How to Publish a Web Site With Dreamweaver

Set Up the FTP Connection

Step 1:
Contact your ISP to find out the address of your File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, which is where your page will be located (for example: ftp.isp.com), your login name and any passwords you need.


Step 2:
Start Dreamweaver and open the site to be published.


Step 3:
Click on the Site window. Open the Site menu and select Define Sites.


Step 4:
Select the desired local site and choose Edit.


Step 5:
Click on Web Server Info from the list in the box at left. Choose the FTP option.


Publish a Web Site with FTP


Step 1:
In the Site window, open the Web site to be published.


Step 2:
Choose the files to be published from the Local pane of the window (on the right side of the screen).


Step 3:
Open the Site menu and select Put.


Step 4:
Click Yes at the Upload Dependent Files box if you wish to publish the entire site, keeping the directory setup intact.