Dreamweaver CS4: Publish Your Website

After building your website with Adobe Dreamweaver®, you can publish it to your hosting account.

Publishing your website with Dreamweaver CS4 requires you to complete two tasks:

1. Define a "Site" — Tells Dreamweaver where to find the files for your website on your computer and how to connect to your hosting account
2. Put Your Files — Moves your "Site's" files from your computer to your hosting account, making them accessible to visitors going to your domain name in a Web browser

To find information about any of these settings, see FTP: How to upload files.

Publishing your Website with Dreamweaver® CS4

1. From the Site menu, select Manage Websites...
2. Click New, and then select FTP & RDS Server.
   
   
3. Complete the following fields, and then click OK:
   • Name — Enter a name for your Website.
   • Access type — Select FTP.
   • FTP host — Enter your domain name. For example, coolexample.com.
   • Host directory — Enter your hosting account's directory. If the Website is for your primary domain name, type / or leave the field empty.
   • Login — Enter your hosting account's user name.
   • Password — Enter your hosting account's password.
   • Select Use passive FTP.
   
4. Select the files or folders you want to publish, and then click Put Files.
   
   

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