macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Cloaking Files and Folders

While you are developing your Website, you might want to prevent certain files from being uploaded or downloaded. For example, if you have a large number of Flash and QuickTime movies embedded in your pages, you might not want to replace those Flash and QuickTime files in your local folder or on the remote server every time you get or put files—but you might want other dependent files to be automatically uploaded. You might also have source files for graphics in your local folder—source files are typically not uploaded to remote servers because they are not necessary for visitors to view the Web pages and they can take up a great deal of space.

You can cloak folders or file types to exclude them from site transfer functions ...