2 Domain Hosting

Defining a Site

Dreamweaver's site management features are very powerful. However, in order to take advantage of the features, you must first establish a site. The following instructions walk you through the process. If you work on multiple computers, this process will need to be repeated on each computer.

1. Open Dreamweaver
2. From the Site menu, select New Site ...
   The Site Definition dialog box appears.
   
3. In the What would you like to name your site text box, type the name of your site
   NOTE: This is your reference and will not be used by others.
4. Click NEXT
   
5. Select No, I do not want to use a server technology
6. Click NEXT
   
7. Select Edit directly on server using local network
8. Click BROWSE FOR FILE
   The Choose Local Root Folder for Site dialog box appears.
9. Locate and select the folder where your web files are stored
   NOTE: If the files do not exist, create and select an empty folder.
10. Click SELECT
11. Click NEXT
12. OPTIONAL: Establish an HTTP address to the live area
    NOTE: If you have relative links to other pages on the UW-Eau Claire server, you will want to establish an HTTP address to the live area so that those links show as working.
    1. Select the Advanced tab
    2. In the Category section, select Local Info
    3. In the HTTP Address text box, type the domain of your site (e.g. http://www.uwec.edu)

    4. Click OK
       The site is defined.

13. Click DONE
    NOTE: If opening an existing site, the Scanning all files in site dialog box appears showing the progress of opening the site.