3.

In the Access pop up menu, select the same method (Local/Network or 

FTP) you specified for accessing your remote folder.

Dreamweaver enters the settings you specified in the Remote Info 

category. Leave the settings unchanged.

4.

In the URL Prefix text box, enter the root URL you would enter in a 

web browser to request a page in your web application. 

To display live data in your pages while you work, Dreamweaver creates 

a temporary file, copies it to the website's root folder, and attempts to 

request it using the URL prefix. 

Dreamweaver makes a best guess at the URL prefix based on the 

information you provided in the Site Definition dialog box. However, 

the suggested URL prefix may be incorrect. Correct or enter a new 

URL prefix if the suggestion in Dreamweaver is incorrect. For more 

information, see  Setting the URL prefix  in Using Dreamweaver.

If the folder specified in the Remote Folder text box is 

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MySampleApps, the URL prefix should be as 

follows:

http://localhost/MySampleApps/

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5.

Click OK to define the site and dismiss the Site Definition dialog box, 

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The URL prefix 

then click Done to dismiss the Manage Sites dialog box.

should always 

After specifying a folder to process dynamic pages, upload the sample files 

specify a directory, 

to the web server.

rather than a 

particular page on 

the site. Also, be sure 

Uploading the sample files 

to use the same 

capitalization you 

After specifying a folder to process dynamic pages, upload the sample files 

used when you 

to the web server. You must upload the files even if the web server is 

created the folder.

running on your local computer. 

If you don't upload the files, features such as Live Data view and Preview in 

Browser may not work properly with dynamic pages. For example, image 

links might be broken in Live Data view because the image files are not on 

the server yet. Similarly, clicking a link to a detail page while previewing a 

master page in a browser will cause an error if the detail page is missing 

from the server.

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