Enabling Server Connection

When you define a Web site in Dreamweaver, you define a local site that exactly mirrors the final, public Web site. Mirroring means that the local site contains an exact copy of the files on the final site. Dreamweaver calls your final site the remote site. You work on the files in your local site and then upload them to the remote site using Dreamweaver's file transfer commands.

Adding Your Remote Site

Define a remote site by editing the Web site definition (the Edit Sites command from the Site menu). Select the Edit button to launch the Site Definition dialog box for the selected Web site. In the Basic tab, click the next button until you reach the Sharing Files section of the Site Definition Wizard, as shown in ...

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