Friends

Sunday, October 2, 2011

FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver

Now that your site is ready it is time to upload the files to your hosting server and make your site live. You will need to purchase a domain name and web hosting. We use Hostgator to host this site.
To upload your files:
  • Click on the ‘Connect to remote host’ icon at the top of the files panel
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Click the + button to add a new server
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Enter any server name, your FTP address/ hostname, username and password (you will receive these when you purchase hosting).
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Click the ‘Test’ button
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Click the ‘Save’ button
  • In the Files panel click the ‘Expand to show local and remote sites’ icon
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • You will see an expanded File Window:
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Click to connect
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • Dreamweaver will connect to your remote hosting server. You will see your remote hosting server on the left side and your local files on the right side.
  • You may need to navigate to a ‘www’ or ‘public_html’ folder on your remote server.
  • Select all the local files
  • Right click and select ‘Put’
    FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • You can also use the ‘Put’ icon at the top
  • FTP/ Upload Files to Hosting Server | Dreamweaver
  • A copy of all your website files will be stored on your remote hosting server.
  • Using a browser, browse to your domain name. Your website should appear.
  • Test to see if everything is working file.
  • Configure your form to work using a script that will work on your server technology or a form service provider like those mentioned earlier.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

#
### ###