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The following will describe "how-to" set up your site in dreamweaver and how to use their build in FTP program to upload or publish your site. It is shown on a PC however it will be almost exactly the same on an Apple computer.

• Setting Up Your Site

1. Go ahead and open up your dreamweaver program.
2. In the first "welcome" screen you can pick whatever file type you would like to work with. For this I will just choose HTML.
3. Once you are in the main screen, we are going to set up the site. Click on "Site" in the top toolbar, then click on "New Site" as shown below:
   
   
4. Next, make sure the "Basic" tab is highlighted in the window and you'll need to add the following information
   • Name of your site- this is for your eyes only, but we recommend using your domain name.
   • The HTTP address- this will look like http://www.your_domain.com
     
     
5. The next screen will ask if you want to use server technology. I will say no for this example, and hit "Next."
6. Next it will ask "how you want to edit files during development.
   • We always recommend that you choose the first option, edit locally and then upload to the server.
   • Where you want to store the files will tell Dreamweaver where to keep them on your computer until you are ready to "put" them to the server.
7. When you are done, hit "Next."
   
   
8. On this screen, go ahead and change the "How do you connect to your remote server" box to say "FTP." Then enter the following information.
   • Hostname or FTP address- this is going to be the address to your FTP space. It will always be ftp.your_domain_name.com.
   • Folder on the server you want to store files in- this will be /htdocs/
     NOTE: If you do not upload your files to your HTDOCS folder, they will not be visible by any browsers.
   • FTP login- your dogbark FTP username.
   • FTP password- your dogbark FTP password.
     If you do not know these, you can find this information in the dogbark account manager.
   • You do NOT want to use SFTP
9. Once you have entered the information, go ahead and click "Next."
   
   
10. The next screen will ask you if you want to enable the "checking in and checking out function." I am NOT going to enable that, but you can if you like.
11. Finally, it will show you all of you results, click "Done" and that's it for setting up your FTP site with Dreamweaver.

• Uploading Files to the Server

1. Now go ahead back to the main screen. You can start by creating a test page.
2. Now save this file to your folder that you specified.
3. When you are done look over to the right and you should see the "Files" window. If you do not see the "Files" window on your right, press f8 to open that window up. Double click on the folder that shows "Site- your_site." You should see your test.html file in there.
4. Now, click the "Connect to Local Host" button as shown below
   
   
5. Finally, now that you are connected, highlight your test file, and press the "PUT" button as shown. This will "PUT" the file out on the server. The respective URL would be http://www.your_domain.com/test.html
   
   

That just about does it for now. Just so you know, Dreamweaver has some truly excellent tutorials on managing your sites, working with their tools, publishing, etc. If you have never used this program before we highly recommend that you go through those tutorials before you try to create a site from scratch.

Now that wasn't so hard was it? Give yourself a nice paw on the back. If you have any other questions, please contact dogbark's friendly support staff at 877-864-7929 or email us at info@dogbark.com