Operation Manual

USING DREAMWEAVER

Creating and Managing Files

Last updated 3/28/2012

Note: To get only those files for which the remote version is more recent than the local version, use the Synchronize

command.

2 Do one of the following to get the file:

• Click the Get button in the Files panel toolbar.

• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the file in the Files panel, then select Get from the context menu.

3 Click Yes in the Dependent Files dialog box to download dependent files; if you already have local copies of the

dependent files, click No. The default is to not download dependent files. You can set this option at Edit

Preferences

> Site.

Dreamweaver downloads the selected files, as follows:

• If you’re using the Check In/Check Out system, getting a file results in a read-only local copy of the file; the file

remains available on the remote site or testing server for other team members to check out.

• If you’re not using the Check In/Check Out system, getting a file results in a copy that has both read and write

privileges.

Note: If you’re working in a collaborative environment—that is, if others are working on the same files—you should

not disable Enable File Check In and Check Out. If other people are using the Check In/Check Out system with the

site, you should use that system as well.

To stop the file transfer at any time, click the Cancel button in the Background File Activity dialog box.

Get files from a remote server using the Document window

1 Make sure the document is active in the Document window.

2 Do one of the following to get the file:

• Select Site > Get.

• Click the File Management icon in the Document window toolbar, then select Get from the menu.

Note: If the current file is not part of the current site in the Files panel, Dreamweaver attempts to determine which locally

defined site the current file belongs to. If the current file belongs to only one local site, Dreamweaver opens that site, then

performs the Get operation.

Display the FTP log

1 Click the Options menu in the upper right corner of the Files panel.

2 Select View > Site FTP Log.

Note: In the Expanded Files Panel, you can click the FTP Log button to display the log.

Put files on a remote server

You can put files from the local site to the remote site, generally without changing the file’s checked out status.

There are two common situations in which you might use the Put command instead of Check In:

• You’re not in a collaborative environment and you aren’t using the Check In/Check Out system.

• You want to put the current version of the file on the server but you’re going to keep editing it.

Note: If you put a file that didn’t previously exist on the remote site and you’re using the Check In/Check Out system,

the file is copied to the remote site and is then checked out to you so that you can continue editing.