Transferring with FTP
After you??™ve established your local site root??”and you??™ve included your remote site??™s FTP information in the
setup??”the actual publishing of your files to the Web is a very straightforward process.
Putting and getting files to and from your server, while easy, can be incredibly time-consuming.
Dreamweaver frees its users from the drudgery of waiting for files to transfer through its background FTP
feature. Uploading and retrieving files is a separate computer process in Dreamweaver, distinct from working
in Design and Code view. When you initiate a publishing event, the Background File Activity dialog box
with a small progress bar appears, as seen in Figure 5-18. You can dismiss the dialog by clicking Hide;
when hidden, file activity can be seen in the bottom of the Files panel. An ongoing log is shown when you
click Details, and can be saved when the transfers have been completed by clicking Save Log.
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FIGURE 5-18
Dreamweaver transfers files through a background FTP process so you can continue working while files are being
published.
To transfer your local Web pages to an online site, follow these steps:
1. Choose Window ??? Files or press F8 to open the Files panel, and select the desired site from the
Site drop-down list.
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