Set site preferences for transferring files
You select preferences to control file-transfer features that appear in the Files panel.
- Set the options and click OK.
- Always Show
-
Specifies which site (remote or local) is always shown,
and in which Files panel pane (left or right) the local and remote
files appear.
By default, the local site always appears on the right. Whichever pane is not chosen (the left one by default) is the changeable pane: this pane can display either the site map or the files in the other site (the remote site by default).
- Dependent Files
-
Displays a prompt for transferring dependent
files (such as images, external style sheets, and other files referenced
in the HTML file) that the browser loads when it loads the HTML
file. By default, both Prompt on Get/Check Out and Prompt on Put/Check
In are selected.
It’s usually a good idea to download dependent files when checking out a new file, but if the latest versions of the dependent files are already on the local disk, there’s no need to download them again. This is also true for uploading and checking in files: no need if up-to-date copies are already at the destination.
If you deselect these options, your dependent files
are not transferred. Therefore, to force the Dependent Files dialog
box to appear even when these options are deselected, hold down
Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while choosing the Get, Put,
Check In, or Check Out commands. - FTP Connection
- Determines whether the connection to the remote site is terminated after the specified number of minutes have passed with no activity.
- FTP Time Out
-
Specifies the number of seconds in which Dreamweaver attempts
to make a connection with the remote server.
If there is no response after the specified amount of time, Dreamweaver displays a warning dialog box alerting you to this fact.
- FTP Transfer options
- Determines whether Dreamweaver selects the default option, after a specified number of seconds, when a dialog box appears during a file transfer and there is no user response.
- Firewall Host
-
Specifies
the address of the proxy server through which you connect to outside
servers if you are behind a firewall.
If you are not behind a firewall, leave this space blank. If you are behind a firewall, select the Use Firewall option in the Site Definition dialog box.
- Firewall Port
- Specifies the port in your firewall through which you pass to connect to the remote server. If you connect through a port other than 21 (the default for FTP), enter the number here.
- Put Options: Save Files Before Putting
- Indicates that unsaved files are saved automatically before being put onto the remote site.
- Manage Sites
-
Opens the Manage Sites dialog box, where you can edit
an existing site or create a new one.
You
can define whether the types of files that you transfer are transferred
as ASCII (text) or binary, by customizing the FTPExtensionMap.txt
file in the Dreamweaver/Configuration folder
(on the Macintosh, FTPExtensionMapMac.txt). For more information
see, Extending Dreamweaver.
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