OK, got dreamweaver and studying how to use it. first problem I'm having is the remote info for site definition. I'm not sure what it wants for ftp host, is this an easy one?

your ftp (file transfer protocol) host is basically the upload url of the server where you have your webspace and will usually start with ftp. (for example if your site is called www.fredsfeet.com, it is often incorporated into the ftp address so it would be ftp.fredsfeet.com). Other times it can be a direct IP address (a line of 4 sets of numbers separated by a period) or sometimes a supplied specific address.

There will also be a Username (or User ID) and a Password which will be unique to you.

Then there may be a directory path you can use (may be something like /htdocs/) which will just take you directly to the specific folder on your webserver space where your pages are stored. But this isn't always necessary to connect via FTP.

All these details will have been supplied to you by whoever you have used for your webspace (your Web Hosting Service).

Be sure to check the 'remember password' option as you will simply be able to connect without doing anything after your first set-up and use passive ftp as this works with most web servers more easily. There is also a 'TEST' button to check that it connect to your server properly before you save the settings.

Hope that helps!

Post edited by: fentbaggie, at: 2007/04/17 21:09

Post edited by: fentbaggie, at: 2007/04/17 21:10

Post edited by: fentbaggie, at: 2007/04/17 21:11

Thanks, I did get the information from Bluehost. The program seems to be very touchy about the info. Bluehost sent two different sets of info to put in and said both should work, but only one did. I was uploading with cuteftp and had no problems with that.


Thanks,
Mark

Hi guys,

This reply is prolly way too late, but I'll post it anyway.

Anyone, everyone, someone... Never, EVER, do anything at all with Frontpage - its the devil's invention, just like Powerpoint. As far as clean, presentable HTML goes, Frontpage is as a good editor as Internet Exploder is a browser - sucky!!

When you build a site with DW, don't define the remote access part AT ALL. I always use a separate FTP program to upload the new or changed pages. Admitedly you'll have to remember what you have changed, but I still find it easier to use (in my case) CuteFTP.

You will be able to create the whole site, and preview it in browser without defining the remote info, in fact, it is not needed for anything else than uploading the files, and synchronizing the site. Unfortunately, it is equally easy to synchronize the WRONG WAY in DW as the right way. In other words, if you press the wrong button, you'll download the old files from the FTP to replace the new ones you've just created. I've done this in more than one occasion. Hence the CuteFTP solution :-D.

If you build dynamic web pages, you'll still have to define testing server and test server address, but this is different from the remote (final) server, so if you wish to work in such a way that you do NOT use DW for uploading at all, it is still possible even if you were building a dynamic site.

From SEO point of view, Frontpage does an awful job - it renders HTML that is NOT compliant with web standards, and does even that really badly. Its cursed. Its bad. Its unholy. Stay away!

Best,

Markus

I do commercial web design. Dreamweaver is one of the top tools I use to do so. Of the 30+ active clients I currently have, I have remote information set up for each and every one of their sites. Most of the changes I do (after the initial site build) are quick copy changes or graphic swaps. It is much quicker to FTP through Dreamweaver for me than it is to use an external program. In all my years of using Dreamweaver (since version 1.2), I have never had an issue with remote transfer, other than PASV (passive) mode transfer issues with a couple of the clients' hosts.

With that, don't give up on Dreamweaver's FTP so quickly.

FTP = File Transfer Protocol

or... back in the hinterland = "Forget To Plow"


In the big glitzy hype FrontPage = FP

Or... After 18 hours trying to use it = "Fetal Position"