Connecting with Dreamweaver
Locally Connecting
With DreamWeaver open go to the menu bar and click
- Site>Manage Sites>New>Site
- Click on the Advanced Tab
- Enter the following information:
- Site name: type the site name of your choosing
- Local Root Folder: \\www\public\folder name (such as \\www\public\athletics)
- >For personal folders this would be \\people\people\username (such as \\people\people\bdole)
- Back slash key ( \ ) is located near [Backspace] key
- Default Images Folder: \\www\public\folder\images (such as \\www\public\athletics\images)
- HTTP Address: http://www.cornellcollege.edu/foldername (such as http://www.cornellcollege.edu/athletics)
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Deselect (uncheck) “Enable Cache” check box.
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- Click on [OK]. Click on [Done].
Your site map should show up in in the Folder List at the right.
Remote Connecting
You will set up a Dreamweaver FTP site to access your site from home. You will need a copy of Dreamweaver MX and an internet connection.
1. Open Dreamweaver and go to Site, then select the Manage Sites tab.
2. Click New and choose FTP/RDS server.
3. You will get a message about not being able to perform sitewide operations. Read the message and click OK.
4. Fill out the Configure Server box as below. Use your user name and password.
*** For personal sites you would useftp-people.cornellcollege.edu as the host and enter your user name in the home directory. For example,cornell-college\j-doe or for faculty cornell-college\tjefferson.
*** For sites in the public directory you would use
ftp-public.cornellcollege.edu as the host and enter the directory name in the home directory. For athletics, it would be athletics.
5. You are now connected!