Dreamweaver Site Config for NAS

From the Dreamweaver Menu select Site, New... and choose the Advanced Tab as shown. Then select Local Info from the Category window on the left

Local Info

Site Name:
This is whatever you want it to be - just so you recognize it from your other Dreamweaver sites. It is just for human-readable purposes while you're using Dreamweaver.

Default Images folder:
It's a very good idea to separate your "assets" such as images and documents from your html, and if you tell Dreamweaver where this is it will default to that folder. However, filling this in is optional.

Local root folder:
is your working directory. This is probably on the C drive where you've set up a parallel directory structure - or maybe on a usb drive. Notice here that since my nas folder will be called "marie" I have a "marie" folder on my local web drive to match the folder structure on the server. Use your first name instead of mine!

Links relative to:
indicates how you want Dreamweaver to edit your links. For this class use "Site Root" so that your links start with "/" indicating the root folder of the site.

HTTP address:
Use your real URL, up to the root folder and "/" but no file name. For NAS it will be http://www.nas.com/~webclass/yourfirstname

Case-sensitive links:
On UNIX servers the folder "docs" is different from "Docs" so it's important that when Dreamweaver proof-reads your links it checks for case. However the best practice is to use only lower case characters in directories and file names and then there will be no confusion.

Remote Info

This tells Dreamweaver how to load your local files to go "live" on the real server. After you put in the correct parameters press "Test" to verify you can reach the server.

Access:
FTP

Host:
ftp.nas.com

Directory:
/home/webclass
/htdocs/yourfirstname

Note that there is NO tilde before the webclass here - this is the physical directory structure. If you forget your first name here you will be writing into the wrong area when you transfer files.

Login:
This is "webclass" for everyone - so pay close attention to the host directory!

Password:
I will give this out in class - you may want to write it down in your notes.

Use Secure FTP.
You can probably use either from home, but campus you will have to use SFTP on the university wired network. Neither FTP or SFTP will work while on the wireless network.