If, on the other hand, you post your material to a remote site via FTP, you need various bits of information
to complete the connection. In addition to the FTP host??™s name??”used by Dreamweaver to find the server
on the Internet??”you also need, at a minimum, the user name and password to log on to the server. The
host??™s technical support staff can provide you with this and any other necessary information.
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Although it??™s entirely possible to develop your site locally without establishing a remote site
root, it??™s not a recommended practice. Web sites require extensive testing in real-world settings
??”something that??™s just not possible with a local development setup. If you don??™t have the necessary
information to establish a remote site root initially, you can still begin development locally; just be sure to
transfer your files to your remote site and begin testing as soon as possible.
To enter the remote site information, follow these steps:
1. Continuing in the Site Definition dialog box, select the Remote Info category.
2. From the Access drop-down list, shown in Figure 5-7, choose the Web-server access description
that applies to your site (FTP is shown in Figure 5-7):
FIGURE 5-7
Choose whether your remote site is to be accessed via the local network or by FTP in the
Remote Info category.
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