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SITE SETUP

MyGraphicsLab: Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 ACA Certification Preparation for Web Communication

OBJECTIVE


This presentation covers the following ACA Exam objective:

4.2 Define a Dreamweaver site.

SITE SETUP TOPICS

Dreamweaver CS6 site definition Connecting to remote servers Version control Site setup advanced settings


NEW SITE SETUP

You can set up a new site one of the following ways: Choose Site > New Site

OR Click the Dreamweaver Site link in the Welcome screen

See Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Classroom in a Book, pages 78–79. For info on setting up a site, watch the video Defining a Site in Dreamweaver.


LOCAL SITE CATEGORY

The Site category in the Site Setup dialog box contains minimum requirements for any Dreamweaver site setup.

Site Name allows you to assign a name to the site. Spaces allowed

For Local Site Folder, browse to the root folder on your computer. If root folder doesn’t exist,

create a new empty one.


Browse to root folder

SERVERS CATEGORY

The Servers category is used to define new remote server(s). Defining a server is not required to start work on a site in

Dreamweaver.


Add new server

SERVER SETUP (1 OF 2)

Access to server information comes from your web hosting company.

Server name can be any name you prefer. Spaces allowed

Connect Using is the connection protocol: FTP is the most common method to

connect to remote servers. Dreamweaver CS6 supports secure

(SFTP) connections and encryption. Local Connection: Server can be on

a local network. See Adobe Dreamweaver CS6

Classroom in a Book, pages 390–394.


SERVER SETUP (2 OF 2)

Root Directory designates where on the server the site should be placed.

The Root Directory can differ from one host to another. Examples: www htdocs

Web URL: Designates the address to the

published site on this server Automatically added but may be

changed Necessary if you are connecting to a

testing server


SERVER SETUP: MORE OPTIONS

The Use Passive FTP option allows you to bypass firewalls.

Use IPV6 Transfer Mode enables the most recent version of the Internet Data Transfer Protocol.

Use Proxy identifies a proxy connection to host if one is already defined in Dreamweaver preferences.

Use FTP Performance Optimization optimizes the connection to server. Deselect this option if Dreamweaver is

unable to connect to server.


SERVER SETUP: ADVANCED OPTIONS

Maintain Synchronization Information: Tracks which files have changed locally

and remotely Helps you keep track of which files are

more recent locally or on server before uploading or downloading

Automatically Upload Files To Server On Save: Allows you to upload files to remote

server automatically upon save Deselect unless you want to upload with

every single save, which can be frequent

Enable File Check-out: Helps keep track of who is working on a

file when multiple users are involved


SERVER SETUP: TESTING SERVER

The Server Model feature is used if you want Dreamweaver to use testing server to parse server scripts when previewing pages.

The Server Model should be selected if you need to connect to a database and want Dreamweaver to generate server script coding.

The Testing Server is generally the same as the Remote Server, but could be different.

See Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Classroom in a Book, pages 394–396.


ADVANCED SETTINGS: LOCAL INFO – DEFAULT IMAGES FOLDER

The Default Images Folder is optional.

It’s used to designate a folder in which you want to store images for your site.

If you designate a Default Images folder, Dreamweaver will automatically copy files into it when you insert images from outside of the defined site root folder.


ADVANCED SETTINGS: LOCAL INFO – LINKS RELATIVE TO

Links Relative To specifies the path structure of links created when linking to other assets or pages in your site.

Document-relative paths are usually best for local links in most websites (example: pages/about-us.html).

Site root-relative paths describe the path from the site’s root folder to a document. This option is usually best for very large sites with deeply nested directories (example: /pages/about-us.html).


ADVANCED SETTINGS: LOCAL INFO

Enable Cache is active by default in the Local Info area of the Advanced Settings panel in the Site Setup dialog box. Enable Cache improves the speed of Dreamweaver for link and site

management and lets you use the Assets panel.


CLOAKING

Cloaking folders and files Cloaking excludes from site-wide

operations Cloaking prevents from transferring

to and from server Enable cloaking if Maintain

Synchronization Information is selected Add file extensions that

Dreamweaver should cloak Can be applied to entire folders

using the Files panel Right-click (or Ctrl-click on Mac)

from context menu and choose Cloaking > Cloak


EDITING SITE SETUP

Access to previously defined sites (existing site setups) from main menu bar Site > Manage Sites Click the Edit tool (Pen symbol)

Enables you to edit site information such as site name, username, password, and server information.

The Edit Site Setup function can also be accessed by double-clicking the site name in the Files panel.


DUPLICATE SITE SETUP

Duplicate Site Setup is used to duplicate site definition information.

Duplicate Site Setup does not duplicate site files.

The duplicated site appears in the site list with the word “copy” appended to the name of the site.

To change the name of the duplicated site, leave the site selected, and click the Edit button.


EXPORT SITE SETUP

Used to export one or more sites settings

To select more than one site, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Cmd-click (Mac) each site.

To select a range of sites, Shift-click the first and last site in the range.

Generally used to back up site definition In order to back up your site

settings, select the first option in the Exporting Site dialog box.

The export creates an .ste file containing site settings (name, paths, server info).


DELETE SITE SETUP

Delete Site Setup deletes the selected site and all of its setup information from your list of Dreamweaver sites.

Deleting site setup does not delete the actual site files.


SITE SETUP CACHE DIALOG BOX

The Site Cache Recreation dialog box appears when editing and saving changes to the site definition.

Re-creating the site cache forces Dreamweaver to re-examine and update all site files and assets.


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