local folder).
Click Edit.
The Site Definition dialog box appears.
Click the Advanced button, if the Advanced settings aren't showing.
Select Remote Info from the Category list on the left.
Select an Access option.
For more information, see Setting Remote Info category options.
Click OK.
Dreamweaver creates a connection to the remote folder. If you are developing a dynamic site, you can add a Testing Server folder for processing dynamic pages (see Specifying where dynamic pages can be processed).

To connect to a remote folder with FTP access:

In the Files panel, click the Connects to Remote Host button in the toolbar.
If your site uses FTP with SSH to access your remote folder, when you try to connect to your remote server, a command prompt starts for you to log in to the SSH server. Click OK in the Dreamweaver dialog box after you log in.

Note: If you're using network access for your remote folder, you do not need to connect to the remote folder; you are always connected. Click the Refresh button to see your remote files.

To disconnect from a remote folder:

In the Files panel, click the Disconnect button in the toolbar.

Setting up a remote folder

To set up a remote folder:

To connect to a remote folder with FTP access:

To disconnect from a remote folder:

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