Operation Manual

USING DREAMWEAVER

Creating and Managing Files

Last updated 3/28/2012

You can use the Files panel or the Document window to put files. Dreamweaver creates a log of file activity during

the transfer that you can view and save.

Note: You cannot turn background file transfer off. If you have the detail log open in the Background File Activity

dialog box, you can close that to improve performance.

Dreamweaver also records all FTP file transfer activity. If an error occurs when you are transferring a file using FTP,

the Site FTP log can help you determine the problem.

For a tutorial on putting files on a remote server, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0163.

For a tutorial on troubleshooting publishing problems, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0164.

More Help topics

“Synchronizing files” on page 90

“About the Check In/Check Out system” on page 82

Putting files tutorial

Troubleshoot publishing problems tutorial

Put files on a remote or testing server using the Files panel

1 In the Files panel (Window > Files), select the files to upload.

Usually you select these in the Local view, but you may select the corresponding files in the Remote view if you prefer.

Note: You can put only those files for which the local version is more recent than the remote version.

2 Do one of the following to put the file on the remote server:

• Click the Put button in the Files panel toolbar.

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

3 If the file hasn’t been saved, a dialog box appears (if you set this preference in the Site category of the Preferences

dialog box) allowing you to save the file before putting it on the remote server. Click Yes to save the file or No to

put the previously saved version on the remote server.

Note: If you do not save the file, any changes you’ve made since the last time you saved will not be put onto the remote

server. However, the file remains open, so you can still save the changes after putting the file on the server if you want.

4 Click Yes to upload dependent files along with the selected files, or click No to refrain from uploading dependent

files. The default is to not upload dependent files. You can set this option at Edit

> Preferences > Site.

Note: It’s usually a good idea to upload dependent files when checking in a new file, but if the latest versions of the

dependent files are already on the remote server, there’s no need to upload them again.

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

Put files on 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 put the file:

• Select Site > Put.

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