The images in this document are from Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.

To set up a site in Dreamweaver, under the Files window (with the Site tab, not Assets, selected) click the Site dropdown, then New Site... This will bring up a dialogue box like the one below.

It is actually easier to use the Advanced tab (it's at the top of the window that pops up) if you don't want to worry about anything besides being able to connect and upload to the server, so that is what this tutorial will use.

There should be default names in the boxes, but it is fairly likely that you will want to change them. This is the Local Information tab.

Site Name is what you want this web to be called. It is used in Dreamweaver only, and is used to identify different webs that a person might have on their computer. In this case, it is Onyx Serpent.

Local Root Folder is the location on your hard drive where files are stored. You may select any location and change the folder name to whatever you wish.

The HTTP Address is how the site will be referenced via a web browser. Typically this will be the URL for your site's homepage. Note that the default document for a website may vary according to server, but index.htm, index.html, and index.asp are generally widely used. If there is no default page there that the server can point to, you will probably need to specify a page.

Next, click the Remote Info category. There should be a dropdown menu marked Access; click it, and chose FTP.

The screen should then look like the one above.

FTP Host should be your domain name unless otherwise directed by support. The www at the beginning is not neccessary. So, for this case, onyxserpent.com would work just as well as what is being used in the example. In some situations, such as the case of a domain being transferred from another host, you will be given a different FTP hostname to use until the transition is complete. Make sure you change it to the domain name when that process is finished.

Host Directory is where the folder on the web server where you will upload your site's content is. You will generally be uploading to domain/webroot on the Windows/IIS servers, on the Linux/Apache platform it will typically be domain/htdocs. If you want to upload to a specific folder, you will want domain/webroot/folder. Note that for Dreamweaver to connect to that folder, it must already exist.

The Login and Password are for what you use to access the site. You can choose whether or not to save the password, and also click a button to test to see if the information that has been entered is correct. If you test it and it says that Dreamweaver connected successfully, you should be able to upload.

Click done and a list of websites on your computer should show up. Click done in this window to select the site and start working on it.

The row of buttons beneath the menus is what you use to upload. From left to right, they are: Connect, Refresh, Get, Put, Check Out Files, Check In, and Expand/Collapse.

To connect to the remote server, click Connect. Assuming everything is set up right, a dialogue should appear, showing it connect, then the window should switch to the remote server.

The Get button is used to download files from the remote server to your local computer. Note that in order to 'Get' a file, you need to be connected to the server and have a file, folder, or more than one of either selected. The Put button is used to upload files to the server. Again, you must have files or folders selected for it to work. It should auto-connect you to do so. Clicking on the main site folder will upload the entire site, and uploading a single file will sometimes ask if you wish to upload dependant files, which are those linked to or associated with it.

The Check In and Check Out Files are used only if the check in/out feature is enabled.

Expand/Collapse changes the window so that the local and remote sites are seen side by side. When in that view, click the button again to return to the normal mode.

The two dropdown menus beneath the buttons also deal with views. The left dropdown chooses what is the active site. The right can be used to switch between local, testing, and remote servers, as well as a way to switch to a map view.

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