Part I: Creating Great Web Sites in Java

Creator Quick Response Code in Java Part I: Creating Great Web Sites

5 Click Save to close the Site Setup dialog box and save your settings If the folder you selected as your local site folder already contains files or folders, they re automatically cached and all the files and folders in your site are displayed in the Files panel As you see in Figure 2-2, I already had many files in my Dexter Tree Farm site, so they are listed in the Files panel If I were creating a new site with a new empty folder, the Files panel would only contain the main site folder If you haven t checked the Enable Cache option, a message box appears asking whether you want to create a cache for the site Choose Yes to speed up Dreamweaver s site management features

Figure 2-2: When site setup is complete, the files and folders in an existing site are displayed in the Files panel

You can set up as many sites as you like in Dreamweaver and change from one site to another by selecting the site name in the Files panel To load a different site into the Files panel, use the drop-down arrow next to the site name and choose the name of the site you want to display In Figure 2-3, I m selecting the DigitalFamilycom site from a list of defined sites When you select a site, the files in that site replace the ones of any currently open site in the Files panel Selecting a site in the Files panel before you start working on it is always best

Figure 2-3: You can define multiple sites and change the active site by selecting its name in the Files panel

After you complete the site setup process covered in the preceding exercise, you can make changes and additions to a site setup by choosing Site Manage Sites, selecting the name of the site in the Manage Sites dialog box Use the buttons on the right to manage your site as follows: New: Click this button to define a new site (The process is the same as choosing Site New Site, as explained in Setting Up a New or Existing Site, earlier in this chapter Edit: Clicking Edit opens the site in the Site Setup dialog box, where you can change the name by replacing whatever you entered in the Site Name field and change the local site folder by clicking the Browse button and selecting a different folder In Figure 2-4, I selected the DigitalFamilycom site and am about to click the Edit button to open it Duplicate: Clicking Duplicate makes a copy of the site setup, but does not actually make a new copy of the site on your hard drive Remove: When you remove a site from the Manage Sites dialog box, you don t delete the site s files or folders from your hard drive; you simply remove the site setup in Dreamweaver Import and Export: These buttons are designed to make it easy to share the site setup information for a site among multiple computers When you click Export, Dreamweaver creates a ste file This is not a copy of the files and folders in a site; it s a copy of the information stored in the Site Setup dialog box, including any server, FTP, or other information you have entered for the site The Import button lets you import a ste file to add any site that has already been set up in Dreamweaver

Figure 2-4: You can edit any site setup by selecting it in the Manage Sites dialog box and clicking the Edit button