Using Dreamweaver to Publish Web Pages on www.stlawu.edu

Prior to beginning, it is a good idea to make a local copy of your W: drive folder, and save it to another location (e.g. S: or T:). Work from your local site, then upload to W: when the draft is completed.

Define your site in Dreamweaver:

If you have already done so, skip to post your pages

• From the Site menu, choose Manage Sites
• Click New > Site
• Click the Basic tab along the top
• Under Site Name, type a name for your site
• Click Next
• For Server Technology , most users will choose - No, I do not want to use a server technology
• Click Next
• For Local folder information, choose Edit local copies on my machine, then upload to sever when ready (recommended)
• In the space below, navigate to (or create) a local folder by clicking on the folder icon to the right of the text area
  • This is where you will work and save files before they are uploaded to the web. You can use any folder on your machine or network drive
• Click Next
• How do you connect to your remote server? - choose Local/Network
• What folder on the server do you want to store your files in? - In the space below, navigate to your W: drive folder by clicking on the folder icon to the right of the text area
  • Choose this folder
  • Click Select
• Click Next
• Choose the desired option for file sharing
  • If you are working on the site alone, then choose: No, do not enable check in and check out
• Click Next
• Click Done
• Go to post your pages section

Post your pages

The Files panel is on the right side of the screen. If the panel is not present, from the Window menu choose Files. This will open the site files window on the right.

• Click the expand/collapse icon
• The site files panel will open to full screen
  • If you are on it.stlawu.edu, choose the connect icon
• Drag and drop the files you want to post from the local folder side (right half) to the remote server side (left half)