Create a Site Management file in Dreamweaver CS3
To help you organize files on your system, Dreamweaver v8 or CS3 re-creates the structure of the remote web site on your local system. The links you create at your local site continue to work on the remote site because the structure of the two sites is identical.
You create a local site in Dreamweaver by selecting a local root folder with the Define Sites command. You associate your local site with a remote server by selecting additional options in the Define Sites dialog box.
Dreamweaver CS3 has its own "Connect to Server" capabilities built into the program. This feature makes it easy to upload, download, and maintain your web pages.
NOTE: If you need to install Dreamweaver CS3, close all other applications. Insert the CD and the Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 install window should automatically appear. Click the Install Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 button. Accept all the prompts. It could take between 10-20 minutes to install. The first time you open Dreamweaver you will be prompted to enter the serial number for your license.
Defining a Site
Note: If you are starting a new site, before opening Dreamweaver, you should create a folder for the site's data. This folder is called the Local Root Folder. If you have redirected My Documents, you should not create your Local Root Folder in the My Documents folder. Instead, create the folder in your Local Documents folder; or, create the folder on the C drive. Keep the foldername short. Don't use any special characters in the name as well. Examples, use your county name or an abbreviation of the site's full name.
Note: If you're setting up a new site, you need two things. First, a College of Ag Science AG account. Second, this AG account must be given permissions to access the correct folder on the College webserver. This folder is called the Host Directory and is mentioned below in step 9. If you are unsure what to enter in Step 9, contact IT via the Help Desk Submission Form. In the Problem Details field, enter "Website request" and then include the link to the site itself.
- Open Dreamweaver.
Note: If this is the first time that you've opened Dreamweaver, enter the Serial number. Click NEVER REGISTER when presented with the Registration window. At the Default Editor window, click OK. At the Dreamweaver welcome screen, check Don't show again (bottom left).
- To create a new site, from the Site menu choose New Site.
- The Site Definition window appears.
- Click the Advanced tab at the top.
- Enter a Site name. Example: Countyname (Armstrong) or an abbreviation of the site's full name (AEXT)
If you have already created a site and need to edit settings, from the Site menu choose Manage Sites.
- The Manage Sites window appears
- Highlight your site name and click the Edit button.
- The Site Definition window appears.
- Click the Advanced tab at the top.
- In the Local Root Folder line, click the folder icon to browse to and select your local web folder.
- When you locate your local web folder, click the Select button.
- In the HTTP: address line, enter your web page address.
- Example: http://wayne.extension.psu.edu/ - In the Category list at the left, click Remote Info.
- From the Access drop-down list, choose FTP.
- Enter the FTP host as: webftp.cas.psu.edu
- Enter the Host Directory for your site. It should start and end with a forward slash /
Note: The Host Directory is the "path" to your site's folder on the webserver. IT should have provided this information to you when the site was created.
County Extension office sites use the pattern: /coext/countyname/
For Example: /coext/greene/ or /coext/wayne/
Department websites use the pattern: /casdept/sitename/
For Example: /casdept/das/ or /casdept/ipm/
- In the Login box, enter AG\ followed by your AG Account Userid.
Example: AG\jsw1024
- If you're setting up a new site, enter your AG password (this may be different than your PSU password)
If you're editing an existing site and need to update your AG password, delete the current saved password and reenter your new AG password
- Place a check in the Password's Save box.
- Place a check in the Use Passive FTP box.
- Click OK.
Note: Your Web Directory should appear in the Files panel on right side of your Dreamweaver window.
10/13/2008 Update:
- The use of FTP back to the Web-Server from anywhere within a PSU or county network is fully functional.
- To use FTP from a non-PSU network (e.g. staff that work from home) to Web-Server to upload files you must use the PSU VPN client to create a secure connection to the Penn State network.
- Non-PSU staff (e.g. volunteers) will not be able to use the Penn State licensed VPN software to update college web pages from their homes. They would need to update pages from the Penn State office that they volunteer for.
Refer to our How To Use the Files Panel in Dreamweaver CS3 for more information.