User Guide

46 Chapter 4 Managing Files

Saving a file with encoding

If you work with non-ANSI–encoded documents, select character encoding from the

Save As dialog box.

For this release, do not save a file as Unicode or Unicode Big Endian on an

SSL-enabled FTP server, or else the files are not created and saved correctly.

Also, saving Unicode files might result in zero-byte files. This is a known problem that

tends to occur when changing Unicode encoding selections.

To save a file with encoding enabled:

1 Select File > Save As.

2 In the Save As dialog box, in the Encoding drop-down list, select a format.

3 (Optional) Select Check the document character set.

This displays a warning message if the Save As encoding selection conflicts with

the file’s document character set statement (the

HTML), or with the encoding attributes in an XML processing instruction. You

can cancel the Save As operation and reconcile the encoding formats.

4 Complete the other fields as you would for a standard file and click Save.

HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX saves the file with the encoding that you specified.

Backing up files

This section describes the Auto-Backup feature and how to use it.

Auto-Backup operates much like the backup systems in many desktop applications.

It is a convenient way to save files while working, but more importantly, it is a

safeguard against the loss of local and remote files caused by program or computer

crashes, network disruptions, or power outages.

You can configure Auto-Backup to do any of the following tasks:

• Create a backup before the original file is saved.

• Create a backup of all open, modified files at a timed interval.

• Create a backup of files modified by search and replace operations.

In addition, you can back up files that are affected by a Replace operation in the

Search > Extended Replace dialog box.

How Auto-Backup works

Following are the steps that HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX takes to back up files:

1 During installation, HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX creates a default

Auto-Backup folder under the product root directory, and creates a control

filenamed Auto-Backup.ini to track the files in the Auto-Backup folder.

You can change the backup location. If you do, HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX

creates a new INI file in the new location.