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“Specifying preferences and settings for websites” on page 201

Methods for creating sites in GoLive

You can create or import sites by using any of the following methods:

Create a site from scratch You can use the Site Creation Wizard to create a blank site from which you can design

your web pages from scratch either solely within GoLive or in combination with other graphics applications, like

Adobe Photoshop.

Import a site from a local folder of existing files GoLive creates a new site based on a folder of existing files on

your computer.GoLiveusesthe folder of existing filesasthe basisfor thenew site’s web-content folder,and adds new

folders for the site’s web-data and web-settings files. GoLive asks you to specify a location for the site file, name it (it

should always have the .site extension), and create a folder to put it in.

Create a site from a site sample GoLive creates a new site based on a site sample.

Import a site from files downloaded from a remote server GoLive creates a new site that is a copy of a site

downloaded from an FTP or HTTP server. If you want to connect to a site as you work on it (not download a copy

of the site, but mount the site and work on it from the server), use the following method.

Import a site from workgroup projects on a version control system GoLive connects to a server and mounts the

target site on your computer. It checks in or checks out a file in your name to prevent other users from writing over

your changes. Use this method when you are part of a workgroup where version control is necessary, or if you want

to use version control for a single-user site, which lets you revert to previous versions.

To create a new blank site

1 Choose File > New.

2 Choose Site > Create Site.

3 Select Blank Site, and click Next.

4 Specify a name and site location. To specify how the new site will handle encoding and case sensitivity checking

in URLs, click Advanced and specify options as desired. (See “Advanced URL handling options” on page 148.)

5 Click Next, and then specify Version Control options:

• If you plan to add the site to a workgroup or want to take advantage of versioning features, select Use Version

Control, choose a version control system, and specify server and user information.

• If you don’t want to use versioning features, select Don’t Use Version Control.

6 Click Next, and then specify Publish Server options:

• If you know the server to which you’ll publish the site, select Specify Server Now, and then enter the appropriate

server information. For more information, see “To set up access to a publish server” on page 440.

• If you don’t have server information, select Specify Server Later.

7 Click Finish.