Defining a Dreamweaver site 

(PHP)

After configuring your system, copy the sample files to a local folder and 

define a Dreamweaver site to manage the files. 

To define a Dreamweaver site:

1.

Copy the sample files to a folder on your hard disk (see 

 Copying the 

sample files  on page 311

).

2.

Define the folder as a Dreamweaver local folder (see 

 Defining a local 

folder  on page 312

).

3.

Define your root folder on the web server as a Dreamweaver remote 

folder (see 

 Defining a remote folder  on page 313

).

4.

Specify a folder to process dynamic pages (see 

 Specifying where 

dynamic pages can be processed (PHP)  on page 313

).

5.

Upload the sample files to the web server (see 

 Uploading the sample 

files  on page 315

).

Copying the sample files

If you haven't already done so, copy the sample files from the Dreamweaver 

application folder to a folder on your hard disk.

To copy the sample files:

1.

Create a new folder called local_sites in your user folder on your hard 

disk.

For example, create one of the following folders:

I

C:\Documents and Setting\your_user_name\My 

Documents\local_sites (Windows)

I

/Users/your_user_name/Documents/local_sites (Macintosh).

NO

On the Macintosh, there's a folder called Sites already in your user folder. 

TE

Don't use that Sites folder as your local folder; the Sites folder is where 

you place your pages to make them publicly accessible when you're using 

the Macintosh as a web server.

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