Chapter 3 Managing Files

In order to keep you and your files organized you'll want to become familiar with the 

Site panel.  It's primary function is to display the contents of your website, both the 

local and remote copies. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows you to transfer files 

between two computers.  Additionally, you'll use the site panel for a quick, on click 

method of uploading your local copy to the remote copy of your website, so that 

Internet viewers can see your additions and updates.

Where once you probably had to open an FTP (file transfer protocol) program every 

time you wanted to update the remote copy of your website, now you can do it with 

the click of a button.  After a few minutes of setting up the information inside of 

Dreamweaver MX, and you can forget about the hassles of transferring files and 

focus more on design and development.

After reviewing this chapter you should be able to:

set up a local site

know the functionality of the Site panel

view, rename, move and delete files using the Site panel

set up a remote site

get and put files between the local and remote sites

For help with setting up your FTP connection in Dreamweaver MX, please contact 

the IT Help Desk at ext. 5571.

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